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UTV's Frank Mitchell is a firm believer in eight hours sleep per night, eating five a day and exercise to maintain a healthy glow.

Me and my health: Frank Mitchell

The UTV Life presenter (43) has been a strict vegetarian since he watched a behind-the-scenes documentary on beef burgers that put him off meat for life. He lives in Belfast with his wife Helena and only child, daughter Laura (17).
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All in the mind: the cases that doctors can't explain

Doctors call them heart-sink cases: the one in four patients whose symptoms have no known cause. So are they really ill? Roger Dobson investigates
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Half of cancer sufferers cut food bill to pay for treatment

Almost half of cancer patients are cutting back on food and heating so they can afford their prescriptions, a charity has warned.
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Women on the Pill sniff out Mr Wrong

It was an experiment that involved sweat, love... and could have ended in tears. When 100 women were asked to sniff 100 men's sweaty shirts in the interests of discovering the secrets of sexual attraction, they found the contraceptive Pill disrupted their ability to select the ideal partner.
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Inside Health

Claudia Castillo underwent an operation to replace her windpipe with a bioengineered replacement after tuberculosis had left her with a collapsed lung

Woman gets organ grown from own stem cells

A 30-year-old Spanish woman has made medical history by becoming the first patient to receive a whole organ transplant grown using her own cells.

How to be the perfect patient

Be concise, don't expect miracles – and know when to stay away. Dr Pauline Brimblecombe on how to get the best from your GP

My mum won’t move on after dad’s death

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Northern Ireland v Hungary

Friendly defeat at Windsor Park

World in Pictures: November 2008

Striking images from around the world

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18:24 Lenihan continues talks with bank bosses
17:44 US jobless rate rockets
17:20 Five changes to Argentina side to play Ireland
17:13 SIPTU optimistic strike action at Aer Lingus can be averted
17:05 High earners hit with 3% income levy in new Finance Bill
15:49 2010 Tour de France to start in Rotterdam

17:20 Five changes to Argentina side to play Ireland
15:49 2010 Tour de France to start in Rotterdam
15:42 2009 Tour de France to start in Rotterdam
13:07 Walcott undergoes surgery on dislocated shoulder
13:03 Keane denies FA charge of improper conduct

18:24 Lenihan continues talks with bank bosses
17:13 SIPTU optimistic strike action at Aer Lingus can be averted
17:05 High earners hit with 3% income levy in new Finance Bill
15:27 PSNI face €24 million shortfall over republican threat
15:20 UUP to decide on election pact with Tories

17:44 US jobless rate rockets
13:34 Obama to appoint Daschle as Health Secretary
09:12 World stock markets suffer further sharp losses

In Pictures: Fashion and Glamour

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In Pics: Obama win around the world

Newspapers across the globe following election night

Columnist Comments

• Eamonn McCann: Why isn’t Obama quizzing Bush over bail-out billions?

Sooner or later, the American people will see through Obama’s lack of transparency.

• Lindy McDowell: Why Stone’s ‘art’ wasn’t in the frame

In common with about 100% of the population I did not for a minute think that Michael Stone’s attack on Stormont was a work of performance art.

• Gail Walker: Why we don’t need Charles on Nolan show

Buoyed by an uplift in public support following his 60th birthday celebrations, Prince Charles is up to his old tricks again.

• Ed Curran: Dear Peter and Martin, have you no shame as people go to the wall?

Not long to go now before Stormont is on its holidays again. I refer to the 108 folks on the hill.

In Pictures: Army parade and protest

Photos from Army homecoming parade

Columnist Comments

• Robert Fisk: Fear stalks the streets of Kandaha

There is a little girl in the Meir Wais hospital with livid scars and dead skin across her face, an obscene map of brown and pink tissue.

• Frances Burscough: Why I’m sure we’ll all have a funny turn this winter

There’s something funny going on in Belfast. In fact, it’s getting funnier by the week.

• Eric Waugh: Why a Tory election win could be a loss for Northern Ireland

The infighting in the Tory Party over the body of George Osborne may not strike many this side as of great domestic importance.

• Mark Steel: Losers who hate to love Obama

Oh they've all changed now. Suddenly they all like Obama, so even Republican spokesmen are saying things like: "This great and truly memorable moment shows what a wonderful country we are.

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Columnist Comments

• James Lawton: Memories of Thomson's valour live on at heart of Scottish game

Around the time Diego Maradona arrived in Glasgow about as amiably as a cornered wolverine – "I do not speak in English" he told a wildly optimistic radio man waving a mike over the heads of a police cordon – Scottish football was gathering in a large banqueting room to honour, with immense feeling and great dignity, the life of a rather different kind of footballer.