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Health & wellbeing

November 2026

  • The Experts memory illustration Credit: Guardian Design; Photographer/Agency

    The experts
    How to improve your memory: 10 easy, enjoyable expert tips – from reading a book to getting more sleep

    Relying on technology can make us forgetful, but there are some simple ways to sharpen your recall. Memory experts describe the tricks and habits that can help

29 October 2026

  • LARQ PurVis Pitcher with Advanced Filter, Culligan MaxClear (2.25 Gallon), Aquasana Clean Water Machine

    The Filter US
    Bad news for Brita: almost every water filter pitcher outranked it in our lab testing

    If your water filter is looking tired or your water tastes icky, consider one of these well-tested (and reviewed) options
  • Painting: The dispute at cards by Jan Steen

    Leading questions
    My sister-in-law is nearly 40 but cannot handle losing at board games. What can I do?

    A game is not a moral exemption to your usual self. Sometimes the best way to puncture ‘it’s just a game’ is to show people that you’re judging them in reality
  • Writer Alan Martin using the Dyson CameraJet toothbrush in a bathroom.

    The Filter
    Despite the teething issues, Dyson’s Camerajet toothbrush packs in a lot of clever tech – but is it worth £420?

    Dyson’s first electric toothbrush watches you brush and flosses for you, but there are far cheaper ways to get an effective clean

28 October 2026

  • A collage of a fleece jacket, slippers, a candle and an e-reader

    The Filter US
    When the weather is frightful, you don’t need to be: everything we love to stay cozy during cold months

    Celestial Seasonings tea, Patagonia zips, Bombas slippers and more ways to stay toasty and occupied during cold weather
  • Closeup of a hand removing a lemon skin with a zesting knife

    Hold the lime! Could eating citrus zest and peel really be bad for your health?

    Food safety campaigners have long been concerned about pesticide residues on lemons, limes and oranges – and now a social media post about it has gone viral. How safe is it to eat lemon cake or drink a G&T with ice and a slice?
  • A colourful composite image of a woman's waist.

    The shocking rise of rib remodelling: ‘I wanted that hourglass shape’

    It involves the fracturing of a patient’s ribs, before they spend three months laced into a corset. Some of those who have had this cosmetic procedure say it is like being ‘hit by a bus’. Why is it becoming more popular?

27 October 2026

  • Six swimmers seen underwater through a shoal of fish

    Seascape: the state of our oceans
    I struggled to come to terms with my mum’s death. Then I swam in the sea and suddenly felt connected to her

    My mother was a keen swimmer, and she lived with depression. I wonder if she found the same respite in the water that has helped heal me since she passed away

26 October 2026

  • Composite of nonstick cookware

    The Filter US
    Thawed chicken to non-stick pans, we answered your food and kitchen safety questions

  • Busy UK NHS Hospital Ward, with doctors and nurses rushing about, blurred, showing movement and actionC47PG7 Busy UK NHS Hospital Ward, with doctors and nurses rushing about, blurred, showing movement and action

    Bigger does not always mean better in hospital care

  • Two women looking over fence

    Sin or virtue? How envy can actually be helpful

  • Coop adjustable pillow against turquoise background

    The Filter US
    Our favorite adjustable pillow is now cheaper than it has been all year

25 October 2026

  • Lucy by a pile of fruit and veg, holding up a peeler and smiling

    The joy of veg-maxxing: how to eat many, many more plants – without really trying

    A new report has found many crops are far less nutritious than they once were, so we need to eat more of them. Here is how to get your five portions of fruit and veg a day, easily and affordably – and potentially increase that to ten

22 October 2026

  • A plane flys into a vomit sick bag

    Delays, deodorant and ripped up carpet: how airlines handle mid-flight ‘biological hazards’

    When stomach bugs meet turbulence, air travel can become a health hazard for all onboard – and it happens, unfortunately, ‘more regularly than you would think’

20 October 2026

  • A hand points at a grid of black-and-white yearbook reunion portrait photos beside a page of names

    Curiosity, atonement or a score to settle? Why – and how – people get through their high school reunions

    Reunions can be riotous, scandalous or just plain awkward. Experts and attendees share how to go in prepared

19 October 2026

  • Zoe Williams

    Maternity care in England is in a doom loop – how has it come to this?

    Zoe Williams
  • A woman jogs energetically ahead while a tired child trudges behind dragging a bag

    Is it true that …
    Is it true that … you need to take 10,000 steps a day to be healthy?

18 October 2026

  • People dance around a fire at night

    The age of extinction
    The next ayahuasca? Gabon fights to protect sacred plant from US drug companies

    Iboga root, central to several Gabonese ritual traditions, is believed to have huge potential for use in treating addiction and some mental illnesses
  • A person doing yoga on a beach with their arms in the air

    ‘This is horrifying. This is madness’: the row over competitive yoga

    Some yogis welcome the idea of competition – for others, it is anathema. Will those keen for yoga to become an Olympic sport win the argument?
  • A man on an exercise bike holds a beer and a cigarette against an orange background

    Going nowhere fast? Personal trainers on why you aren’t seeing results in the gym

    From doing too much cardio to wasting time – PTs reveal the common fails stunting your progress, and how to avoid them
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