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A new year is to diet culture as November is to pumpkin-spiced beverages. After the excesses of the holiday period, millions of people make resolutions to overhaul their eating habits, spurred on by books, apps and experts, all promising the secret to lasting weight loss.

As science increasingly finds most diets ineffective and even counterproductive, these shows will help you overhaul your approach to food.

In a very different situation. omicron is so contagious that theres still a small chance youre going to get infected. but if youre vaccinated and boosted, youre going to do well from a clinical point of view. youre not going to get very sick. i think can kids go to school safely? absolutely. can we gather in small groups, meaning family and friends? they can if everybody is vaccinated, everybody whose eligible. if you can find those rapid tests and get everybody a rapid test, that makes it much,...

Drinking. i think thats unnecessary. that kind of stuff probably is harmful. your question about flying. flying is reasonably safe. got to wear a high quality mask when you travel. if youre going to go see someone whos potentially high risk like grandma or grandpa, try to get those rapid tests and make sure everybodys negative when they show up. >> are we on the cusp of a pill literally being a magic pill? >> yeah, we are close. i mean, the problem is we do have the pfizer pill. theres also the ...

Republicans seem to really love the tv part of tv doctor more than the doctor part. and the doctor part has come under strain from everywhere from fact checkers to the late night comics. >> do you believe theres a magic weight loss cure out there? >> the word -- if youre selling something because its magical, no. >> what, what? that would be ridiculous. no one is claiming theres a magic pill out there, that would be stupid. >> this little bean has scientists saying they found a magic weight loss...

Could have the first oral at home, treatment. professor at uclas department of epidemiology, what we need to know about this new medication? who is it designed for? >> thank you for having me, this new drug is definitely an important tool in our toolbox, covid-19. what it does, it reduces the ability of the virus to replicate and that means its not going to be able to take over, something like tamiflu might work about the same conflict. if you do get covid, there is a drug that can only be admin...

In a moving interview with Gary Lineker from 2005, he speaks about the agony of watching his own son, George, then a baby, undergo gruelling, but ultimately successful, treatment for leukaemia.

Disappear. the vaccine is like a magic pill. he believed he had magic powers to deal with what he perceived as an insurrection at the border. now, im not saying he thinks hes a wizard, but what does that speak to in terms of his concept of power and potency? >> its a really interesting question because on the one hand it shows that hes really delusional and on the other hand it shows how unwilling he is to do the hard work. so its simply by virtue of his presence and his leadership these things ...

Disappear. the vaccine is like a magic pill. he believed he had magic powers to deal with what he perceived as an insurrection at the border. now, im not saying he thinks hes a wizard, but what does that speak to in terms of his concept of power and potency? >> its a really interesting question because on the one hand it shows that hes really delusional and on the other hand it shows how unwilling he is to do the hard work. so its simply by virtue of his presence and his leadership these things ...

Which of course we would all want. but this is the main issue. with ivermectin not only is that we know -- not only are we saying theres no evidence it works. it goes beyond that. were actually saying it doesnt work. there was a systematic review looking at ten randomized trials being done, look at different doses of iver meckten, and they found there was no reduction of symptoms for covid-19. it does not work. when everything is risk and theres no benefit, then this is not something that should...