October 2017 (Vol. 28 Issue 7)

FEATURE Mind over illness

Lynne McTaggart set out to test whether thoughts can affect scientific targets in lab experiments, but then discovered that many of the effects were rubbing off on the participants as well.

FEATURE Healing cancer in the kitchen

Both Ivan and Beth Misner have fought cancer with a variety of alternative methods, but the mainstay of the 'Misner Plan' is an anticancer diet with mouth-watering, healing recipes

FEATURE Strong in the knees

Look after your body's largest joints with these simple stretching and strengthening exercises, says Charlotte Watts.

FEATURE Thalidomide: the drug that won’t go away

Diseases, Drugs

Young women are still taking the drug that caused thousands of birth deformities more than 50 years ago

FEATURE There's the rub

Doctors just think of the fascia as a simple wrapper over muscles, but as Cate Montana discovered, many therapists are proving that it's the key to pain relief—and more.

FEATURE Back to life - How I beat endometriosis

Endometriosis forced Shireen Masani to give up work and put her life on hold. But a healthy new diet changed everything