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Shelagh Fogarty

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  1. Shelagh investigates her body clock

    Human beings have long evolved to accommodate the fact the world turns according to periods of light and darkness, day and night. Our bodies can anticipate, not just react to, that circadian rhythm (circadia means 'about a day'). The body can prepare the immune system to adapt to what is coming....

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  2. "I was lucky" - Shelagh Fogarty on her experiences with stammering

    Shelagh discusses stammering on 5 live, or more precisely, the difficulties many children and adults have in getting NHS treatment for a stammer.

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  3. Life in a Syrian refugee camp in Jordan

    It would be hard to find a place more full of contrasts than Zaatari Refugee Camp in Jordan. This vast lunar landscape is now home to more than a hundred thousand Syrians who've fled the fighting in their own country.

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  4. Rome hosts one of the world's most theatrical electoral processes

    Shelagh Fogarty writes about the atmosphere in Rome as the papal conclave continues.

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