• Pioneering treatments include targeted ablations of the "internet shopping centre" in the brain, and surgical grafting of one addict to another.
  • Use of motivational interviewing, CBT (graded exposure to vegetables) and self-help groups.
  • Impressive health gains from housing interventions may prompt some doctors to train in cavity wall insulation.
  • The healing properties of green spaces, and public health excitement at the power of neighbourhood design.
  • New "active travel" therapy is causing consternation among pharma companies.
  • With support of a multidisciplinary team, carbon addicts can now achieve almost complete recovery.