2/18 Telegraph Health

Smoking 'worse for your health than being working class' February 18, 2009 at 7:41 am Smoking is worse for your health than being working class according to a new study. Drinking two cups of coffee a day 'cuts stroke risk by 20 per cent' February 18, 2009 at 6:37 am Drinking two to three cups of coffee a day can reduce the risk of a stroke by almost 20 per cent according to new research. Baby heart transplant raises questions on UK rules February 17, 2009 at 6:44 pm Heart transplant baby Sarah Cox would not be alive today if UK rules were rolled out throughout Europe. Terry Pratchett: We need to talk about dementia February 17, 2009 at 3:10 pm Cassandra Jardine examines how Terry Pratchett and other public figures have brought a Cinderella illness into the spotlight. Parents of Britain's youngest heart transplant patient break silence February 17, 2009 at 1:44 pm The parents of Britain's youngest surviving heart transplant patient spoke for the first time about their daughter's lifesaving operation. Anorexic girls admitted to hospital rise by 80 per cent in a decade February 17, 2009 at 1:39 pm The number of young girls admitted to hospital suffering from anorexia has risen by 80 per cent in a decade figures show. Dirk Wittenborn: a history of brain candy and why it brought my father nothing but misery February 17, 2009 at 8:33 am Before drugs like Prozac or Zoloft doctors had just one 'cure' for depression: lobotomy. Dr J.R. Wittenborn was one of a group of 1950s scientists determined to come up with a more civilised treatment. But as his novelist son recalls his experiments in 'synthesising joy' came at great personal cost... Quilting pottery and computer games 'may cut risk of dementia' February 17, 2009 at 7:45 am Taking up hobbies such as quilting pottery and even playing computer games in later life may substantially cut the risk of dementia a new study suggests. Winston Man sues cigarette company over throat and lung cancer February 17, 2009 at 7:22 am Alan Landers the man who for years was the rugged face of Winston America's bestselling cigarette brand is suing the company claiming that their products led to the throat and lung cancer he is now battling. Hollywood personal trainers: the transformers February 17, 2009 at 6:42 am Hollywood's most adept shapeshifters have long owed their bodies - and their careers - to a personal trainer. But are these musclebound kings of pain becoming a little too powerful?