Health

My life collapsed when my husband had an affair. How can I recover?

It’s OK to be angry at your husband – the shame isn’t yours to carry

My Mother’s Best Advice: Talk to Your Children Like Old Friends

She treated me and my sister as her friends, and said it meant she rarely felt lonely. I see now that she wasn’t telling me what to do with my life – but expressing how much she loved us

Testosterone in Boston: Why Declining T-levels in Boston Matter for All American Men

The Massachusetts Male Aging Study is one of the most important studies for understanding what’s happening to testosterone today across the Western world

Glyphosate is breaking down the MAHA coalition

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‘We were at a loss’: the couples trying to get pregnant by removing plastics from their lives

New Netflix documentary The Plastic Detox follows an epidemiologist’s radical new plan to boost fertility in three months. We meet the couples whose lives were turned upside down – and in some cases, hugely for the better

The Art of Taking Smart Risks

Good risk can bring joy to life, but Americans are up against forces that profit from the reckless kind.

A young dad's colon cancer spread to his lungs with no warning. He says a clinical trial led to a miracle.

Updated on: March 14, 2026 / 8:56 AM EDT / CBS News

Fetuses likely have more ‘forever chemicals’ in blood than thought

US test of 120 umbilical blood cord samples identified 42 Pfas compounds, which do not naturally break down

My sisters and I had the same parents but were raised apart. It taught me there’s more to siblings than meets the eye

After my parents split up, my older sister and I lived with our dad while the youngest stayed with our mum. It became an experiment in nature v nurture – and had a profound effect on our relationships

New study raises concerns about AI chatbots fueling delusional thinking

First major study on ‘AI psychosis’ suggests chatbots can encourage delusions among vulnerable people

This doctor treated migrants' severe injuries at the US-Mexico wall: 'Political decisions made it as violent as possible'

Dr Brian Elmore witnessed a public health crisis unfold at the border near El Paso. He reflects on why it was like a ‘perverse Groundhog Day’

‘My ideas are a little revolutionary’: ecologist Suzanne Simard on intelligent forests, the climate and her critics

Her research popularized the idea of the wood wide web, but the scientific backlash was brutal. As the author of The Mother Tree returns to the forest in a new book, she discusses her battle to reimagine our relationship with nature