Tackling Inflammation to Fight Age-Related Ailments (Published 2019)

Body-wide inflammation is tied to most chronic diseases, limiting people’s health and longevity.

The Silent Partner Cleaning Up Facebook for $500 Million a Year

The social network has constructed a vast infrastructure to keep toxic material off its platform. At the center of it is Accenture, the blue-chip consulting firm.

Teachers, Police, Other Public Workers Left Out of Mental Health Coverage

Health plans for state and local workers can opt out of the federal law requiring them to treat mental health like other medical conditions.

Wide Awake at 3 A.M.? Our Readers Offer Advice.

Well readers share a range of strategies they use to get back to sleep in the middle of the night.

What Are the Benefits of CBD? (Published 2019)

More than 60 percent of CBD users were taking it for anxiety, according to a survey of 5,000 people. Does it help?

Flight Attendants’ Hellish Summer: ‘I Don’t Even Feel Like a Human’

For cabin crews, the peak travel season has turned into a chronic battle involving frequent delays, overwork and unruly passengers that leaves them feeling battered by the public and the airlines.

Feeling Anxious About Returning to the Office? Here’s What You Can Do.

Experts offer tools for re-entering the world of commutes and co-workers.

Take a Walk in the Woods. Doctor’s Orders. (Published 2018)

“Forest bathing,” or immersing yourself in nature, is being embraced by doctors and others as a way to combat stress and improve health.

How to Support Teenagers as They Head Back to School

Adolescents are readying for the next step in a seemingly endless set of challenges. Here’s how to help them regulate their emotions.

4 Ways Parents Can Calm Their Back-to-School Fears

A psychiatrist offers these tools to her patients who worry that Delta will disrupt the school year.

It’s Time to Talk About ‘Hard Things’

Welcome to the world of Anna Sale — the host of “Death, Sex & Money” — where the topics that are the most painful to talk about are also the ripest for discussion.

I Sang Through Labor to Manage the Pain

Turns out, women have been singing, chanting and humming through childbirth for centuries. But can it actually provide relief?

Does Stress Actually Affect Fertility? (Published 2020)

The key to conception is to ‘relax,’ some say, but the evidence isn’t quite so tidy.

How to Get Your Intuition Back (When It’s Hijacked by Life) (Published 2018)

Suddenly at midlife, the gut instinct I had long relied on to make important life decisions left me. Here’s how I learned to get it back.

How to Prep Kids for a Potentially Bumpy Return to School

Family vaccinations, universal masking, routines and compassion will be key.

When the Noise Never Stops: Coping With the Challenges of Tinnitus

Researchers are just beginning to untangle how Covid might be linked to a ringing in the ears. Here’s what we know.

Living With O.C.D. in a Pandemic

Covid made things worse for many people with obsessive-compulsive disorder. But it also came with a silver lining.

Are the Kids All Right? Ask the Camp Directors.

Summer camp in the middle of a pandemic has been a tech-free, joyous balm for some. For others, though, it’s a pit of anxiety.

A Marriage Stressed by Obsessions and Compulsions

My husband was kind, honest, supportive and way too protective.

Why Everyone Has the Worst Summer Cold Ever

As pandemic restrictions begin to relax, common viruses that cause drippy noses, stuffy heads and other cold symptoms have roared back to taunt your immune system.