Health

Avocados are a Super Bowl staple

Americans are expected to devour nearly 280m pounds of avocados during Super Bowl weekend. Are they actually healthy?

The Payoff of Deep Contemplation

The practice may not be fun at first, but the end result is worth it.

“I’ll marry this one”: the best (and worst) chocolate bars for Valentine’s Day, taste tested

Much like partners, there is a chocolate for everyone – from Hu’s vegan bar to a crowd-pleasing milk chocolate from Endangered Species

Issa Rae shares the simple exercise she uses twice a year to set herself up for success—it includes pens, lists and a 'superpower day'

Issa Rae writes down her ideas and goals in a notebook on New Year's Day, and revisits them six months later, to stay on track for achieving them, she says.

Woman shares unlikely survival journey after migraines led to glioblastoma diagnosis: "I am truly an outlier"

Updated on: February 7, 2026 / 8:04 AM EST / CBS News

Deadly cold tests New York’s ability to protect its homeless communities

Outreach teams battle mistrust, mental illness and thin resources as subzero weather pushes the city to its limits

Deafening, draining and potentially deadly: are we facing a snoring epidemic?

Experts say dangerous sleep apnoea affects an estimated 8 million in the UK alone, and everything from evolution to obesity or even the climate crisis could be to blame

Finally, justice for detransitioners

The text of the Hippocratic Oath has changed over the years. It is often abbreviated to the famous phrase, “First, do no harm.”

My cultural awakening: Bach helped me survive sexual abuse as a child

For pianist James Rhodes, the composer’s music expressed feelings that he could not put into words – and kept helping him as his mental health suffered in adulthood

Bermuda snail thought to be extinct now thrives after a decade’s effort

Special pods at Chester zoo helped conservationists breed and release more than 100,000 greater Bermuda snails

Meera Sodha’s vegetarian recipe for haggis dan dan noodles

The Burns supper centrepiece is too good to enjoy on only one night a year – especially when it pairs so well with Chinese flavours

One person dead from Nipah virus in Bangladesh, WHO says

The case in Bangladesh, where Nipah cases are reported almost every year, follows two Nipah virus cases identified in neighbouring India