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When moods reach an extreme

SHE may lead a glamorous lifestyle, but behind the glittering showbiz facade Catherine Zeta Jones is as fragile as any other ordinary human being.Read

Win the baby weight battle

SUPER-SLIM celebrity mothers are putting women under pressure to lose their baby weight too fast according to research. LIZ LAMB speaks to a mum of two about her battle to regain her figure after a baby, while a personal trainer gives you some top tips.Read

TACKLE THREE PEAKS

CAN you conquer the UK’s three peaks? Breast Cancer Campaign is calling on all fundraisers with a passion for the great outdoors to put on their hiking boots and set themselves a challenge for 2011 by signing up to its popular Three Peaks Challenge.Read

LOVE them or loathe them, fitness gadgets can help motivate us on our way to peak fitness. Here two of our writers road test the latest on the market.

TACKLING the Great North Run is not something to be taken lightly . . . as I have discovered to my cost these last few months.Read

TOLL OF PAIN AT WORK

A QUARTER of people with migraine have left a job or not taken one because of the condition.Read

Life coach Paula McCormack

Life coach aims to help people live the lives they want

DO you need a new impetus? A new direction? Or even help de-stressing? If so, then Paula McCormack says she’s the woman to help.Read

Walking back to happiness

IT CONJURES images of perms, sweatbands and neon cycling shorts, but power walking is one 80s fad that we could do with resurrecting. MIEKA SMILES reports.Read

Deloris Lolita "Dolly" Martin, who runs Platinum Entertainment and Sunderland Dance Community Interest Company, has released a fitness DVD called Love Your Body, which is out in Amazon, HMV and Fenwicks

Dancer Dolly Martin turns into fitness guru

"When I was younger I worked out to the Cindy Crawford DVD every day without fail," says Dolly Martin.Read

Baby joy after cancer nightmare

AN ALARMING 40% of women can’t name any cervical cancer symptoms. One woman who survived the disease is now speaking out to help others spot the signs before it’s too late. MIEKA SMILES reports.Read

Looking for inspiration?

CHILDREN and parents can get lots of ideas for how to spend their No Power Hour through the dedicated “Climate Cops” area on the npower website. Just click on to www.npower.com/climatecops With a downloadable Mission Chart, children can keep track of their energy-saving activities and set themselves a new challenge every day of their holiday. The No Power Hour online “Mission Randomiser” is packed with tips on ways to enjoy electricity-free fun outdoors.Read

Beating breast cancer

A HUSBAND and wife are celebrating their anniversary with a run to beat breast cancer.Read

Give your baby the best start in life

BREAST is always best when it comes to babies, but new mums should also know breastfeeding is best for them, too. As Breastfeeding Awareness Week kicks off tomorrow, we take a look at the breast versus bottle debate. MIEKA SMILES reports.Read

Features writer Karen Wilson

Five weeks to a bikini body

WHILE life coaching, therapy-speak and confessing all to strangers may be par for the course in America, for us Brits it can seem a tad self-indulgent and, let’s be honest, excruciatingly embarrassing.Read

Ben and Tom Smith

Get tykes on their bikes!

IT’S good for the environment, it’s good for your health, but most of all it’s good fun. Here we take a look at the benefits of getting on your bike, and set you and your family a cycling challenge.Read

Diabetic doing a sugar level finger prick blood test

Coping with diabetes diagnosis

"AM I going to die?" was my first response after being told I had diabetes.Read

Centre sending out an SOS

FOR scoliosis sufferers, the options for a pain-free life are limited, but a small clinic in London is offering a non-surgical, long-term solution. STUART EDWARDS speaks to a graduate of the therapy.Read

The toothe of the matter

BREAKTHROUGH scientific research has strongly suggested there could be a link between having fewer teeth and poor memory.Read

A specialist looking at a patient's mouth

Mouth cancer help

A NEW diagnostic tool to help the early detection of oral cancer has successfully been developed by researchers in America.Read

Jayne Walsh, 25, from Kenton, who enrolled with Fit Camp

Shape up in boot camp

CONTROVERSIAL star Kerry Katona has reportedly beaten the bulge by enrolling in a military-style boot camp. Here we speak to two women who have shared Kerry’s boot camp success.Read

Can vitamins help cancer patients?

A NORTHUMBERLAND company is in the spotlight after a pilot study into the effects of treating terminal cancer with a range of its vitamin products showed 76% of patients lived longer.Read

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