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Health & wellbeing

8 September 2025

  • illustration of robot hands massaging a woman's head as she lays on table

    I got a robot massage and lived to tell the tale

    Can one really relax while being prodded by large robotic arms?
  • Emma Beddington

    The ‘Great Lock-In’ is here. Are you ready to commit ruthlessly to your fitness goals?

    Emma Beddington
    The latest super-earnest trend demands we concentrate all our willpower on exercise and healthy eating this winter. It is not the kind of lock-in I was hoping for, says Guardian columnist Emma Beddington
  • The writer and DJ Marcus Barnes at home.

    The one change that worked
    The one change that worked: I sobered up – and started to listen to what my body was telling me

    After years of partying, I realised the exhaustion and anxiety weren’t worth it, and turned my back on Friday night Fomo. I still enjoy the dancefloor, but I always know when to leave

7 September 2025

  • a male nurse holds a womens hand

    Kindness of strangers
    The kindness of strangers: a nurse saw me crying and asked if I wanted a hug

  • Pair of Golden gym dumbbells isolated on white background

    ‘It’s my second home!’ Gen Z and the sudden, surprising boom of luxury gyms

6 September 2025

  • Venus Williams August 25, 2025

    Venus Williams, LeBron James, Cristiano Ronaldo – elite athletes are extending their careers into their 40s. How?

    Athletes are commonly thought to peak in their 20s. But some top sports stars are extending their careers across decades
  • Mel Erwin in a sparkly cape lifts up her bike in the air

    ‘I still want to achieve’: people living with stage 4 cancer embrace Chris Hoy charity ride

    Inaugural Tour de 4 is tailored to individuals’ physical abilities and aims to challenge assumptions about stage 4 cancer
  • An illustration of a main holding a can of diet drink with a red flag on it up to his face to study the label

    Ingredient red flags: how to spot the chemicals to avoid in food, kitchenware and cosmetics

    Should your makeup be fragrance-free? Is it time to purge your kitchen of plastic? Are all food dyes dangerous? These are the everyday ingredients that could be harming your health

5 September 2025

  • A young pregnant woman using a mobile phone

    How social media tries to exploit your pregnancy

  • A composite of four pregnancy pillows on a red, yellow, pink and orange background

    The Filter
    The best pregnancy pillows for support and comfort, tested

4 September 2025

  • A very tall man looks down on a woman who is much shorter

    Today in Focus
    Would you have your legs broken to be taller? – podcast

    Alongside dental work, hair transplants and nose jobs, people from around the world are travelling to Turkey to get leg-lengthening surgery. Ruth Michaelson reports
    Podcast29:01

3 September 2025

  • Adrian Chiles

    I saw a poor, lonely man wandering the A4 – then realised the sheer joy of where he was heading

    Adrian Chiles
    The football shirt gave it away. Suddenly, he didn’t look like the loneliest guy in the world, but someone on the brink of unlimited camaraderie and cake
  • black-and-white composite image

    ‘I watched the bombs fall. I watched the mothers’: how do we grieve the children of Gaza?

    Palestine is not a metaphor. And yet – I’ve superimposed every experience of my own mothering these last months on to Palestine

    • Money hacks
      Pregnant or a new mum in the UK? How to cut costs when you’re expecting a baby

    • The Filter
      The best electric toothbrushes: prioritise your pearly whites with our expert-tested picks, from Oral-B to Philips

    • ‘I felt doomed’: social media guessed I was pregnant – and my feed soon grew horrifying

2 September 2025

  • The writer brushes his teeth with a Suri 2.0 toothbrush in his bathroom at home

    The Filter
    Suri 2.0 electric toothbrush review: does this sustainable brush live up to the hype?

  • Monster energy drinks

    ‘No place in children’s hands’: under-16s in England to be banned from buying energy drinks

  • Natasha May

    Antiviral
    A meaty topic: what is the carnivore diet and why do so many influencers seem to swear by it?

    Natasha May
  • Composite of multiple wellness cures with a floating covid mask.

    Long Covid has more than 200 potential symptoms. Selective gullibility is one of mine

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