Health and Fitness

When you wake up—after you’ve hit snooze one too many times but before you grab your phone to scan through emails—take the time to do something good for your body. Morning stretches are usually never top of anyone’s list, but...

At the start of the new year, my husband and I were reflecting about what we hope for our two kids both now and as they grow up. Rather quickly, we agreed that we just want them to be happy,...

If the novelty of exercising at home has truly worn off, it’s time to shake things up. You may have spent the past 10 months doing the same YouTube workout over and over again ― or you may have yet...

More people are presenting with “COVID tongues” and “strange mouth ulcers” after coming down with the coronavirus, according to the professor leading the United Kingdom’s COVID Symptom Study app.Tim Spector, an expert in genetic epidemiology at King’s College London, tweeted...

Two years ago, De-Grace Omari looked at her Instagram feed and realized something unnerving: All the influencers and models she followed were thin (or slim-thick, the new feminine body ideal) and either white women or light-skinned women of color. “I...

One of the main reasons Peloton has been so wildly successful is they take all the guesswork out of the equation. With the Peloton Bike+, the auto-follow feature automatically adjusts the resistance and speed. The instructors program the workouts and...

The rapid development and approval of COVID-19 vaccines for use in the U.S. has been truly remarkable. Millions of Americans have already received at least one dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech or Moderna vaccines (two doses are required for both). And...

We know this is hard to believe, but you can get the same muscle-building results from at-home exercises as you can from the gym. Great news since most of our nation is stuck in lockdown with COVID-19 protocols. If you were...

By now, most if not all of us know someone who has contracted COVID-19, or in the very least, been exposed to it. A family member, a friend of a friend, a colleague. COVID-19 is everywhere. And the experience often...