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Can tech help you reset your internal clock? Here’s what to consider.

If the body's internal clock gets shifted, it can set off a cascade of problems, including changes to metabolism and immunity that have been linked to cancer, heart disease and overall fatigue.

By Matt Fuchs

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How exercise can help you build resilience at any age

Stressing our bodies through exercise can make us more resilient to a variety of stressors.

By Kelyn Soong

Advice

3 ways to stop waking up frequently during the night and improve sleep

By Lisa Strauss

Fallopian tube removal advised for more women to prevent ovarian cancer

By Teddy Amenabar, Amy Goldstein and Lindsey Bever

Should you be worried about infection from eye drops?

By Marlene Cimons

A smartphone app may help detect stroke symptoms, research shows

By Lindsey Bever

Did your resolutions slide? It might be the ‘what the hell’ effect.

If you’ve experienced this effect recently, it probably means that whatever eating goal you set for yourself in January was probably too restrictive.

By Tara Parker-Pope

Spending time in nature may protect against the risk of dementia

Older adults who lived in an area with more green space had a lower rate of hospitalization for some diseases and dementias, a large study showed.

By Meeri Kim

What is benzene, and why does it keep causing beauty product recalls?

Consumer products companies including Unilever, Procter & Gamble and Johnson & Johnson have announced recalls of aerosol sunscreens, deodorants and dry shampoos.

By Teddy Amenabar

Have a question for a doctor? The Washington Post can help.

By Washington Post Staff

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Tara Parker-Pope is a longtime editor and science writer who knows that well-being is best achieved through the small health decisions we make each day.

Anahad O’Connor is a veteran health reporter who writes about the science of food and the various biological and cultural forces that influence how we eat.

Gretchen Reynolds has covered exercise science for more than two decades, including the perils of inactivity and the benefits of moving just a little more every day.

Richard Sima is a neuroscientist turned science journalist committed to revealing the wonder and mystery of the brain — and why it matters.

Kelyn Soong is an avid runner who writes about exercise culture and the lessons everyday athletes can learn from sports stars and fitness experts.

Amanda Morris is a science reporter and hard of hearing woman whose reporting on people with disabilities and chronic illnesses challenges long-held stigmas and sheds light on health disparities.

Lindsey Bever writes with empathy and expertise on a variety of personal health topics, including chronic illness, mental health and navigating the medical system.

Teddy Amenabar explores the science and the myths behind the health information people are seeing, searching and talking about online.

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Advice

3 ways to stop waking up frequently during the night and improve sleep

By Lisa Strauss

Spending time in nature may protect against the risk of dementia

By Meeri Kim

Yale’s hugely popular happiness course is revamped for teens

By Lindsey Bever

Advice

Traumatized? Gaslit? How to know if you’re misusing therapy words.

By Robin Stern and Marc Brackett

BODY

Should you be worried about infection from eye drops?

By Marlene Cimons

Fallopian tube removal advised for more women to prevent ovarian cancer

By Teddy Amenabar, Amy Goldstein and Lindsey Bever

A smartphone app may help detect stroke symptoms, research shows

By Lindsey Bever

What is benzene, and why does it keep causing beauty product recalls?

By Teddy Amenabar

LIFE

Did your resolutions slide? It might be the ‘what the hell’ effect.

By Tara Parker-Pope

Advice

Yes, doctors can fat-shame. Here’s what to do about it.

By Shirlene Obuobi, MD

Dealing with pet loss: How to help a grieving pet parent

By Marlene Cimons

Perspective

If you could, would you want to know when you will die?

By Steven Petrow

GUIDES

11 tips to plan your health care after job loss

Take advantage of your health insurance before it runs out, and catch up on medical appointments. These are other strategies will help you manage your health care.

By Lindsey Bever

The best health books experts read in 2022

By Aviva Loeb

What’s the difference between RSV, the flu and covid-19?

By Teddy Amenabar

Why daylight saving time is worse for your body than standard time

By Aaron Steckelberg and Lindsey Bever

How to survive a crowd crush and why they can become deadly

By Tara Parker-Pope