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Healthy Aging
Staying active, controlling blood pressure, treating hearing loss, sleeping well and staying social have the best evidence for brain health, though much of it is observational.
Oct 31, 2026 · 7 min read
Healthy Aging
From your late 30s you slowly lose more bone than you make. Enough calcium and vitamin D, weight-bearing and strength exercise, and less smoking and drinking help slow it.
Oct 31, 2026 · 7 min read
Healthy Aging
Muscle loss starts quietly in your 30s or 40s and speeds up after 60. Strength training twice a week and enough protein at every meal can slow it, at any age.
Oct 31, 2026 · 8 min read
Weight Management
Weight loss often stalls because a lighter body needs fewer calories and small habits drift. Here is how to tell a real plateau from water weight, what to change and when to see a doctor.
Oct 31, 2026 · 7 min read
Weight Management
Intermittent fasting can help with weight loss, but most trials find it works about as well as ordinary calorie cutting. Here is what the research shows, who should avoid it and how to start.
Oct 31, 2026 · 6 min read
Weight Management
A calorie deficit means eating less energy than your body uses. Here is how it works, why the 3,500-calorie rule falls short, and why about 500 calories a day is a sensible place to start.
Oct 31, 2026 · 8 min read
Mental Wellness
Stress usually eases when the pressure does, while burnout is the exhaustion, cynicism and loss of confidence that follow months of unmanaged work stress. Here is how to tell them apart and how recovery works.
Oct 31, 2026 · 7 min read
Mental Wellness
Yes: large reviews of hundreds of trials show regular exercise eases anxiety and depression. Here is how much helps, which types work, how soon you may notice a change and how to start when motivation is low.
Oct 31, 2026 · 7 min read
Mental Wellness
Slow breathing at about 4 to 6 breaths a minute is the best-supported way to calm everyday stress. Here is how to do box breathing, 4-7-8 and diaphragmatic breathing, and what the evidence really shows.
Oct 31, 2026 · 7 min read
Sleep
Melatonin helps most with jet lag and a late-running body clock, and only a little with general insomnia. Here is what the evidence shows, how much to take and when, and who should avoid it.
Oct 31, 2026 · 7 min read
Sleep
Twelve practical sleep hygiene habits, from a fixed wake-up time and morning light to caffeine timing and a cool bedroom, plus what to do when you cannot fall asleep and when insomnia needs CBT-I.
Oct 31, 2026 · 8 min read
Sleep
Most adults need at least 7 hours of sleep a night. Here is how sleep needs change with age, the signs you are falling short, and whether weekend lie-ins or extra-long nights help or hurt.
Oct 31, 2026 · 7 min read
