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passing fads from meaningful advancements isn’t always easy. In this issue of Health, Fitness & Wellbeing, we go beyond the hype to the treatments and tech that could help us not just to live longer, but to live better. Looking from the outside in, on page 4 we reveal top treatments for dark spots and skin tightening. On page 8, we investigate red light therapy and its potential role in aiding fi tness and recovery. Finally, on page 16, we turn attention inwards and look at new health tests that can help inform future care and lifestyle choices. Better health isn’t about chasing every new innovation; it’s


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about knowing what can actually make a diff erence to how we look, feel and live.


Mattie Lacey-Davidson Editor


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