Stories
- Article
A history of mindfulness
Matt Drage questions how an ancient religious practice became a secular cure for stress.
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Deadly doses and the hardest of hard drugs
The invention of the modern hypodermic syringe meant we could get high – or accidentally die – faster than before. Find out how this medical breakthrough was adapted for deadly uses.
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Heating up and drying out
Menopause doesn’t have to signify old age, but when your body feels like it’s letting you down, it’s hard not to believe that your useful life may be over.
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Vivekananda’s journey
How a young Indian monk’s travels around the world inspired modern yoga.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Northern Region - Chilumba
Date: August 1973-August 1980Reference: WTI/LEP/C/2/5/1Part of: LEPRA (formerly The British Leprosy Relief Association, now LEPRA Health in Action)- Archives and manuscripts
LEPRA (formerly The British Leprosy Relief Association, now LEPRA Health in Action)
LEPRA (The British Leprosy Relief Association)Date: 1924-1992Reference: WTI/LEP- Books
A short history of drunkenness / Mark Forsyth.
Forsyth, MarkDate: 2017- Books
- Online
Notes and recollections of an ambulance surgeon : being an account of work done under the Red Cross during the campaign of 1870 / by William MacCormac.
Date: 1871- Books
Anxious eaters : why we fall for fad diets / Janet Chrzan and Kima Cargill.
Chrzan, JanetDate: [2022]