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Cigarettes: I'm giving up my first love... at 30

I can remember one of our first dates. My palms were sweaty with anticipation. When we finally first met, it was a nauseating experience. People had told me it would be like that. But if I stuck with you, there were rewards to be had.

10 things you should never say to someone when they're sick

By Deborah Orr

What no one ever tells you about serious illness is that it places you at the centre of a maelstrom of concerned attention from family and friends. Of course it does. That's one of the nice things. It's actually the only nice thing. But it's also a rather tricky challenge, at a time when you may feel -- just slightly -- that you have enough on your plate.

'I had been planning my wedding to Mary -- but then I collapsed and almost died...'

It was a beautiful autumn evening as 30-year-old Seaghan Kearney and his fiancée Mary Lynch looked at wedding venues on the internet. They couldn't have been happier as they looked forward to a new life together.

The best part of retirement? Lazy lunches

Every retiree worries they might outlive their pension but while you're still here you may as well enjoy life, says Derek Davis

CUTTING BACK: Ian Dempsey enjoyed the Celtic Tiger years, with perhaps a few too many good nights-out in fancy restaurants, he admits.
He now suffers from diabetes type two and has had to trim down his weight. Photo: Tony Gavin

Diabetes: Ian Dempsey on his life sentence

By Ciara Dwyer

MOMENTS before Ian Dempsey arrives in the reception of Today FM radio station, I spot Tony our photographer. He is on the phone. His eyes are downcast, his expression serious.

Not enough sleep leads to diabetes and obesity

By Nicole Ostrow in Boston

LACK of sleep can make people fat and lead to health complications such as diabetes, a new Harvard study has found.

Basic rules for a long and healthy life

THE basic seven rules on how to be healthy were revealed by medics at a conference yesterday.

Restless legs have left me ragged

Q: For the past five years I have been suffering from awful crawling sensations in my legs at night. It keeps me awake and I often have to jump out of bed and walk around in order to get rid of them. It's driving me and my husband crazy. What can I do to fix this?

How looking back in anger is bad for your health

LOOKING back in anger is bad for your health, say scientists who seem to agree with rock band Oasis who has a hit with a song saying the same thing.

Why big is no longer beautiful for celebrities

By Judith Woods

HOLD the mayo! Take that bread basket away and humanely destroy it! Apparently we’ve been sold a pup by all those roly-poly-and-proud-of-it celebrities. They were fibbing. Being fat isn’t fabulous after all.

Inside Health Advice

'Exercise is essential for health in the later years'

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Attenborough's plants in 3D

Filmed over the course of a year at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, which houses some 90% of all known plant species in one form or another, Kingdom of Plants 3D provides a fascinating new look at plant life using stunning 3D time-lapse filming techniques.

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Robbie excited to be a dad

The Angels singer has been training with stars including Olly Murs and Aston Merrygold and Marvin Humes from JLS ahead of Soccer Aid 2012 on Sunday, a celebrity charity football match in aid of Unicef.Williams said of his impending fatherhood: "I have been genuinely overjoyed and terrified and then going back between the two on a daily basis and today I'm overjoyed and I can't wait.

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Carey Mulligan's custom-made Prada Met Ball dress sells for $2,950

As co-host of the 2012 Met Ball to mark the opening of the Costume Institute of New York's Prada and Schiaparelli exhibition, British actress Carey Mulligan was guaranteed a knockout gown to wear, and her sequin bedecked Prada dress did not disappoint.