Health & Fitness

Is fluoride toothpaste bad for you? Dentists share the benefits and possible risks of fluoride in toothpaste to help you decide what’s best for your teeth.

Learn more about norovirus, how to prevent contracting it, and why this year has seen such a surge in cases.

A program begun in Zimbabwe in which grandmothers and older listeners serve as “first responders” for those seeking mental health assistance in underserved communities has now expanded to nine countries, including the U.S.

Burned-out doctors are ditching the operating room for the board room.

In an interview with the AP, UNAIDS Executive Director Winnie Byanyima called on the Trump Administration not to cut off funding.

A good mattress improves your sleep, say mattress makers – and they would, wouldn’t they? But they’re right. The older I get, the more I know it. When I was 20, I could sleep anywhere: a friend’s floor, a filthy sofa – even a phone box one night.

If you’re clicking on this dumbbell ab workout right now thinking — ”No, not sit-ups,” then we’ve got good news for you — there aren’t any. As a personal trainer, I believe sit-ups have a time and a place, but they’re not the holy grail of core exercises.

In the months​ following my parents’ deaths, I decided to buy a flatbed scanner as a partial fix for the drifts of paper they had accumulated after sixty years in the same house – receipts, letters, photographs, notes and diaries.

How to Do It is Slate’s sex advice column. Have a question? Send it to Stoya and Rich here. It’s anonymous! I’ve been happily married to my wife for 10 years. I have recently joined a gym and have gotten fantastic results regarding my health, mental well-being, and sexual performance.

In 2023, I was in the top 0.05% of Spotify listeners of Manic Street Preachers. It was one song on repeat. I would bet good money that there is no one in the world who has listened to their cover of Burt Bacharach’s and Hal David’s Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head as much as me.