Health & wellbeing

It’s an idea that’s been enthusiastically embraced on social media: women should sync their training to their menstrual cycle. That...

It can be hard to be nice. When I was a kid, envy would prickle me as I walked past...

Tough Mudder. CrossFit. Hyrox. Some of this century’s biggest fitness trends have one thing in common: they require feats of...

Poor sleep may be fuelling the global rise in under-50s being diagnosed with cancer, two large studies suggest.The number of...

I think I’ve finally hit my midlife crisis. People always talk about it as something dramatic that you should somehow...

I didn’t think I could survive the death of my husband, Graham. We met at university when I was 18,...

I’ve had quite a few surgical procedures over the years but one always sticks in my mind. The 7am arrival...

Once the preserve of bodybuilders and sprinters, creatine is now being touted as everything from a brain booster to a...

When I was 21, I went on a girls’ trip with university friends. Over dinner, one of the girls, who...

In 1981 the CD was born and so was I. Both arrivals were surprising and have drifted in and out...