Cocaine

Cocaine use by women in 20s soars

Julie Robotham and Kate Hagan Young women's cocaine consumption has skyrocketed in the past three years - and the drug is most popular among educated, high-earning city dwellers, federal government statistics show.

Smoking gun

Sweet assassin

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Angus Holland Sugar is leaving a bad taste in the mouth of some food campaigners, who claim it’s an addictive health hazard. But does their argument have any bite?

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Diet and disease: what's the link?

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Gardening

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Organic

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Beetroot

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Carrot

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Onion

Red Onion

Spring Onion

Carole Hungerford might be a GP, but she is not a fan of the way the business of medicine works. Not even close. ''Mainstream medicine is run by the drug companies.

Myth conceptions

Fertility: facts v furphies

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Stress? Too much sex? WiFi waves? What's really stopping you from conceiving?

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Drug use falling out of favour among young Britons

LONDON: A generational shift away from drugs may be under way in Britain, addiction experts suggested, after figures showed illegal substances were declining in popularity among all age groups.