Health

Is it true that … you need to work out if you want to lose weight?

To shift the pounds you need to create a calorie deficit, which means changes to your diet, exercise, or a combination of the two

“You’d be pushed to find a more soul-stirring landscape in Scotland”: walking in Beinn Eighe

It isn’t only climbers who get misty-eyed about the awe-inspiring mountains and ancient pinewoods of Britain’s first national nature reserve, created 75 years ago.

A new start after 60: I went on 75 first dates

Zack Rogow thought he was ready for love after the end of a long relationship – but not everyone agreed. How did he get over the rejections?

Ed Smith’s recipes for garlic butter chicken balls, and lemon and sage piccata

Self-saucing and served with orzo or butterflied, bashed and pan-fried – two succulent chicken breast dishes to get your juices flowing

Tehran’s toxic cloud: satellite images show oily fires burned for days

Residents reported headaches, eye and skin irritation and breathing difficulties as Israeli bombings blanketed Tehran with pollutants

Earth being ‘pushed beyond its limits’ as energy imbalance reaches record high

State of the Climate report finds Earth’s energy has moved dangerously out of balance, with oceans absorbing vast majority of trapped heat

Study links children’s social media use with anxiety and depression in teenage years

Researchers say lack of sleep could be a factor among young people interacting online for more than three hours a day

Research to help dogs live longer, healthier lives could unlock secrets for people to age better, too

March 22, 2026 / 7:45 PM EDT / CBS News

Want to live a longer, healthier human life? Dog brains might hold key information for longevity.

March 22, 2026 / 7:45 PM EDT / CBS News

In Our Blood: The Forever Chemicals Scandal review

This upsetting documentary goes to the town with the most terrifyingly high levels of Pfas in the UK, tests the locals and finds that nothing has been done to help them – and now it’s simply too late

Fentanyl found inside Barbies sold at Missouri discount store, police say

March 22, 2026 / 11:44 AM EDT / CBS News

‘You lose yourself’: inside the mental health crisis hitting gen X women

My generation had great role models, free university and the morning-after pill. We should be running the world. Instead, two-thirds of us are facing mental health problems – and it’s not all about the menopause