Health & Spirituality

The spanking debate: what the research actually shows, why causation is hard to prove, and the honest case on both sides.

Ricky Gervais's 2010 Wall Street Journal essay 'Why I'm an Atheist' set off a firestorm. What he argued, why it stung, and the debate it left behind.

Can yoga help you lose weight? The calorie math, what research shows about yoga and long-term weight gain, and where it honestly fits.

Two large studies in the New England Journal of Medicine found farm children develop less asthma -- and the key is microbial diversity, not just more germs.

Tim Ferriss's The 4-Hour Body promised rapid fat loss through self-experiment. What the 2010 bestseller got right -- and where to be cautious.

Five pounds in a week sounds tempting before Valentine's Day. Here's what that weight actually is -- and what works instead.

Weight loss requires eating less than you burn — but that fact helps no one. What actually determines whether the weight stays off.

Methi deserves its place in the winter kitchen — fiber, flavor, and genuinely interesting blood-sugar research. But it is not antiviral and not a cure for

Oxford scientists are building a breathalyser that detects acetone in breath to tell gym-goers when fat burning begins -- and may one day screen for diabetes.

Apple cider vinegar, citrus, dried fruit, kombucha, and sports drinks have real health benefits — and a hidden cost to your dental enamel.

Facebook Addiction Disorder was a 2009 media invention, not a real diagnosis. Compulsive social media use is studied - but FAD was never in any manual.

Fasted cardio burns more fat during the workout — but the long-term fat-loss advantage over fed exercise is far smaller than the myth suggests.

Fly-fishing retreats for breast cancer survivors offer physical rehab, stress relief, and community — healing that extends far beyond the treatment room.

Should you stretch before exercise? What sports science actually says about static stretching, dynamic warm-ups, and when each one belongs.

Winter dries out even normal skin. What causes dry skin in cold weather, the simple regimen that keeps it supple, and Ayurveda's take on winter dryness.

Madonna’s Hard Candy Fitness opened its first gym in Mexico City in 2010. On the celebrity gym business — aspiration as a product.

Two weeks away doesn't have to undo months of training. On staying active on vacation — from hotel gyms to bodyweight basics on the beach.

Emotional health isn't the absence of bad feelings — it's how you cope with them. On the disruptors (job loss, grief, money) and the habits that steady the

Steady-state, intervals, or fartlek — three ways to do cardio for weight loss, and what each is actually good for. On picking the one you'll stick with.

Nobody wants the wrinkles, the grey, the slowing memory. But the anti-ageing industry sells hope by the jar. On what actually slows ageing — and what doesn't.