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Ginger’s role in cures and courtroom battles
| Alice White
Some people will use a dose of ginger to help with hangovers – but it hasn’t always been a friend to the thirsty.
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Rehab centres and the ‘cure’ for addiction
| Guy StaggJess Nash
Guy Stagg takes us on a brief history of rehab centres and their approaches to addiction and recovery.
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Can our sexual desires be transformed?
| Charlie WilliamsSarah MarksDaniel Pick
In the 1950s, many psychiatrists thought that homosexuality could be reformed. One found that it couldn’t – and his discoveries led to a change in the law.
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The cook who became a pariah
| Anna Faherty
New York, 1907. Mary Mallon spreads infection, unaware that her name will one day become synonymous with typhoid.
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Yoga gets physical
| Lalita Kaplish
Modern yoga owes a debt to the physical culture movement that created a world obsessed with health and fitness.
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Healthy scepticism
| Caitjan GaintyAgnes Arnold-ForsterPaul AddaeFranklyn Rodgers
Healthcare sceptics – like those opposed to Covid-19 vaccinations – often have serious, nuanced reasons for doubting medical authorities.