How Weight-Loss Drugs Can Upend a Marriage
Doctors warn about their physical side effects, but they can also have unexpected effects on intimacy.
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How the Right and the MAHA Movement Have Co-opted ‘Crunchy’
Not to brag, but I have stellar “crunchy” bona fides. I was raised on wheat bread, limited television and camping vacations, and at 17 went off to Oberlin College, that notorious incubator of crunchy achievers. I am deeply familiar with old-school crunchy in all of its hues: the lumpy hand-knit sweaters, the unkempt hair. In
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The Appeal of the Smaller Breast
For decades, breast augmentations have been one of the most popular cosmetic surgeries in the United States. But in recent years, a new trend has emerged: the breast reduction. LISA MILLER, who covers personal and cultural approaches to health for The Times, discusses why the procedure has become so common.
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Eudemonia, a Wellness Summit, Brings Health Seekers Together
Thousands of health seekers, many of them distrustful of the medical system, made a pilgrimage to Florida to commune with the influencers and the self-proclaimed healers they believe in most.
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The Power of a Smaller Breast
Breast reduction is all the rage in cosmetic surgery. Are women asserting their independence or capitulating to yet another impossible standard of beauty?
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The Vexing Problem of the ‘Medium Friend’
They’re not our besties, but they’re more than just acquaintances. How much of ourselves do we owe them?
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The Rage, Secrecy and Pain of a Family Torn Apart by Addiction
A Delaware family sees itself in the Hunter Biden story.
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When Did Everything Become a ‘Journey?’
Changing our hair, getting divorced, taking spa vacations — they’re not just things we do; they’re “journeys.” The quest for better health is the greatest journey of all.
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Let Them Eat … Everything
In the age of Ozempic, the “fat activist” Virginia Sole-Smith is inspiring and infuriating her followers.
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When the ‘Royal Body’ Has Cancer
Catherine, Princess of Wales, asked for space after her cancer diagnosis. But true privacy is impossible with cancer — and for the wife of a future king. To be clear, there is nothing private about having cancer. A diagnosis requires referrals and a bewildering number of scans and tests. There are ultrasounds, MRIs, PET scans;
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