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Health & fitness

  • A woman in labour in a birthing pool, assisted by a midwife.

    Our maternity services need radical change. Women must reclaim birth

  • Pretty latte art of a flower in the foam on the top of a cup of coffee.

    For seven years, I have been caffeine-free. Here’s how it has changed me

    If I lapse, the anxiety spiral is immediate and horrendous. I am glad to have stepped off the rollercoaster
  • Illustration of a woman, in pink leggings, a white vest and with bare feet, bouncing off a giant speaker, with sound waves coming from it, as if it's a trampoline

    Music helps you get fit – but the right mix will keep you coming back…

    Finding tunes with a tempo and rhythm to match your heart rate can help you keep the pace when you exercise – and make it more enjoyable
  • Eva Wiseman

    Pillows, playlists and a gentle push… My birth plan was a joke

    Eva Wiseman
  • A woman holding a young girl and standing in a kitchen with yellow toxic stickers on fruit in the bowl, bottles of cleaning products and saucepans hanging from the ceiling

    They’re in pans, fruit, dust – and even tap water. But can I eradicate toxic forever chemicals from my home?

  • Stephen Merchant doing a high kick and looking into the camera

    Stephen Merchant on his ‘preposterous’ trajectory; the trouble with the Zoe nutrition app; and when does drinking become a problem? – podcast

  • A woman standing in front of the mirror after having a masectomy

    I’m about to have a mastectomy and need some skincare advice

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Advice

  • Sad couple-01

    Ask Annalisa Barbieri
    I’m yearning for a third child to recreate the large, loving family I grew up in

  • ‘Intimacy is difficult.’

    Sexual healing
    My wife and I used to love sex – but now I’m out of shape and she has painful knees

  • The,Journey,Of,A,Thousand,Miles,Begins,With,A,Single<br>The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step quote and girl going far away by dirty country road; Shutterstock ID 375538585; purchase_order: -; job: -; client: -; other: -

    Ask Philippa
    I have a dream job and family, but I really want to write novels

  • A white SumUp payment terminal held in someone’s hand

    Consumer champions
    My SumUp card reader has been blocked and I can’t afford new one

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Running & biking

  • 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

  • A family cycles on the Strawberry Line, part of the National Cycle Network route 26, at Shute Shelve Tunnel near Axbridge in Somerset.<br>2CE88HH A family cycles on the Strawberry Line, part of the National Cycle Network route 26, at Shute Shelve Tunnel near Axbridge in Somerset.

    Somerset’s growing cycle network bears fruit: a ride on the Strawberry Line

  • A police constable looks on as a cyclist rides alongside a horse bus (omnibus), London 1895. Illustration for Cycling, Badmington Library, London, 1895. Artist Stephen T Dadd.

    Cycling notes: speeding machines and rim damage – archive, 1899

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Health news

  • Golden-yellow fish oil tablets in a glass bowl, a spoon and bottled as a liquid on a wooden table

    Fish oil may increase risk of heart conditions and stroke, study finds

  • Shoppers on a high street in Belfast

    Cash incentives may help men lose weight, research finds

    • Beach Box Sauna<br>Photographs of Liz Watson and her Sauna business Beach Box Spa on the beach in Brighton.

      ‘It lowers inhibition’: how saunas are challenging UK pubs as the place to meet

    • Bird flu has been detected in dairy cows in the US.

      Bird flu strain found in US cows flown to UK lab for testing

    • A selection of different mushrooms on a tray

      Scientists pour scorn on mushroom coffee, the latest ‘healthy’ food trend

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