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  Running across the ocean

  4 Sep 2013: Rose George started running while on a container ship researching a book. Her crewmates included a homesick lad using exercise as therapy. Did you start in a similarly unlikely environment or was your motivation unusual?

• Tour de France riders live longer, say researchers

  3 Sep 2013: Study found mortality rate among riders in gruelling bicycle race was 41% lower than average for other French men

• Can 'happiness economics' provide a new framework for development?

  Guardian Professional, 3 Sep 2013:

  Measuring wellbeing shows quality of life and helps explain its determinants. But can it be useful in post-MDGs policy?

• The trouble with being tall

  2 Sep 2013:

  The average height of men in the UK has increased by 5in during the past century – and it's no fun being 6ft 4in in a world designed for shorter people. Beware buses, air travel and pine beds with footboards!

• Protein-enhanced food: the latest health craze

  2 Sep 2013:

  Protein powder is being added to foods from bread to ice-cream, as it makes you feel fuller for longer. But do we really need more protein in our diets?

• September still gives me that back-to-school feeling

  1 Sep 2013: Sophie Heawood: It's not as if I actually liked school. I just liked getting ready each year, and imagining how perfect it might be this time

• Should I believe calorie counts?

  1 Sep 2013: Luisa Dillner: There may be a difference between a food's listed calorific value, and the amount of calories it actually delivers – but only a small one

• Ellen Forney's Marbles: Mania, Depression, Michelangelo & Me – in pictures

  Gallery (7 pictures), 1 Sep 2013:

  Ellen Forney's Marbles: Mania, Depression, Michelangelo & Me is a deeply personal graphic memoir of her bipolar disorder

• Ellen Forney: a graphic memoir of bipolar disorder

  1 Sep 2013:

  John Crace: For years cartoonist Ellen Forney struggled to find effective treatment for her condition. Now she has created Marbles: Mania, Depression, Michelangelo & Me, a deeply personal hand-drawn book that details her experiences

• A glass of wine a day may be good for mental health, Spanish study finds

  1 Sep 2013: Researchers find people who drink two to seven glasses of wine a week are less prone to depression

• I'm shy about having sex but would like more experience

  1 Sep 2013: A young man wishes he'd had more sexual experiences. Mariella Frostrup says it's about quality, not quantity

• Is middle age such a bad thing?

  31 Aug 2013: Does the idea that middle age now starts at 53 make it easier to cope with? And what does increasing longevity mean for us and the next generation? By David Stubbs and Liz Hoggard

• This column will change your life: why terrorists make lousy bosses

  31 Aug 2013:

  'To me and you, al-Qaida's Ayman al-Zawahiri may be the personification of evil,' says Oliver Burkeman. 'But to the militants he leads, he's the micromanager from hell'

• Pure OCD: a rude awakening

  31 Aug 2013:

  You mentally undress your friends, Tony Blair, the lollipop lady. Your thoughts are X-rated. You wonder if you're a paedophile – or just losing your mind. Rose Bretécher describes the nightmare – and dark comedy – of living with pure OCD

• Newly single, I suddenly feel happy again

  31 Aug 2013: At my parents', with the children, I feel protected by the familiarity of the house and my family

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