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Health
Me & my health: Cherie Gardiner
Do you get eight hours sleep a night?
Yes, definitely and I make sure that I get it. Every day is different in my
life now since I’ve become Miss NI.
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Inside Health
What Mums really feel..
Thursday, 22 October 2009
Claire Allan (33), novelist and mother of Joseph (5) and Cara (7 1/2 months),
is married to Neil and lives in Londonderry. She says:
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Labour: Was he worst pain of all?
Thursday, 22 October 2009
What mum Jane says:
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Fears over high-dose vitamins
Monday, 19 October 2009
People taking high-dose vitamin and mineral supplements may be doing more harm
than good, an expert has claimed.
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Gene therapy could cut new Alzheimer’s cases by a fifth
Monday, 7 September 2009
Gene scientists have taken a “leap forward” in Alzheimer's research with the
potential to cut rates of the disease by a fifth, it has been revealed.
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Big thighs cut heart disease risk
Friday, 4 September 2009
Men and women with large thighs have a lower risk of premature death and heart
disease, a study showed today.
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Gene that could make you immune to obesity
Friday, 4 September 2009
An obesity “master switch” has been found that makes it possible to feast on
junk food without getting fat.
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The phenomenal popularity of yoga
Wednesday, 19 August 2009
The road to spiritual and physical enlightenment can be a lucrative one for
the many companies involved in the phenomenal growth of yoga classes, DVDs,
books, equipment, clothing. Susie Mesure reports
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Triathlon participants twice as likely to die as marathon runners, study concludes
Tuesday, 11 August 2009
It is one of the fastest-growing Olympic sports and one of the most gruelling.
But a series of deaths among competitors in the triathlon has raised
concerns about whether the physical demands of the race are too great.
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Recession forces cancer charity for kids to make cuts
Thursday, 14 May 2009
The chief executive of a leading children’s cancer charity has told how they
have been reluctantly forced to axe a vital support service for families in
Northern Ireland due to a funding crisis caused by the recession.
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‘Our girl will have diabetes all of her life’
Wednesday, 6 May 2009
When mum-of-four Anne Dunlop’s daughter fell ill, she thought it might be
linked to the family’s move from here to the Middle East. But she was wrong
...
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Runher limbering up for 10k
Tuesday, 7 April 2009
The countdown is on until the Belfast Telegraph’s Runher event, which
encourages women across Northern Ireland to get up and active, returns this
summer.
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Expert’s concern over dumping of morphine device
Friday, 3 April 2009
An expert in midwifery has said she has “serious concerns” that equipment used
in the treatment of a woman who died after giving birth was thrown out
before being examined.
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Me and My Health: Julian Simmons
Thursday, 2 April 2009
UTV presenter Julian Simmons (40+) lives in Belfast and is single. He loves
walking in the great outdoors and likes to get his beauty sleep
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Slimline couple shed 20 stone
Tuesday, 17 March 2009
A couple are elebrating a new lease of life yesterday after losing almost 20
stone.
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Office survival tips: How to avoid falling ill from work
Wednesday, 4 March 2009
From long hours at your desk to keyboards that harbour more germs than loo
seats – working life can be a real health hazard. Rob Sharp offers survival
tips
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Bid to ban tobacco displays starts today
Tuesday, 3 March 2009
Northern Ireland politicians will today be asked to back a proposal which will
see sweeping changes to the way tobacco products are sold throughout the
province.
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Low libido mums can get advice from ‘Mama Sutra’
Saturday, 14 February 2009
Most mothers have less sex after giving birth because their libidos crash, a
survey said yesterday.
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Is there an optimum time for a woman to go back to work after giving birth?
Friday, 9 January 2009
Rachida Dati, France's glamorous justice minister, defied convention this week
by returning to her office just five days after giving birth by caesarean
section to her first child, a daughter called Zorah, last Friday.
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Choking baby: Not knowing what to do can turn normality into tragedy
Friday, 2 January 2009
Last year’s Easter dinner is one that has stuck firmly in my mind for all the
wrong reasons. My family and I were sitting around the table, tucking into
lamb, when my then nine-year-old niece suddenly went uncharacteristically
very quiet.
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Scientists make lung cancer breakthrough
Thursday, 1 January 2009
A new discovery by scientists could help people who are being treated for lung cancer.
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