Health & Fitness

The real way to keep your brain sharp in old age

The midlife health checklist: how to maximise your wellbeing in your 40s and beyond

The six most important things you can do right now to lose weight

What a bad night's sleep really does to your body

Sailing set me free on a voyage of self-discovery

Learning to sail in the fresh sea air is exhilarating and mind-freeing - the perfect antidote to uncertainty

Kids and Covid-19: Should I send my child to school with a cold?

As thousands of children are sent home from schools and nurseries, are they at greater risk than we think?

How to prevent the flu: simple tips to protect yourself this winter

From booking your jab to washing your hands, here are some of the ways you can lower your chances of contracting the dreaded bug

What lockdown may have done to your eyesight and how to fix it

For World Sight Day, we take a look at what six months of working from home and Zoom calls has done to our eyes

Why is there ‘a postcode lottery’ for testing children’s eyes?

Thursday October 8 is World Sight Day, so it’s timely to examine children’s routine eye tests – and many are missing out

My transgender diary: ‘My doctor was impatient, rude and dismissive’

This week Diana discovers she has an urgent medical condition

As MPs ask Matt Hancock to supplement the nation, can vitamin D actually help with Covid?

Research has linked vitamin D deficiency with worse outcomes for those who catch Covid, but is supplementation the answer?

‘I don’t think it’s healthy to retire at 28’: Meet Gymshark’s £100m co-founder, Lewis Morgan

After selling his share in the online sportswear business, he reveals why it was such a success, and what he plans to do next

Confessions of a Peloton addict: 'I didn't know I needed it until it arrived'

As Rishi Sunak is the latest member of the elite to reveal he uses a Peloton, our writer explain's the virtual spin bike's very real allure

How soon should you go back to work after Covid?

President Trump returned to White House presidential duties just three days after being taken to hospital, baffling doctors

How the super-rich have been keeping fit during lockdown

The Peloton boom has claimed everyone from high-flying bankers to Rishi Sunak, but it’s not the only way the one per cent are working out

The secrets to Rebel Wilson's extraordinary weight loss – and why she's likely to keep it off

The Pitch Perfect star announced at the start of 2020 that it was her "Year of Health" and, 10 months later, she's enjoying the results

Care home installs UK’s first self-disinfecting door pads to tackle virus spread in winter months

Vida Grange, a specialist dementia care home in Yorkshire, has installed push pads and pull handles that kill germs within seconds

Like Penny Lancaster, I know why 49 is the weight gain tipping point

The wife of Sir Rod Stewart revealed she gained a stone this year, due to comfort eating and the menopause – an all too familiar story