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  • Carys Green after her operation

    A moment that changed me: Crohn’s left me in constant pain. An operation restored my appetite for life

  • Close up of Sarah Ann Harris cuddling Leo the long-haired tabby cat

    I was crying, anxious, exhausted – why did no one warn me about the new-pet blues?

    After weeks of looking forward to getting a cat, I was shocked at how miserable I was with Leo on the scene. But many cat and dog owners struggle to cope
  • Ammar Kalia

    The one change that worked: I committed to therapy – and began to chip away at my grief and depression

    When my mother died, my mental health fell into decline. I tried everything from CBT to mindfulness, until one day something finally shifted
  • Phil Daoust and Cali Joseph do press ups. Fantastic Creatures, Walthamstow, London. Photograph by David Levene 26/2/25

    Push-up power! The exercise you need for a healthy, happy life – and eight ways to make it easier

  • Nicola Rayner doing the tango, shot for OM

    How relearning the tango taught me the steps to recover from trauma

  • OM Archive Sleep - and how we might get a good night of it thanks to EEGs. Jan Jan 1971

    Opening our eyes to the science of sleep, in 1971

  • An illustration of a couple walking naked, with their arms round each other, and the man pulling a toy trolley

    This is how we do it: ‘After mutual cancer diagnoses we didn’t have sex for five years. Then we discovered toys …’

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Advice

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    Ask Annalisa Barbieri
    ‘My mother-in-law sent me an insulting text intended for someone else. Should she apologise?’

  • Middle aged couple with large dog between them

    Sexual healing
    My boyfriend wants us to move in together – but I need my independence and his dog won’t let us have sex

  • Lady in a blue coat walking though the ferns and pine trees at Delamere Forest<br>F9BFH4 Lady in a blue coat walking though the ferns and pine trees at Delamere Forest

    Ask Philippa
    I keep fantasising about living in total solitude in a forest

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    Consumer champions
    Mobile top-up firm dragging its feet over fully refunding my mum £1,900

Running & cycling

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    Say hello to spring! 22 simple ways to refresh your home, wardrobe and routine

  • Family cyclists in Hyde Park, London, circa 1895.

    Cycling notes: snobbery, female riders and dispensing with a brake – archive, 1895

  • Alex Heatzig rides his bicycle along Ocean Beach in San Francisco, California. He frequently cycles more than 50 miles to commute to his job in Cupertino.

    Rush-hour rewards: how extreme is your commute?

  • Riders cycle through Melbourne as part of the World Naked Bike Ride in Melbourne.

    ‘People spontaneously strip off and join us’: nude cyclists send message you don’t need to be buff

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Health news

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    Mental health crisis ‘means youth is no longer one of happiest times of life’

  • Women and children sit on a spread-out parachute on the pavement behind a banner reading "No births behind bars", with children holding cardboard signs with the same words

    ‘Alarming’ data reveals high diabetes risk for pregnant women in English jails

    • Illustration of an IV bag, pills, a chart of NAD+ use, the words "The new alcohol detox program", a hand holding a syringe and a hand holding a glass of alcohol with "NADclinic" painted on a fingernail

      ‘It’s not ethical and it’s not medical’: how UK rehab clinics are cashing in on NAD+

    • Snowy mountains above a Lake District village

      ‘I don’t know whether it’s sustainable’: climate crisis and TikTok change face of mountain rescue work in Lake District

    • A woman listens to headphones while outside  in sunshine wearing exercise clothes with trees in the background

      UK shoppers inspired by health food trends on social media ‘lift retail sales’

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