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Health

Fad Watch Health Crazes Under the Spotlight This Week: Masai Barefoot Technology

ALRIGHT THEN, WHAT IS IT THIS TIME? MBT.

Stubbing Out the Deadliest Cancer of Them All Lung Cancer Is the Biggest Single Cause of Death of Women in Scotland, yet It Is Starved of Funding for Research and Struggles to Attract the Attentions of Celebrity Supporters. Jennifer Cunningham Talks to Campaigners Who Say It Is Vital We Change Our Approach to the Disease . . . Before It Is Too Late

YOU may have seen the pink ribbons. You may even have worn one. You may have seen celebrities such as Elizabeth Hurley wearing T- shirts to raise awareness of breast cancer as part of a campaign which is high profile and successful. And yet, vital though such a campaign is, in Scotland it is not the single biggest cause of death forwomen.

Taking a Big Step Forward? Foot Spas Have Long Been Used to Relieve Aches and Pains but Manufacturers Claim the Latest Models Can Help with Serious Conditions Such As Arthritis. The World of Science, However, has Its Doubts.

THE sensation of warm, bubbling jets of water and a whiff of fragranced oil used to be enticing enough qualities, but a new breed of detoxifying foot spas now claim they can ease an assortment of ailments including arthritis and skin disorders. Could our constant battle to purge poisons be as simple as dunking our feet in a portable detox machine? Companies such as Hydra Detox International and Belle Sante believe so. Each markets an aqua detox machine which, they claim, detoxifies the entire...

Scots Team Take On Killer Bugs

ATEAM of scientists in Edinburgh is tackling the dangerous infections which sometimes kill after childbirth or bowel surgery. Biologists at the University of Edinburgh have begun genetic trials to understand better how the bacterium responsible for these infections - called Bacteroides fragilis - fools the body's defences. The research could pave the way for new treatments.

Walk for Breast Cancer

AFTER a group of friends took part in a sponsored walk for breast cancer in England they decided to do something similar back home in Scotland. The result was last year's Twilight Walk, which raised pounds-80,000. Now the group, who formed charity Breast Foot Forward, are repeating the event on Saturday and hope to raise even more cash. Susan Withers, a trustee of the charity, said they already have 1000 men and women signed up to do either the half- or quarter-mile walk.

Where Are You Putting Your Cross?Jennifer Cunningham Asks Four of Scotland's Religious Leaders Which Issues Will Decide the General Election for Them

RELIGION and politics is always a volatile mix, but the taboo of combining faith and party allegiances is gradually being eroded. Tony Blair, while regularly underlining his own Christian credentials during two terms as prime minister, insisted before he named May 5 as polling day: "I do not want to end up with an American style of politics with us all going out there beating our chest about our faith."Yet religion is never far away from politics and, in Scotland, Operation Christian Vote is ...

Who Do You Think You Are? The 21st-Century Identity Crisis Only Philosophers - and Men Having a Crisis Over Their Burgeoning Beer Gut - Used to Worry About Identity. However, More People Are Now Trying to Discover Who They Really Are. By Beth Pearson

THE western world appears preoccupied with identity. The shelves of bookshops are stacked with selfhelp books that advise us how to find our true self. Women's magazines are filled with quizzes that quickly decipherwhat sort of person we are. Marketing companies use psychographics to measure consumers' beliefs, opinions and interests, so that once the consumer knows who they are they can buy products that reaffirm their identity. If we're completely lacking in subtlety we can wear a T-shirt ...