On the Run...with Ruth Meech

12:40pm Tuesday 3rd June 2008

AND now, the end is near, it's time to face the final hurdle.

	Could vaccinations put your child at risk?
	11:37am Tue 3 Jun 08
	The World Health Organisation hails vaccination and clean water as the two elements that have had the greatest impact on human health.

	Back to cough cures of the past
	8:54am Tue 27 May 08
	Bleary-eyed parents woken yet again by a toddler's troublesome cough may be cursing - and confused by - the recent decision to limit the availability of over-the-counter syrups and mixtures.

	On the Run...with Ruth Meech
	12:18pm Tue 13 May 08
	ONCE upon a mis-spent youth, I was caught, almost literally red-handed, smoking.

	Enjoy summer – but take care of yourself too
	11:14am Tue 13 May 08
	Shaping up for summer is about more than hitting the gym. Before you expose your body to the sun, and the rest of the world, give it a health workout.

	Brown is beautiful... but could it be deadly?
	11:36am Tue 6 May 08
	The glossy magazines tell us to look pale and interesting, but as most of us know, brown and beautiful seems to work best.

	Fit for Life...with Tina Talbot
	9:39am Tue 6 May 08
	AS a chartered physiotherapist with 14 years' experience treating children and being a mother myself, I am one of many parents concerned about the health of our kids.

	Hay fever suffering is not to be sneezed at
	11:49am Tue 29 Apr 08
	It may only be April, but some supermarkets have already run out of own-brand antihistamines and it probably won't be the last time this year they need a major re-stock.

	On the Run...with Ruth Meech
	10:51am Tue 29 Apr 08
	IT IS not without some pride that I can reveal that the three-mile barrier has been broken.

	Disease thrives on shyness
	8:07am Tue 22 Apr 08
	IF you pride yourself on showing a typically British reserve and relish our traditional 'fry up' foods like bacon and sausages, you could be putting your health in danger. Those are two key factors implicated in bowel (or colon) cancer, which claims 16,000 lives a year in Britain, with lung cancer the only form of the disease to kill more.

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