[unable to retrieve full-text content]Five fitness dropouts set out to change their ways and, in the process, lost an amazing 500-plus pounds combined.

By Angela Epstein Last updated at 3:58 PM on 30th October 2011 To anyone who has ever been on a diet, it is a most beguiling idea: a pill to help you lose weight. Sales of over-the-counter slimming products are soaring but can they really make a difference for Britain’s 13 million dieters? Here, DR DAVID ...Read More

HUMANS are still made on the genetic framework of their hunter-gatherer forebears, and as such we not only have little need to eat grains, but by consuming grain may be damaging our health. That’s the provocative claim of American author Nora Gedgaudas, soon to visit Australia, whose 2009 book “Primal Body, Primal Mind” argues that ...Read More

Do you have any tips for improving my golf game in a short space of time? I have a few weeks left before going on a golfing holiday with some friends, and I’m not really at their level. I need some intensive training! There are several ways to improve your game in a short time ...Read More

In this file photo of the Naples Island Christmas Boat Parade decorated boats of all shapes and sizes including, kayaks and canoes were out in the parade around Naples Island and Alamitos Bay. (File) NOVEMBER’S ALMOST GONE: You think October’s gone by quickly? Wait’ll you see November speed into history. It’ll be like a a ...Read More

Study: Girls’ Behavioral Problems Linked To Prenatal BPA Exposure Girls exposed in the womb to high levels of bisphenol A (BPA)–a chemical found in everything from plastic bottles to tin cans–may be at risk for future behavioral and emotional problems, suggests a new study published in Pediatrics. Researchers tested the urine of 244 women for ...Read More