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Health & fitness

  • Illustration of woman running past people waiting at a bus stop that is in front of big letters saying 5am

    The cult of 5am: is rising at dawn the secret of health and happiness?

  • Nell Frizell wearing her take on sports attire …

    Throw off your sports bra! Run in an old T-shirt! Why I shun expensive workout gear

    Ever felt like an outcast for not wearing high-tech gym kit? Fret no more. I aim for comfort and affordability – and it makes exercise much more fun
  • A wasp in a glass of red liquid and ice, against blue sky and sea

    59 summer problems solved – from sunburn and sweating to wasps and wedgies

    Limp salad, bad barbecues, jellyfish stings and chafing. Summer can be a tricky season – but our experts are on hand to help with your hot-weather headaches
  • friends in casual summer wear lying in circle on the colourful rug in the park having fun and making a group selfie

    Head lice are everywhere. Are selfies to blame?

  • Phil Daoust, holding an ice-cream cone, reclines in a deckchair in the park in the sunshine

    Do be a quitter! How I broke my exercise streak – and smashed my fitness goals

  • Tim Dowling leaning backwards, holding a giant magnet, against blue background

    ‘Clearly, I have no rizz’: can a 60-year-old misanthrope polish up his pulling power?

  • Anna Katharina Schaffner HI RES 190224 Obs AS 825 F

    Feeling exhausted? Here’s how to fight the weariness

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Advice

  • Illustration of a man and a woman with their arms folded.

    Ask Annalisa Barbieri
    Our place is a mess, but my partner and I still can’t agree who does which chores

  • A woman wearing a towel and looking towards the floor

    Sexual healing
    My partner wants me to ejaculate – and I’m not sure it’s possible

  • Close-up Of A Man Holding Empty Pocket With His Hand<br>KC65W5 Close-up Of A Man Holding Empty Pocket With His Hand

    Ask Philippa
    I’m a failure and in debt. And now my partner is pregnant

  • A screengrab from the Gatwick airport website valet parking video.

    Consumer champions
    Our car was no longer driveable after valet parking at Gatwick

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Running & biking

  • Man standing next to a surprisingly large bicycle.

    ‘The big problem is water’: UK ebike owners plagued by failing motors

  • A home in Creetown, Dumfries and Galloway on national cycle route 7.

    Homes for sale for cyclists – in pictures

  • woman with elctric mountain bike in the Dolomites<br>nice and active senior woman riding her electric mountain bike on the high plateau of Pratto Piazzo in the three peaks Dolomites , rocky silhouette of Mount Cristallo in background, South Tirol, Italy

    How to keep your cool cycling up Italian mountains with a teenager in tow

  • The legs of a woman in blue skates

    ‘I made curtains on the train’: the commuters livening up their journeys

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Health news

  • Close-up portrait of Jeni Larmour

    UK universities urged to end drugs zero tolerance and focus on harm reduction

  • a mother breastfeeds her child

    Women exposed to ‘forever chemicals’ may risk shorter breastfeeding duration

    • Anthony Joshua.

      Heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua wants to open care home for retired boxers

    • Woman working from home office

      Hybrid working makes employees happier, healthier and more productive, study shows

    • An Teallach, with a sharp peak and a range of other mountains, at sunrise with a lake in front of it

      Bagging a Munro gets easier as volunteers fund repairs to mountain paths

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