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BLOOD PRESSURE

ADVERTORIAL - Know Your Numbers
A few simple measurements can help you to assess how well – or not – your body is doing with regard to health.

Salt assault
Know where sodium is hiding and how it kills

Off-the-cuff advice
Tips to make sure your blood pressure reading is accurate

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OBESITY

Do you know this man?
He eats too much, exercises too little and is always stressed. Sound familiar?

Hooked
Some of us know our limits. Others don’t. But even fewer know why addiction happens in the first place.

Abs or die
How belly fat kills

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YOUR PRIVATES

Super Semen
The bad news? Our sperm count has dropped 40 percent Since 1949. Here are five ways to save your swimmers

Mr Floppy and the Pie Hole
Nothing stops conversation like a mention of the “e-word�

A rising occasion
Erectile dysfunction is a sensitive issue. But you're not alone and you can be helped. Find out how.

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HEART DISEASE

Beat Generation
Here’s how to keep your ticker in perfect health, whatever your age

Cardiac Contest
keep your ticker ticking with these 5 steps

ADVERTORIAL - Eat Your Heart Out
A heart-healthy lifestyle can add years to your life as well as life to your years.

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CHOLESTEROL

Drink to health
How red wine and dark chocolate keep your arteries flexible and your blood pressure low

Hooked
Some of us know our limits. Others don’t. But even fewer know why addiction happens in the first place.

Abs or die
How belly fat kills

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SLEEP

Sleep Your Way to the Top
Not getting enough shut-eye can place a strain on your belt as well as on your frayed nerves. Here’s how to get some quality nap-time

Bedroom Positions
Here are the three most popular sleep positions and what they say about you

Seven Sleeping Solutions
Don’t let stress get in the way of your shut-eye, sleep like a champion

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MENTAL

Life in the Fast Brain
Boost the different parts of your brain for quicker thinking

ADVERTORIAL - Stress Less
A good laugh and a long sleep are the best cures in the doctor's book – Irish proverb

Do you know this man?
He eats too much, exercises too little and is always stressed. Sound familiar?

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DIAGNOSIS AND HELP

Service the Pain
Beat tennis elbow with our pain prevention guide

Strain Or Tear?
Correct diagnosis could be the difference between a swift return and the end of your sporting career

Pin Down Your Pain
We found the top 5 ways acupuncture can fix you up

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DIGESTION & METABOLISM

Turbocharge Your Engine
Is your metabolism fast enough? The answer hinges on 4 things: input, output, fat and muscle. Here’s how to optimise yours

ADVERTORIAL - Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) is a gastrointestinal disorder that goes by many names: spastic colitis, mucus colitis, nervous colon syndrome, spastic colon, even lazy colon.

Fire up your energy levels
25 metabolism-boosting quick fixes to get your bounce back

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CANCER

Salt assault
Know where sodium is hiding and how it kills

Young man's cancer
We're developing colon cancer at record rates. Fight back with this tumour-proofing plan.

The spare-tyre syndrome
Among the cabal of cancers that have it in for men, none may be as dangerous as non- Hodgkin's lymphoma, if only because we won't stop feeding it.

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DIABETES

Dodge diabetes
A poor diet and too little exercise are key contributors to diabetes.

Tips for better eating
Do these simple things to make sticking to your diabetic diet easier

Diabetes symptoms
Many diabetes sufferers spend years being undiagnosed. Knowing the symptoms can save your life.

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STROKE

Salt assault
Know where sodium is hiding and how it kills

How to avoid a stroke
This cruel affliction is a cause of severe disability and responsible for more than 20 000 deaths in South Africa each year. Here's how to slash your odds

Strike out your stroke risk
We've put a little more thought into what you can do to avoid it.

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