It is not, I would suggest, everybody who can go 'Whoah, blooper!' to an article alluding to the history of colonic irrigation:
Colonic irrigation had been used in the 19th century in hospitals, with some doctors believing that a build-up of toxic undigested waste caused disease (it is thought colon cleansing dates back to ancient Greece and Egypt ( Read more... )

Women of a certain age are told to forget plastic and make the most of natural beauty. Yeah, sure: I wonder exactly what the authors are marketing in their books setting out this agenda. We also note that it is women of a certain age who are sweeping 'natural' pills, potions and ointments off the shelves, and may wonder if there is a connection ( Read more... )

Kathryn Hughes, A museum is not an iPod: There's something unique about visiting a real exhibition in real time that you miss online:
According to a new study, led by London School of Economics academic Tony Travers, 42 million visits are made each year in the UK. Apparently this beats the number of people who watch Premiership and league football.
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Interesting article on menstruation and menstrual myths (that clockwork cycle, the lunar influence, the synchronisation, etc) in today's Guardian Women's Section. And why I am not surprised to read that:
You'd have thought, given that periods have been a universal experience for women for millennia, that we'd know all there is to know about them by ( Read more... )