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Health & fitness

  • Illustration of lungs

    Avoid mould and ride a bike: 20 expert tips on how to look after your lungs for life

  • Simon Usborne plays piano with his son.

    ‘There’s joy I haven’t felt for years!’ How an app finally got me hooked on the piano

    Thirty years after failing his grade two exam, our writer is banging out Handel, Billie Eilish and Elton John - and he’s not alone. With apps to help with learning, there’s never been a better time to tinkle the ivories
  • A man awake in bed in the early hours of the morning

    Why peeing at night isn’t such a pressing problem

    Letters: Readers respond to an article on nocturia and offer suggestions on how to deal with it
  • A woman in pyjamas goes to the toilet in the night

    Keep waking in the middle of the night to pee? Here’s why – and what to do about it

  • Morag Warrack at Rusper village hall in West Sussex in traditional Japanese aikido dress, holding a wooden bokken sword

    A new start after 60: I fought off four attackers – and earned my aikido black belt

  • Jessica Hepburn

    How an epic climb lifted one woman out of life’s lowest point

  • A blurry motion shot of a woman in a pink T-shirt, pedalling on a stationary bike in a spin class.

    My first time in a spin class: ‘I’m unable to escape. My feet are locked to the bike’

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Advice

  • angry woman woman woman-01

    Ask Annalisa Barbieri
    I want to celebrate my 50th – but my friends can’t stand each other

  • A man and woman having fun in bed, while in a separate scene a man look glumly into the distance

    Sexual healing
    My wife refuses to end her affair because she enjoys the sex too much. What should I do?

  • Mother Homeschooling her 4 Children<br>Single Mum in a home environment home schools / helps her children with homework. Recognisable scene for parents in lockdown attempting to juggle a work / life balance during the Coronavirus pandemic.

    Ask Philippa
    My mum loves other people’s children more than her own

  • When a Vueling plane failed to take off bills mounted for parking and an. alternative flight.

    Consumer champions
    Vueling airline owes us £969 but won’t pay up

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Running & biking

  • Victoria Lebrec, who lost a leg in a collision with a lorry, sitting on a sofa in a light, airy room full of plants

    I lost a leg after being crushed by a lorry. I cried a lot – then got on with building a new life

  • G2 - Sport injuries Main Web

    All gain, no pain: how to avoid injuries from running, skiing, swimming, cycling, football, rugby, yoga …

  • View of the Mont Saint-Michel tidal island in Normandy, France, at sunset with a couple biking to the town on the wooden jetty.<br>Le Mont-Saint-Michel, France - June 24, 2018: A couple of tourists biking at sunset on the new jetty leading to the tidal island since 2014 as part of the dredging program of the bay.

    Ditch the car and saddle up: readers’ best slow travel breaks

  • People perform yoga on the breakwater of the Barceloneta beach during the sunrise in Barcelona, Spain

    Don’t be afraid to slouch and always wear trainers: six simple tips for healthier joints from the experts

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Health news

  • A middle-aged man in a barrel full of iced water

    Wim Hof breathing and cold-exposure method may have benefits, study finds

  • Robot humanoid face close up with graphic concept of AI thinking brain

    Workplace AI, robots and trackers are bad for quality of life, study finds

    • An e-scooter on charge bursts into flames

      ‘Unexploded bombs’: call for action after 11 deaths in UK due to e-bike fires

    • people walking in countryside

      Every step above 2,200 steps a day reduces risk of early death, study finds

    • Older people exercise to a calisthenics broadcast on morning radio at a park in Tokyo, Japan.

      ‘Ageing isn’t inevitable’: The 100-Year-Life co-author on how to live well for longer

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