Up early or lying in: why we need different amounts of sleep – Science Weekly podcast
Requiring minimal amounts of sleep is sometimes seen as a badge of honour. But for many of us,...
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Podcasts de Health & wellbeing
Covid-19: the role of vitamin D
Sarah Boseley talks to Prof Susan Lanham-New about vitamin D and whether it could play a role in...
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Alternative medicine and its sceptics – Science Weekly podcast
This week, Hannah Devlin asks: what are sceptics of alternative medicine saying about its rise?...
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Vitamania: should we all be popping vitamin pills? – Science Weekly podcast
With almost half of British adults taking a daily vitamin, Graihagh Jackson and guests examine...
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How to reboot your memory for 2024
Cognitive neuroscientist Charan Ranganath, author of Why We Remember, explains how memory shapes...
How we all got hooked on caffeine
It’s the world’s most widely used psychoactive drug, it disrupts our sleep, it makes us grumpy...
Coronavirus: learning to cope with a new normal
Columnist Zoe Williams has spent the week researching tips for life under a new regime of social...
From the archives: 88 days trapped in bed to save a pregnancy
We are raiding the Audio Long Reads archives and bringing you some classic pieces from years...
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The invisible addiction: is it time to give up caffeine? – podcast
Caffeine makes us more energetic, efficient and faster. But we have become so dependent that we...
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Allergic to the world: can medicine help people with severe intolerance to chemicals?
Whether it’s organic or psychosomatic or something in between, multiple chemical sensitivity can...
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The price of ‘sugar free’: are sweeteners as harmless as we thought?
We know we need to cut down on sugar. But replacing it with artificial compounds isn’t...
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From the archive: Tampon wars: the battle to overthrow the Tampax empire
We are raiding the Guardian Long Read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past,...
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‘You reach a point where you can’t live your life’: what is behind extreme hoarding?
Hoarding can be distressing and dangerous. But it’s not just a matter of ‘too much stuff’ – it’s...
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From the archive – Dark crystals: the brutal reality behind a booming wellness craze
We are raiding the Guardian Long Read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past,...
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Hippy, capitalist, guru, grocer: the forgotten genius who changed British food
Nicholas Saunders was a counterculture pioneer with an endless stream of quixotic schemes and a...
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Therapy on the couch, plus the London book fair – books podcast
On this week’s show, we talk to AK Benjamin and Anthony Good about two very different takes on...
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The future of gene research - podcast
How does our genetic makeup help or hinder our chances in life? And as our ability to unravel DNA...
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Guardian Focus podcast: Why do record numbers of young people have sexually transmitted infections?
Rosie Swash investigates the reasons for the UK's high level of sexually transmitted diseases...
How to live a happy life – Guardian Live event
Dawn Foster asks a UTOPIA 2016/Guardian Live panel what makes us happy and whether happiness is...
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The Guardian Guide to Running podcast: Marathon - week 6
It’s the final run in our marathon training series
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