Today
These are the fitness trends the experts hate
Obsessing about exercise data and Zone Two heart rates in particular are two no-nos. Cold plunges are another.
- Talya Minsberg
Yesterday
‘My husband’s triathlon obsession killed our marriage’
At first I felt as though I’d failed, but then I realised that it was both of us who had stopped trying.
- Anonymous author
How a slowdown in business led to this executive’s new passion
Smartvisit co-founder Laura Rieveley picked up a tennis racquet to stay connected with friends during the pandemic. Now she’s upping her game.
- Life & Leisure
This Month
- Opinion
- Alcohol
I quit drinking four years ago. I’m still confronting drinking culture.
People who stop drinking are constantly quizzed about why.
- Charles M. Blow
This woman took a mid-life gap year (and left her family behind)
Fed up with waiting for her life to restart after a lifetime of caring for others, one Sydney woman escaped instead.
- Michelle Bowes
Why ageing experts are obsessed with health span
There are two main ways experts think we may be able to extend the time we enjoy a quality of life.
- Dana G. Smith
Eight ways to create the perfect morning routine
Staying hydrated, exercise, stretching and breakfast all play a role. So do tea and coffee.
- Emily Craig
This one exercise will tell you how fast your back is ageing
If you fall short of your age target, there are simple ways to improve.
- Emily Craig
I lived a 1950s lifestyle and got fitter, slept better and lost weight
The food wasn’t great and no one would want to go back to washing sheets in the bath, but there were some surprising upsides.
- Miranda Levy
- Analysis
- Illness
Should you be worried about the HMPV virus spreading in China?
Here is everything you need to know about the respiratory infection and why it’s very different from COVID-19.
- Stephanie Nolen
Cancer rates among the young are increasing. Is food to blame?
Early onset cancer cases have increased by a staggering 79 per cent in the last 30 years, alarming figures show.
- Claudia Marquis
Yes, you can exercise too much for a good sleep
Exercising too intensely, too late in the day or too often can make it harder to drift off or stay asleep.
- Hannah Singleton
Drugs from nature help millions. But there’s a catch
Big pharma and others that have made a buck from genetic resources have been asked to funnel some profit back to communities where the organisms come from.
- Dino Grandoni
Weightlifting could take eight years off your body
A recent study suggests a link between weight training and a reduction in biological age for both men and women.
- Joe Pinkstone
As a doctor, here’s what I’ve learnt from my own Alzheimer’s disease
It is critical to manage Alzheimer’s disease in the early stages to postpone the onset of dementia. Don’t wait for the horses to get out of the barn.
- Daniel Gibbs
- Opinion
- Obesity
Price must be right to put obesity drug on the PBS
It is vital the gatekeepers of the scheme hold the line on the cost benefits of blockbuster drugs.
- Nick Coatsworth
The real reason men get belly fat (and how to get rid of it)
Research suggests it’s more harmful to be a man who is overweight than a woman who is carrying extra pounds.
- Emily Craig
These 12 steps can help prevent dementia by rebooting your brain
The evidence suggests more than 40 per cent of dementia is preventable.
- Liz Hoggard
- Analysis
- Healthcare
It’s not just obesity. Drugs like Ozempic will change the world
It is early days yet, but glp-1 receptor agonists have all the makings of one of the most successful classes of drugs in history.
- The Economist
Hungover? What you need to know about Dry January
Woken up feeling rotten after New Year’s Eve? This popular sobriety challenge has a simple goal: Give up alcohol for the first 31 days of the year.
- Nicole Stock
December 2024
Jeremy Clarkson releases anti-Dry January advent calendar
The Clarkson’s Farm star’s latest offering provides a drink a day throughout the first month of 2025 for those not wishing to go alcohol-free.
- Tom McArdle
Making New Year’s resolutions? Take these 5 tips to help them stick
Studies have shown that up to 70 per cent of people who make such pledges in January abandon those good intentions within months. Don’t be one of them.
- Maria Cheng
- Opinion
- Diet
3 reasons vegans are going back to meat
The shift piqued my interest. Does this represent a growing trend, and if so, what does that mean for efforts to nudge people towards more plant-based diets?
- Lara Williams
Five executive women bust the ‘having it all’ myth
Tired of reading about male executives and their 5am ice baths, yoga regimes and sauna schedules, female leaders open up about their own real challenges.
- Michelle Bowes