By Julie Deardorff I once watched an actress frame her belly button with her fingers during a local improvisational show. Presto! She had transformed her tummy fat into a doughy bagel. I thought it was pretty funny until I found that I also could make an authentic-looking bagel with my stomach.

By Fred Kavalier health@independentcouk Casebook A young friend is eight months pregnant and is concerned her husband is becoming restless.

A RECENT US study has confi rmed what men have instinctively known for centuries - that an hourglass figure complete with a tiny waist and curvaceous hips is seriously sexy.

By DENISE GRADY By DENISE GRADY The New York Times Doctors in New York have removed a woman's gallbladder with instruments passed through her vagina, a technique they hope will cause less pain and scarring than the usual operation, and allow a quicker recovery.

By REBECCA HOWARD A RECENT U.S. study has confirmed what men have instinctively known for centuries - that an hourglass figure complete with a tiny waist and curvaceous hips is seriously sexy.