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Hobbies, keepsakes and routines that shape a good week, from learning to sew to recording a pregnancy, with health in the background rather than the spotlight.
Cafes in Seoul work as living rooms, offices and meeting points. Here is how the different kinds differ, how ordering and seating usually work, and where a cafe fits into a long day.
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Threading is the step that puts most new sewers off, yet it follows the same logic on almost every home machine. Here is the route the thread takes, in order, with fixes for the usual snags.
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Pregnancy has an odd relationship with time. The weeks can drag while you wait for a scan or for nausea to ease, then the whole nine months seem to vanish once the…
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Adaptogen is a loose label for plants said to help the body handle strain, physical or mental, without the crash that follows coffee or sugar. Ashwagandha has become the best known of…
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Guidelines for adults usually point to somewhere between seven and nine hours a night, but that range is wide for a reason. People differ, and the same person can need more or…
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Picture a relative walking into a sprawling hospital they have never visited. They are worried, possibly short of sleep, and faced with a maze of wings, lifts and department names. Every minute…
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How someone feels about their appearance can colour far more than the reflection in the mirror. Years of teasing over a feature, or changes after illness, injury or pregnancy, can chip away…
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Nexium, the brand name for esomeprazole, belongs to a group of medicines called proton pump inhibitors, or PPIs. They reduce the amount of acid the stomach produces and are widely used for…
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Every spring the same plan resurfaces: get fit before summer. It usually falls apart for the same reason, which is that "get fit" is not a plan. It does not say what…
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Digestive complaints are so common that many people simply live with them. Heartburn after most meals, bloating that comes and goes, bouts of constipation or diarrhoea, a stomach that never quite settles:…
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