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In the morning, I blend my mango-and-berry smoothie breakfast bowl with powdered ashwagandha, and later, at tea time, I’m dunking an herbal tea bag loaded with the goodness of ginseng in hot water. My dessert might be infused with turmeric, and...

GiveDirectly’s pitch is as radical as it is simple. They argue that if you give every family in an impoverished community a no-strings-attached one-time payment of $1,000 (£865) – roughly four days’ salary for a typical UN staffer – you can...

There is no place for detached nuance in war. If you want to win, you need your legends. The grubby details, the moral compromises, will be worked out later. That’s one reason an Amnesty International report that came out earlier this...

Intriguingly, confidence is also linked to other aspects of our physical health. Facing a stressful situation but believing you can succeed boosts your immune system. Feeling about your physical performance also increases your strength and endurance, and lowers how much discomfort...

Thompson’s situation worsened when she was sexually harassed at work and had to leave her role. Her relationship also ended and she was forced to find a new job and flat. “I became very unwell,” she recalls. “I didn’t sleep well,...

In your 30s, friendship can be a weird thing. Maybe you’ll start to wonder if your long-term companions still fulfill you the way they once did, or why work and other boring commitments have left so little time to nurture new...

Two British passengers hopped-up on vodka and brawling on a flight to Ibiza. A young man causing a scene so severe he had to be strapped to his seat while desperately yelping that his parents were millionaires. A group of reality...

It has been described as a silent epidemic. The number of people living with anxiety has rocketed in recent years. Well before the pandemic, it seemed we were already a highly anxious nation. In 2013, there were 8.2 million cases of...

Epilepsy and hearing loss are early warning signs of Parkinson’s disease, a new study has found. Around 145,000 people in the UK are living with Parkinson’s, a neurodegenerative brain condition which causes tremors and stiffness and for which there is no...

I was born to be an entrepreneur, but somehow ended up in the NHS. For 14 years I progressed well and by 2010 I was a Turnaround Director, responsible for making significant financial savings. I loved the NHS – the people...