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public health

Some types of meditation may prompt fear or anxiety

Mind

A quarter of people who meditate experience negative mental states

More than a quarter of people who regularly meditate say they have experienced negative mental states, including anxiety, fear and disturbed emotions

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13 Reasons Why

Health

Did Netflix’s 13 Reasons Why really increase suicide rates?

Analysis

Oldest woman ever or impostor? The controversial case of Calment

Humans

Oldest woman ever or impostor? The controversial case of Calment

Features

dogs being walked

Health

Dog owners are more likely to get the recommended amount of exercise

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Watching coverage of the Boston Marathon bombing seemed to have a lasting effect

Mind

Viewing media coverage of traumatic events may fuel long-term distress

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Protein mania: The problem with the West’s latest diet obsession

Health

Protein mania: The problem with the West’s latest diet obsession

Features

Statins may not lower cholesterol enough in half those who take them

Health

Statins may not lower cholesterol enough in half those who take them

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desk

Health

A four-day work week could improve our health and cut carbon emissions

Insight

Air pollution sign

Technology

ULEZ: London is cleaning up its dirty air but what about other cities?

Analysis

A child playing in the mud

Comment

Telling us to stop washing our hands is dangerous and unacceptable

Media misinterpretations of the hygiene hypothesis are encouraging us to stop washing our hands - and it's undermining our public health, says Sally Bloomfield

Comment

Health

Health regulator takes step towards lifting vaginal mesh implant ban

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Health

Antidepressant prescriptions have reached 70 million in England

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Health

Teenage psychotic experiences linked to high levels of air pollution

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Comment

It’s not just reality TV - all media must help to prevent suicides

Comment

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