Why are so many of us over-sensitive?
Being overly sensitive to sights and sounds can be deeply traumatic, but there may be an upside. By Emma Young.
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Smartphones won’t make your kids dumb. We think.
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How nursery kids use tablets and smartphones
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The women that kill, abuse and torture
Marian Partington is working to forgive Rosemary West – one of her sister’s killers – because she thinks the only way to break the cycle of female violence is to understand it. Katharine Quarmby reports.
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What the Amish can teach the rest of us about modern medicine
When healthcare is expensive, the Amish culture of autonomy and thrift may be a way to balance communal support and individual responsibility. Sara Talpos finds out more.
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Six ways to make a hospital better for Amish patients
How Pomerene Hospital, Ohio, became more welcoming to the Amish community.
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Maggots and medicine: a conversation with Carrie Arnold
A writhing mass of maggots in a wound might seem like a good reason to seek medical help, but, sometimes it’s the doctors who have put them there.
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This is what it’s like being a woman who works with violent women
Dr Anna Motz, a clinical and forensic psychologist and psychotherapist, explains the impact her work has had on her life so far.
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Should fewer women be behind bars?
Exploring the challenges women in prison face, and moves to reduce the number jailed.
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192 days as John Doe
For decades, unidentified bodies have been consigned to the back rooms of morgues and all but forgotten. Now a handful of campaigners are on a quest to find out who they are and where they come from. Deborah Halber reports.
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How maggots made it back into mainstream medicine
Carrie Arnold reports on an ancient treatment being revived to help heal painful infected injuries.
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Wounds, the forgotten challenge
A film about living with persistent wounds and the search for better ways to help them heal.