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Live well
Get information on more than 100 topics covering all aspects of healthy living and advice on coping with long-term health conditions
Maintaining a healthy weight Opens new window
Tips for losing excess weight by eating healthily and exercising regularly
Fitness Opens new window
How to make exercise part of your daily lifestyle and a look at the benefits of getting more active
Women aged 18 to 39 - health information Opens new window
Get information on issues like sexual health and keeping active
Men aged 18 to 39 - health information Opens new window
Advice on topics such as getting fit and stopping smoking
Women aged 40 to 60 - health information Opens new window
Get information on issues like coping with the menopause and keeping fit
Men aged 40 to 60 - health information Opens new window
Advice on topics such as dealing with a mid-life crisis and losing weight
Back pain - causes and treatment Opens new window
Find out about the causes of back pain, how to prevent it and what treatments are available
Depression - support and help Opens new window
Where to go for support if you have depression, and what you can do to help yourself
Living with allergies Opens new window
Find out about allergies such as eczema, hay fever and food allergies
Drugs Opens new window
Find out the effects and dangers of drugs, including true stories of cannabis, cocaine and solvent abuse
Black health Opens new window
Find out about health risks and diseases particularly affecting Africans and African Caribbeans, and how to reduce risk
Snoring - what you can do to stop it Opens new window
Snoring can ruin relationships and in some cases can be bad for your health - find out what you can do to stop it
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