Health & Fitness

Overlooked by mainstream wellness culture, bibliotherapy is ready for a comeback—and Emely Rumble, LCSW, is turning the page.

Their shape may help scientists tell them apart to create better treatments for diseases.

Bad gut bugs in kids may play a role in the rise of colorectal cancer at younger ages.

Combat inflammation the natural way with these nutrient-packed foods.

All the SPFs that are actually enjoyable to slather on.

Growing up, I never questioned the intrinsic value of classical music. My father practising classical and jazz guitar was the aural wallpaper to my childhood, and at my rural state school I took lessons on the recorder, the violin, the cello, the trombone, the piano.

As diagnoses of A.D.H.D. and prescriptions for medications hit new record highs, scientists who study the condition are wrestling with some fundamental questions about the way we define and treat it. More than 15 percent of American adolescents have been diagnosed with A.D.H.D.

One morning at Potawatomi day camp, the summer before I became a bat mitzvah, I thought I needed to use the bathroom right in the middle of swimming lessons, but as soon as I was out of the pool I realized I didn’t have to go anymore. That was new for me, and weird.

It's not uncommon to see specialist training plans aimed at over-60s, over-50s, and even – worryingly – aimed at those in their 40s and 30s. But do you really need to completely switch up your approach to the gym once you hit half the century mark?

My husband is on his iPad or his phone a lot. It is the last thing he does before bed and the first thing he reaches for in the morning. We have a toddler and are pretty good at sharing childcare, but the minute I appear after work he gets his iPad out.