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Real Life

The rise of #metoo in the gym

A worrying trend in men harassing women while they exercise is threatening our safety and comfort.  Samantha O'Brien reports - and we hear frightening #metoo in the gym stories from Healthista readers


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Mood & Mind

‘Antidepressants saved me from breakdown – so I’m staying on them’

After four years and one disastrous attempt to stop, author and high profile blogger Michelle Thomas (pictured) is convinced the drugs do work


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Real Life

Friendship therapy – Falling out with a friend

Katy Perry and Taylor Swift are friends again. But what about real world friendships? Healthista psychotherapist Sally Brown provides a detailed, useful answer to a complex friendship problem


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Real Life

‘I found out I was HIV positive while I was pregnant’

As a third man 'cured' of HIV after stem cell treatment, Healthista TV talks to Florence Odabeyi, who contracted the virus from her first sexual partner


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Real Life

‘Both my parents have tinnitus’

Tinnitus affects some six million Brits – but what’s it really like? Reporter Ellen Dowd knows a bit about that – both her dad and stepmother have it


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Real Life

‘I have Sjogren’s Syndrome – I didn’t know what it was either’

Characterised by dry eyes, dry mouth and skin, Elif Mazi didn't know she had Sjogren's until her diagnosis at just 20