Health

Don’t ‘over-engage your core muscles’ and other tips for looking after your pelvic floor

From not treating your rectum as a storage facility to weight lifting, experts offer advice on how to maintain a healthy pelvic floor for longer

Mix and mismatch: if it doesn’t go with anything, it goes with everything

Bring your ostracised wardrobe items in from the cold by forgetting about whether they go with each other. Instead, let them shine in all their glory

Social media time does not increase teenagers’ mental health problems

Research finds no evidence heavier social media use or more gaming increases symptoms of anxiety or depression

How to turn any root vegetables into latkes – recipe

It’s not just potatoes that you can turn into these moreish fried cakes – just about any root veg will do the trick

A Different Type of ‘Muscle Memory’

Repeated exercise, or wasting, can change the way key genes work.

Top doctors arrested after 9 newborns die at hospital in Russia: "A crime against the country"

January 14, 2026 / 7:16 AM EST / CBS/AFP

He Was Homeschooled for Years, and Fell So Far Behind

A new memoir shows how a lack of accountability can hurt home-educated kids.

Sali Hughes on beauty: if you don’t like strong scents, layering could be the answer

Looking for something gentle and kind for a sensitive nose? The new gen Z brands have you covered

States race to prove they'll use rural health funds wisely. Money for next year is on the line.

January 14, 2026 / 5:00 AM EST / KFF Health News

The Flower Bearers by Rachel Eliza Griffiths review

The death of a friend and the attempted murder of her husband Salman Rushdie loom large in the poet’s moving memoir

Can Congress Stop Chinese Billionaires From Fathering 100 Kids?

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Half His Age by Jennette McCurdy

Family trauma shapes a student’s affair with her teacher in this bleak and funny fiction debut from the American memoirist