Stories
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Guide dogs or good dogs from the Middle Ages
Medieval illustrations often show blind people, sometimes with dogs. But working out whether these were actually guide dogs involves a mix of detailed detective work and expert speculation.
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Self-obsessing in the age of selfies
The tiny, joyful spark of a social media ‘like’ can lead to a damaging obsession. Find out how far people will go when their phone addiction gets the upper hand.
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Between sickness and health
In early 2020, the subject Will Rees was studying – imaginary illnesses – took on a new relevance as everyone anxiously scanned themselves for Covid symptoms each day. But this kind of self-scrutiny is nothing new, as he reveals.
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Guerrilla public health
From safe-use guides to needle exchange schemes, Harry Shapiro reflects on 40 years of drug harm reduction in the UK.
Catalogue
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Habit and health : a book of golden hints for middle age : derived from the works of eminent medical men : with especial reference to ailments besetting professional and business men at the present day / edited by Guy Beddoes.
Date: 1890- Books
Essential medicine explained : required reading for everyone over forty / Alan Baldam.
Baldam, Alan.Date: 2005- Books
The thirty vital years : the positive experience of ageing : what every person over 50 wants to know, what every person under 50 needs to know / Francis Macnab.
Macnab, Francis A.Date: 1994- Books
A woman's guide to good health after 50 / Marie Feltin, M.D.; with the editorial assistance of Joyce G. Moss and Barbara B. Whitesides.
Feltin, Marie, 1944-Date: [1987]- Books
A certain age : reflecting on the menopause / edited by Joanna Goldsworthy.
Date: [1993]