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Sylvia Thompson

Sylvia Thompson

Sylvia Thompson writes on health and environmental issues for The Irish Times.

The stresses of a hidden epidemic

Almost half of women who have given birth have problems with their pelvic-floor muscles, and the biggest problem is their silenc(...)

Kitchen medicine workshop aims to show how eating healthily can be fun

Run Clinic: Stretching and walking help ease calf cramping

Jules Evans, author of Philosophy for Life and Other Dangerous Situations. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill
How Socrates could save your life

Greek philosophy may be ancient, but it’s a razor-sharp tool for dealing with modern life, says author Jules Evans, who used philo(...)

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