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20 March 2005
If left handed people are made to write with their right hand, will it cause confusion in the brain? I wondered whether...
20 March 2005
I was 35 when I realised that I had synaesthesia but no-one in my family has it. I was wondering if it was the brain...
20 March 2005
How many cells are there in the brain, and how powerful is a black hole?
20 March 2005
Why do you hear your own voice differently to other people?
13 March 2005
If you had a stem cell transplant, would your DNA change?
06 March 2005
I was hypnotised and thought I was a Dutch girl from 1815. Was this my former life?
06 March 2005
I really need to give up smoking but I just can't seem to do it. I have chronic pain after an operation, chronic...
06 March 2005
I went to a hypnotist to stop smoking in the early 1980s and it worked for about a year. I went away on holiday and...
06 March 2005
What are the dangers of hypnosis? Would it help with my anxiety disorder?
06 March 2005
I was hypnotised when I was 25. I'm now 67 and I've smoked once in between. The session cost me £4...
06 March 2005
Can hypnosis help tinnitus? It was brought on by two very stressful incidents. Tinnitus is when you get noises in the...
06 March 2005
I was hypnotised over 30 years ago and it cost me £5. At the time I was very angry with the hypnotist because...
06 March 2005
Macrophages can clean up debris in the lungs. One of your guests the other week said that these phages can help the...
27 February 2005
Will man be come extinct like the dinosaurs?
20 February 2005
Why does cancer tend to be more common in older people?
20 February 2005
My dad died from cancer. What are the chances that I or my brothers will get cancer? Are there genes for cancer?
20 February 2005
My grandfather, father, aunt, all my siblings and I have had cancer. Are we an example of cancer being hereditary? The...
20 February 2005
I just wanted to pick up on the point you mentioned about inflammatory disease. I have rheumatoid arthritis and have...
13 February 2005
Do gay men respond to pheromones from other men, as men do from women and women from men?
13 February 2005
If smell is so important, how do we smell each other through deodorants and perfume?
13 February 2005
When a woman gets pregnant, why do some men suffer false pregnancies?
13 February 2005
I lost my sense of smell. Can I get it back again?
06 February 2005
Do we have stem cells when we're adults? How long do they last? Can't specialised cells divide?
06 February 2005
Can stem cells be used to cure vitiligo?