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  • A new start after 60: backpacking in the Himalayas, I found the courage to change my life

  • Should I worry about my snoring?

    All that snorting and grumbling can wreck your sleep and your relationship. But does it mean something is seriously wrong with your body? And can playing the didgerigoo really help?

  • Climbing Mitre Peak seems daunting to Murdo MacLeod – but he doesn’t want to let his daughter down…

    When this newspaper’s photographer and his 25-year-old daughter attempt the rarely climbed 1,700m spire in New Zealand’s Milford Sound the obstacles appear overwhelming

  • Getting physical: in search of aerobics guru Richard Simmons

  • Biting the skin off my fingers feels like self-harm – but I can’t stop

  • How the perils of mountain biking helped me cope with my brain tumour diagnosis

  • A moment that changed me: I was in my 20s and depressed – then my mother moved into my bed

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Advice

  • Ask Annalisa Barbieri
    Biting the skin off my fingers feels like self-harm – but I can’t stop

  • Sexual healing
    I have never been able to climax during sex. Is my masturbation style to blame?

  • Ask Philippa
    My husband went too far – and now I never want sex with him again

  • Consumer champions
    How can Saga nearly double my car insurance premium?

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Running & biking

  • ‘It’s all about freedom and adventure’: five of the best bikepacking routes in Scotland

    • ‘The cycling was a breeze’: following the Seine through Normandy

    • Cycling notes: resist the temptation to take liquids – archive, 1895

    • Cycle hire: how poor parking put a spoke in the wheel of city schemes

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Health news

  • Tea, apples and berries could stave off age-related memory loss, study suggests

    Research found 71-year-olds with high flavanol consumption had better memory function

  • What is Primodos and why were 100 UK families seeking compensation?

    Concerns about birth defects first raised in 1960s but evidence for causal link to pregnancy test remains contentious

    • UK families lose bid for compensation over Primodos pregnancy test drug

    • Toddlers’ gut bacteria may predict future obesity, study suggests

    • Labour vows to introduce Scottish-style right to roam law in England

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