Trips to Bountiful
If you want to understand a country, enter its pharmacies. And when you do, grab some status souvenirs: skin salves, eye masks, foot creams, and bath salts
Wish You Were Here
What’s the most restorative vacation? The one you actually take. Scientists explain how to extract the greatest benefits from some time off
Lord of the Ring
Have you heard of Oura paranoia, where your resilience score becomes a measure of your virtue? Maybe it’s time to tell it who’s boss
Cortisol Control
Can mastering the so-called stress hormone reduce anxiety, puffiness, inflammation, weight gain, and joint pain? Take a deep breath and say ahh
Honey Do
The oldest skin-healing ingredient is up to some impressive new tricks
Into Thin Air
As Ariana Grande launches her world tour, murmurs about her extreme thinness draw comparisons to Karen Carpenter, who died of complications from anorexia. Why isn’t anyone speaking up?
Bloat, Begone!
Lymphatic drainage is the hottest treatment at spas, with massages and facials promising to reduce puffiness and enhance blood flow
The Fertility Mystery
An often undiagnosed condition makes an alarming number of women vulnerable to infertility. One woman becomes her own health sleuth
Is Everyone Doing Peptides Without Me?
They’re so commonplace that you’d almost forget their potential danger. Here’s what you need to know before injecting yourself
Please Release Me
Jaw-release therapy unleashes surprising depths of tension—and emotion
Good Eggs
Younger and younger women are freezing their eggs for maximum health and control—and their companies are footing the bill
Happy, Peppy People
Everyone wants more; everyone wonders where theirs went. No, it’s not money. A longevity doctor tells us how to boost our energy
Watering Hole
What’s a classic spa in a legendary spa town to do in these biohacking times? I went to the grande dame in Baden-Baden to find out
How to Be an Optimist
Positivity and resilience can be learned—even in times of gloom—says a behavioral scientist known as “the Optimism Doctor”
How Stimulating!
A device that activates the vagus nerve may be the answer to sleep problems, stress, anxiety, poor concentration, brain fog, and more
Ooh, So Handsome
Are men getting a small taste of the beauty standards women have been held to for centuries? Boo-hoo!
Good Medicine
In its imagined mayhem, The Pitt provides a perverse sense of safety, competency, compassion—and a relief to our chaotic reality
My Psychedelic Vacation
More and more people are seeking enlightenment through hallucinogens, including one woman who trips on a trip to Jamaica
Who Are You?
We know about extroverts and introverts, but is there another personality trait that’s a little of both? Take this quiz and see
Testosterone for All!
It increases sex drive, energy, cognition, and more. What could possibly go wrong?
Calm Your Mind
A treatment of magnetic pulses may actually relieve stress, burnout, insomnia, and anxiety. Our reporter checks in and checks out
What Delicious Toothpaste
Is your toothpaste really cleaning, or is it just covering everything in a blur of mint? The new contenders are dabbling in gentle, offbeat flavors
The Energy Addicts
Everyone’s hopped up on Adderall—is that really so bad?
The (Sort of) Good News About Microplastics
Yes, they’re everywhere—but each little attempt to avoid them counts. Here’s exactly how to do it
