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Is Labour abolishing illness?
01 May 2008The new rules on incapacity benefit stake everything on a major gamble: that a large proportion of claimants are, in fact, well enough to work
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Can talking make you better?
01 May 2008CBT does not cure cancer, schizophrenia or arthritis, but it does improve mood, coping and quality of life
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Don't lose your bottle
01 May 2008Ignore the health fascists - drinking is a matter of personal choice
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A dangerous experiment
24 April 2008This appalling documentary was exploitative and irresponsible
The Doctor Who Hears Voices Channel 4
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Treat with extreme caution
17 April 2008Homoeopathic medicine is founded on a bogus philosophy. Its continued use is a drain on NHS resources and can endanger the health of patients
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Physical education
03 April 2008Wayne McGregor, Britain's hottest choreographer, tells Alice O'Keeffe that dance holds the answer to our national body-image crisis
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All shapes and sizes
03 April 2008High-street designers could learn a lot from the world of film.
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Scenes of mild peril
03 April 2008Despite what the papers say, we live in pretty safe times.
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