US teens getting less sleep than ever, new report finds

Homework, social pressure and jobs still keep teens up but now screen time and social media rob their sleep

My partner sleeps at least 10 hours a night. Should I accept this situation won’t change?

There are so many causes here that aren’t up to him, writes advice columnist Eleanor Gordon-Smith. Rather than trying to change him, change the goal

From mountain photography to ice-climbing – try it all at this summer festival in the French Alps

Improve your mountain skills by day and party by night at the Arc’teryx Alpine Academy in Chamonix

Sound baths are supposed to help relax and ‘soothe’ your nervous system. But do any of these claims ring true?

Social media is awash with clips of people paying to be ‘bathed’ in sound. But what’s the science behind the practice?

I gave up coffee and acquired a Pro Plus habit – now I have the energy of a 15-year-old

With my usual espressos off the menu, I was looking at a future of sluggishness and headaches. Then I embraced an alternative caffeine delivery system, writes Zoe Williams

Very difficult and extremely cool: how to start doing pull-ups

Long considered an important milestone in one’s fitness journey, pull-ups build upper body strength and look impressive in the gym

Mental illness is pregnancy’s number one complication. It’s time to support those who suffer from it

Integrated mental healthcare for maternity services, more perinatal psychiatrists and public awareness of the problem could deliver meaningful change

My egg, my wife’s womb, our baby: how we found our way to lesbian motherhood

When Leah and I planned a family, we wanted to be as mutual as possible. Could reciprocal IVF – Leah carrying an embryo made from my egg – be the way forward?

‘They’ve invented a spurious pseudo-disease’: why are so many men being told they have low testosterone?

Social media influencers and booming men’s health companies are pushing the hormone as an answer to all ills. But is ‘low T’ really problematic – or something created to sell men a cure to a problem they don’t have?

I made my husband ill with a few words – nobody is immune to the power of the nocebo effect

My prank demonstrated how our minds can adversely affect our health, and scientists are increasingly showing that negative thoughts can produce very real symptoms, says science writer Helen Pilcher

The best blenders in the UK for smoothies, soups and frozen desserts, tested

From jugs to sticks, portable to refurbished models, which blenders are worth your money (and your fruit)?

A moment that changed me: I was wary of men – then I found out I was having a baby boy

When I became pregnant, all I wanted was a healthy baby. Discovering I would be having a son gave me a new perspective on the narratives around masculinity

Sole searching: how a medical pedicure saved my feet from the point of no return

After a harsh winter and suffering from corns, calluses and dry feet, a ‘medi pedi’ treatment came to my rescue

Put those weights down! How ‘eccentric’ exercise opens up a whole new world of fitness

For years we have been told the best way to get fitter and stronger is to lift something heavy, whether that’s a barbell or our own bodyweight. What if how we put it down was just as important?

Is it true that … your lungs regenerate when you quit smoking?

Our lungs have evolved to heal from damage, but for some cigarettes will cause changes beyond the body’s ability to fix them