Personal smell
News
Identifying someone’s ‘odour print’ says a lot about a person.
Source: scenta
Date Published: October 16, 2009
How the French shrugged off their malaise - and the British gallantly picked it up for them
Features
So here I am in France, reading about how unhappy, anxious, fearful, depressed, uneasy and stressed the British have become. A Mental Health Foundation study shows that the nation suffers all those ailments, far more than it used to. That's hardly surprising. Predictably, the financial crisis gets much of the blame, with fear of crime also putting in a strong performance.
Source: Guardian Unlimited
Date Published: April 15, 2009
Should our schools teach children to 'dive within'?
Features
It's extremely rare for the surviving members of the Beatles to perform together, but this month they found a cause they could both believe in - and it wasn't cold, hard cash. Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr took to a New York stage with other top musicians, including Moby and Sheryl Crow, for a one-off concert entitled Change Begins Within. All the profits - around $3m (£2m) - were earmarked for the David Lynch Foundation, an organisation headed by the famously esoteric film director which plans to teach Transcendental Meditation (TM) to a million young people in the US.
Source: Guardian Unlimited
Date Published: April 14, 2009
'Suddenly, the world is filled with fear'
Features
It's the middle of the night, and my five- month-old son is sleeping peacefully in the room next door. I should be asleep too but instead I'm wondering whether to look in on him again. I decide that the quickest way to get back to sleep would be to check just one more time, so I peer around his door and wait for the soft snuffly noises that signal my return to bed.
Source: Guardian Unlimited
Date Published: April 10, 2009
Talking therapy
Features
Today sees the launch of a petition against government plans to bring all psychotherapy and counselling under the Health Professions Council. Therapists, writers and artists have joined the protest, frustrated at the misinformation that has plagued the debate around regulation. For them, most forms of talking therapy cannot be classified as health professions, and the market-led vision of therapy the HPC presupposes is antithetical to the values and ethics of psychotherapy and the basic principles of freedom of thought and belief.
Source: Guardian Unlimited
Date Published: April 09, 2009
Stories behind the cancer headlines
Features
With survival rates in the UK among the worst in Europe, constant rows over the postcode lottery in access to life-extending drugs, and patient activism a growing phenomenon, cancer has become a key political issue. Add in Jade Goody's personal battle, and the fact that cancer patients are increasingly benefiting from some major advances in treatment, and the disease has never been more high-profile. It should therefore be a good time to launch the country's first magazine all about cancer.
Source: Guardian Unlimited
Date Published: April 08, 2009
Overweight NHS staff targeted by health drive
Features
Midwives, nurses, health visitors and other NHS staff are to be the target of a new government anti-obesity campaign, it was announced yesterday.
Source: Guardian Unlimited
Date Published: April 07, 2009
