‘I was addicted to exercise’
When does something healthy, such as exercise, become an unhealthy obsession? And can apps make things worse? …
Health
NHS e-health systems ‘risk patient safety’
The use 21 separate electronic record systems in NHS hospitals across England ‘could lead to errors’. …
Doddie Weir: The rugby legend who won’t give in to MND
Three years after being told he has a terminal illness, rugby legend Doddie Weir refuses to give it an inch. …
Surgeons Transplant a Testicle From One Brother to His Twin
The rare operation has implications for wounded soldiers, accident victims, cancer patients and those undergoing sex reassignment. …
I Tested 13 Bidets. I’m a Convert.
The difference between a bidet and a washlet, and why you might love one, too. …
Stuck in the Middle
My daughters and I defy easy labeling. It has taken me a lifetime to realize that we don’t have to declare…
Briton Audrey Schoeman revived after six-hour cardiac arrest
Audrey Schoeman fell unconscious when she was caught in a snowstorm while hiking in Spain. …
Nearly a Third of Teens Use One or More Tobacco Products
While e-cigarettes are still the most popular, teenagers are also smoking other items like cigarillos — another worrisome sign for nicotine…
No Hearing Aids? Then No Marriage
After more than five decades together, a lack of conversation leads to a divided house and a “gray divorce.” …
Health Spending Grew Modestly, New Analysis Finds
For the first time in many years, the government reported that spending on health care last year grew more slowly than…
Premature Babies at Higher Diabetes Risk
Infants born prematurely were at increased risk of both Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes in ensuing decades. …
Should We Lie to My Parents?
My husband lost his job. We don’t need to hear what they think. Can we keep this from them? …
Your Mom Is Wrong: Your Vegetarian Diet Did Not Cause Cancer
Is there any link between soy consumption and cancer? …
Measles deaths ‘staggering and tragic’
Global estimates suggest 142,000 people – mostly children – died from the disease in 2018 …
Working at Equinox: ‘It’s Very Hunger Games’
Working for the high-end gym chain seems glamorous, but for many trainers the schedule is unforgiving, the pay low and the…
Poor children lose out on exercise, research suggests
Significant inequalities remain in the areas of family affluence, gender and race, Sport England says. …
Norovirus closes 1,100 hospital beds in England
Don’t go to work or send children to school until 48 hours after symptoms have gone, NHS bosses say. …
Dealing With Grown-Up ‘Mean Girls’
Just as in the destructive patterns in adolescence, women can be both the victims and the villains in their adult relationships….