Cognitive behavioural therapy | Cutting down on mental maths | A break from gambling ads | Wound up in Winchester
So, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence is suggesting offering women cognitive behavioural therapy as a treatment for menopause symptoms (Report, 11 December). Next it will be recommending it for erectile dysfunction in lieu of Viagra.
Teresa Grafton
London
• Having two croissants for breakfast slows your recovery from the stress of mental maths speed tests, says your report (Comfort eating can impair body’s recovery from stress, study shows, 10 December). Good to have this clear scientific evidence of our need to cut down sharply on mental maths.
John Foster
Brampton, Cumbria
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