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How shame makes us sick

The fight-or-flight response can have long-term consequences for our bodies if left unchecked. Lucia Osborne-Crowley investigates how shame and trauma are connected, and how both can lead to chronic ill health.

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Why I don’t like prescribing sleeping pills

Sleeping pills often seem a simple option for aiding sleep or when dealing with anxiety, but there are many risks, and our anonymous GP is not afraid to say no to patients.

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The power of unicorns

Discover the unlikely connection between pharmaceuticals and unicorns.

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Air of threat

Novelist Chloe Aridjis vividly describes the suffocating atmosphere of Mexico City, as a combination of topography, crowded neighbourhoods, and reckless political diktats create a downward spiral.

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  • Musical organ pipes made by Flight & Robson. Engraving.
  • Musical organ pipes made by Flight & Robson. Engraving.
  • Animal flight muscle mitochondria
  • The South African crowned crane in mid-flight. Chromolithograph.
  • A swallow in flight. Engraving, ca. 1690, after F. Barlow.
  • A hot-air balloon in flight with a fire burning. Coloured engraving.
  • The flight into Egypt. Lithograph by F. Hanfstaengl, 183-, after F. Bol, 1644.
  • Roman augurs interpreting the flight of birds. Etching by J. Goupy, 1724, after S. Rosa.
  • Various birds in flight, including eagles, a heron, a pigeon and ducks. Etching after F. Barlow.
  • Two chamois bucks taking flight from a huntsman in the mountains. Chalk lithograph by V. J. Adam.
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