Chronic pain remakes you - it can make you a smaller, more fearful version of yourself. At the same time, it can also make you more present and connected and grateful. I spoke to Darcey Steinke, whose book details her encounter with that very strange beast www.theguardian.com/wellness/202...

I wrote about the MIT professor who is leading a review of Covid-19 vaccine safety for Robert F Kennedy Jr's HHS. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

"I had trudged, reluctantly, through the sludge of dating apps, and begged friends to set me up, yielding humiliating results. I even paid a matchmaker $6,000 to try to circumvent the misery of dating when I could have just bought a Chanel bag." www.theguardian.com/wellness/202...

"When I was in my mid-20s, I spotted my grandma through the window of a coffee shop. I was dumbstruck – she had passed away the year before. I stared for a moment, then reminded myself it couldn’t be her." www.theguardian.com/wellness/202...

"I had been ignoring small signs of encroaching decrepitude: the popping and grinding in my right knee and hip joints whenever I stood up, bent down or took the stairs. Yet I kept stubbornly persuading myself that I was still a 'young' fiftysomething." www.theguardian.com/wellness/202...

"As I looked to the miserable grey skies, I realised I had come down with a severe case of the 'I don’t wannas'. I spent 20 minutes scrolling through the only distraction available on my phone. It was – and I’m sobbing with shame as I write this – LinkedIn." www.theguardian.com/wellness/202...

“I got to see a side of my sister that I don’t particularly like ... It’s probably the same for her.” www.theguardian.com/wellness/202...

I love Bluesky. I commented on someone’s post last week and mentioned I powerlift. A reporter from The Guardian US asked if I’d be willing to be interviewed. Here’s the result!. What an interesting life I lead! www.theguardian.com/wellness/202...

From Nazi Germany to Trump’s America: why fascist strongmen rely on women at home

“There was a whole array of women’s magazines that glorified housewives” in Nazi Germany, says Claudia Koonz, professor emerita of history at Duke University. “It would be the equivalent of social media today.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

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"Now I am a prostate cancer survivor, whose prostatectomy in 2020 almost came too late. I didn’t know that in the US, prostate cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in men. One in eight will be diagnosed with it. One in 44 will die from it." www.theguardian.com/wellness/202...

My daughter’s health was a mystery. The answer was on the other side of the world

“Practices vary wildly between operators,” says one expert. “For the consumer, it’s hard to tell what’s actually in the drink. There’s no federal standard, so it’s essentially dealer’s choice on the operator side." www.theguardian.com/global/2025/...

"One person anonymously told me that he used ChatGPT while writing his father of the bride speech; another wished OpenAI had been around when he had written his vows because it would have 'saved [him] a lot of time'" www.theguardian.com/wellness/ng-...

RFKJr’s handpicked ACIP may have approved a new RSV monoclonal for infants but they rejected hearing evidence on thiomersal by scientists and instead opted to hear from an anti-thiomersal lobbyist nurse practitioner before voting to only approve flu shots if they don’t contain thiomersal.

Talked to @melissafebos.bsky.social about her year off sex and dating, "a collective derangement that we have around love and sex" and her new memoir THE DRY SEASON www.theguardian.com/wellness/ng-...

When warnings of Insectageddon were issued a few years ago, there was widespread denial. Less so now. It's devastating. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

I loved FX's DYING FOR SEX - and, related, have developed a strong urge to kick @robdelaney.bsky.social in the balls. But one of my favorite scenes featured a hospice worker explaining to a terminally ill patient what happens to your body when you're dying. www.theguardian.com/wellness/202...

"Back when I was on the apps, I’d upload slightly unflattering photos of myself: an up-close, no-makeup selfie; a wide shot in a muumuu the size of a small circus tent. I wanted to meet men who weren’t primarily interested in looks." www.theguardian.com/wellness/202...

“What you are feeling is the disconnect between seeing that systems are failing, that things aren’t working … and yet the institutions and the people in power just are ignoring it and pretending everything is going to go on the way that it has" www.theguardian.com/wellness/ng-...

Nearly all of Polygon was laid off last week after Vox sold the company. Donate if you can! www.gofundme.com/f/support-po...

you know when you are talking to someone and they ask you NO QUESTIONS AT ALL? why do they do that??? @sarahmiller.bsky.social asked around www.theguardian.com/wellness/202...

Australian with working visa detained and deported on returning to US from sister’s memorial

pls don't cancel doctor odyssey, the only representation for people with covid trauma and intimacy issues www.vulture.com/article/doct...

Thanks so much to @theguardian.com for having me, and especially @estelletang.bsky.social for her fastidious edits. www.theguardian.com/global/2025/...

Minnesota is at the center of a sauna renaissance. As a winter-hater, I tried to get into saunas and the accompanying cold plunges to see if I could enjoy the season. (Quite a departure from what I normally cover.) www.theguardian.com/wellness/202...

"You want to hump your partner’s armpit? Go for it. They want to lick the back of your knee or the instep of your foot? Amazing. You want to cover both your bodies in almond oil and roll around like puppies wrestling? Super." – @enagoski.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/wellness/202...

meow www.theguardian.com/wellness/202...

ABC News layoffs got me! that means I’m back on the market for full-time role/freelance work doing journalism on all my fave topics: court cases, internet ephemera, national news, pop culture, crime, truly whatever gets the group chat popping. hit an unemployed gal up! DM/email in bio xoxo💋

"When I was 16, I was a failure because I thought I was fat. In my late 20s, I became a failure because I thought I was fat and because I knew better than to think being fat was a problem in the first place." [email protected] www.theguardian.com/wellness/ng-...

🙃https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/mar/04/egg-prices-bird-flu-corporate-profits

“I know that I led people down a path that now I totally regret.” www.theguardian.com/global/2025/...

I wrote in @theguardian.com this expansion on an earlier Substack post, on the powerful role of public shaming of health insurers, and how the more fragmented social media landscape makes it harder for patients (and physicians) to hold health insurers accountable. www.theguardian.com/wellness/202...

Truly sucks to hear about the layoffs at HuffPost. Support those affected here: gofund.me/89940a81

i did some cursed math www.theguardian.com/wellness/202...

Truly harrowing reporting by @samtlevin.bsky.social on what's happening inside federal prisons after Trump's anti-trans executive order. “The officials were degrading them and saying disgusting things, like: ‘We don’t have to call you women anymore. Where you’re going, you’re going to be a man.’”

My mom @hopkinssuzy.bsky.social will cringe if I call her brave but whatever. I'm calling her brave. In her new essay for @theguardian.com she opens up about family trauma, divorce, & the grief that we all carry: www.theguardian.com/global/2025/...

"Every night, I’d toss and turn in bed, eventually pacing the hallway outside my bedroom. My Apple watch tracked my activity: 5,000; 10,000; sometimes 20,000 steps. Then I would tuck myself back into bed, eyes welling from sheer frustration." www.theguardian.com/wellness/202...

CDCR firefighters earn $5.80–$10.24 a day and an additional $1 per hour when responding to active emergencies. When responding to disasters, they may earn $26.90 over a 24-hour shift: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

"At the age of 17, she finally got approved for a new chair... She never sat in it, because it was too late." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...

Remember in October when @nymag.com published its annual Power Issue with members of the “media elite?" Well, @nymagunion.bsky.social thought you might want to hear from media workers themselves. Introducing our union Power Issue: MEDIA WORKERS TELL ALL!

“To feel like your health is free-falling in a world, a system, a country that does not value disabled people & does not value people without their labor has been clarifying to me on how I want to be able to show up for someone else.” www.theguardian.com/wellness/ng-...

Do you celebrate the holidays with people who aren't your relatives? We want to hear from you: www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

"If everything else stayed the same and the fatigue went away, or even improved by half, I would feel extremely grateful for that." I talked to Matt McGorry about having long Covid: www.theguardian.com/wellness/ng-...

“Caring about my looks has diminishing returns after the five-minute mark,” another commented. “I genuinely think my quality of life would be better if I didn’t care at all. Thinking about it too much makes me miserable.” New Ask Ugly column from Jessica DeFino: www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

this but the opposite