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Epidemic threats and racist legacies

Epidemiology is the systematic, data-driven study of health and disease in populations. But as historian Jacob Steere-Williams suggests, this most scientific of fields emerged in the 19th century imbued with a doctrine of Western imperialism – a legacy that continues to influence how we talk about disease.

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Milk trails round Euston

Where cows once grazed near Wellcome Collection in London, baristas now froth their milk. Esther Leslie uncovers Euston’s dairy-based urban history.

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Natural eating in Jamaica and the Caribbean

Riaz Phillips is passionate about the Jamaican food he grew up with and plant-based Caribbean food he came to later, like roti, baiganee and vegan stews and curries. Here he explores the origins and surging popularity of these natural ‘health foods’.

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Winter blues and the story of SAD

In ‘Chasing the Sun‘ Linda Geddes reveals why for some people, winter is literally depressing, showing how we first came to recognise seasonal affective disorder (SAD).

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  • Head mask. Yuruba, Southern Nigeria, W.Africa
  • [Cutting from The London Journal (1853?) titled: 'The earthmen in Southern Africa'. ].
  • Southern Africa: a family of Bushmen cooking grasshoppers. Aquatint by G. Gallina, ca. 1819.
  • Tell your MP: enough fine words! : Enough fine words! Fund the fight against AIDS / ACTSA, Action for Southern Africa ; ActionAid.
  • Tell your MP: enough fine words! : Enough fine words! Fund the fight against AIDS / ACTSA, Action for Southern Africa ; ActionAid.
  • Tell your MP: enough fine words! : Enough fine words! Fund the fight against AIDS / ACTSA, Action for Southern Africa ; ActionAid.
  • Tell your MP: enough fine words! : Enough fine words! Fund the fight against AIDS / ACTSA, Action for Southern Africa ; ActionAid.
  • Khoi people of the Gonaqua kingdom, southern Africa. Aquatint by G. Gallina, ca. 1819, after F. Le Vaillant.
  • Cistus ladanifer L., Cistaceae. Common Gum Cistus or Ladanum/labdanum. Distribution: Southern Europe and N. Africa. The fragrant resin from the sticky leaves, Gum Labdanum, is extracted and used in Mediterranean regions as an insecticide and deodorant ((Lewis & Elvin-Lewis, 2003). Lyte (1578) advises local application to prevent hair loss and cure earache
  • Euphorbia nicaeensis All. Euphorbiaceae. Distribution: North Africa, Southern Europe to Turkey. Root extracts have been shown to have cytotoxic and anti-inflammatory action in experimental situations. Euphorbia species all have toxic sap, and had many names in early literature, eg esula, about which Culpeper (1650) says that '(taken inwardly) are too violent for vulgar use
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