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Drug dependency. A hand reaches into a medicine cabinet in this abstract view of drug addiction. Psychedelic colours and a blurring of the image gives a hallucinogenic effect.

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A Body Made of Glass review: A very personal history of hypochondria

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Conceptual shot of a young adult couple kissing via mobile phone

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What is love? A new book finds we still don't really know

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Handout picture: Jacqueline Alnes author of The Fruit Cure. Picture supplied by Nikki Griffiths nikki@mhpbooks.com mhpbooks.com.

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The Fruit Cure review: A chilling tale of dubious diets and 'wellness'

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2HN6JW3 Jim, a gas lamp lighter engineer from British Gas, works in St John Smith Square, Westminster, London. Over 300 gas fuelled lamps still remain in Westminster and around 1,500 gas lamps, dating back 200 years old, continue to light the capital. Picture date: Monday February 14, 2022.

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Into the Dark review: Intriguing book dissects darkness

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Author Sy Montgomery with illustrator Matt Patterson

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Of Time and Turtles review: What can we learn from turtles?

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BONN, GERMANY - DECEMBER 23: A woman is seen illuminated in the window of a residential building on December 23, 2021 in Bonn, Germany. (Photo by Ulrich Baumgarten via Getty Images)

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Alone review: Insightful bestseller explores long-term singlehood

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Group of young skateboarders sitting in discussion with mature skateboarder in neighborhood skate park

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Generations review: Zoomer, boomer, millennial – what's your tribe?

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My chest is feeling so tight

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Allergic review: A great guide explores a complex medical mystery

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Addicted to Drama: Find out what it means to be called a 'drama queen'

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Addicted to Drama: Find out what it means to be called a 'drama queen'

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UNSPECIFIED - CIRCA 1900: Giovanni Grewembroch - XVIII century. Manuscript: Doctor in Venice at the time of the plague. Watercolor. (Photo By DEA PICTURE LIBRARY/De Agostini via Getty Images)

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Pathogenesis review: How infectious diseases have moulded civilisation

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Interracial heterosexual couple holding hands at home. Millennial young love between two different races; Shutterstock ID 1493320925; purchase_order: -; job: -; client: -; other: -

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Impulse review: An authoritative, if dry, sexual behaviours manual

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Attention Span review: A welcome injection of evidence

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Attention Span review: A welcome injection of evidence

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