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Is Labour abolishing illness?

Is Labour abolishing illness?

The new rules on incapacity benefit stake everything on a major gamble: that a large proportion of claimants are, in fact, well enough to work

In health

Don't lose your bottle

  • By Roger Scruton
  • 01 May

Ignore the health fascists - drinking is a matter of personal choice

A dangerous experiment

  • By Rachel Cooke
  • 24 April

This appalling documentary was exploitative and irresponsible
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Shape of the future

  • By Rowenna Davis
  • 17 April

Observations on bodybuilding

Treat with extreme caution

  • By Simon Singh
  • 17 April

Homoeopathic medicine is founded on a bogus philosophy. Its continued use is a drain on NHS resources and can endanger the health of patients

The American male

  • By Alexander Comfort
  • 17 April

Taken from The New Statesman 19 June 1948

The invisible woman

  • By Annalisa Barbieri
  • 10 April

Life without mirrors is an unsettling experience.

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Can talking make you better?

CBT does not cure cancer, schizophrenia or arthritis, but it does improve mood, coping and quality of life

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Physical education

  • By Alice O'Keeffe
  • 03 April 2008

All shapes and sizes

  • By Annalisa Barbieri
  • 03 April 2008

Scenes of mild peril

  • By Hugh Aldersley-Williams
  • 03 April 2008

Tales of typographic oceans

  • By Daniel Starza-Smith
  • 03 April 2008

'We don't do rabies'

  • By Alyssa McDonald
  • 27 March 2008

A bigger splash

  • By Cressida Connolly
  • 27 March 2008

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