Estelle Tang
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Lifestyle and wellness editor, Guardian US. https://www.theguardian.com/us/wellness
"Collapse is going to basically look like things being shit and, instead of improving, getting shittier still. At a bare minimum, life is going to get extremely uncomfortable over the coming decades." www.theguardian.com/wellness/202...
Your worst fears about cultural collapse might be true – here’s what you can do about it
Writer Sarah Wilson argues we’re hurtling toward the same end as ancient Rome and the Mayan civilisation – but there’s plenty to fight for
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Your worst fears about cultural collapse might be true – here’s what you can do about it
Your worst fears about cultural collapse might be true – here’s what you can do about it
Writer Sarah Wilson argues we’re hurtling toward the same end as ancient Rome and the Mayan civilisation – but there’s plenty to fight for
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"Discouraged and exhausted by the process of trying and failing to shrink, I decided I would take the opposite approach. Instead of trying to lose weight, I would try to gain weight. I was going to bulk." www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
I spent years trying to get smaller. Until I decided to get bigger
‘Bulking’, or gaining weight on purpose to get stronger, challenged everything I was once taught to do with my body
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"The ultimate goal of anti-ageing and longevity is to stop normal biological processes, so any signs of ageing – grey hair, wrinkles, saggy skin – mean that you’re failing." www.theguardian.com/wellness/202...
‘Anti-ageing is anti-life’: why longevity culture is just ageism in a lab coat
Rapid scientific progress has given us the tools to stop time more convincingly than ever – but lurking behind these claims is the same fear of ageing
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to safely cap off love island season ... experts say not everyone can do the splits, and you definitely should not try to do them without preparation, ok???? www.theguardian.com/wellness/202...
Stretch, be gentle and build flexibility: expert tips on doing the splits
Doing a split may look impressive, but experts caution it should not be done without practice and it may not be for everyone
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"The next day, lifting my arms was exhausting. Searing pain kept me awake that night. Two days after the class, my arms were so stiff I couldn’t raise them more than a few inches, even to brush my teeth." www.theguardian.com/wellness/202...
I pushed myself too hard at the gym – and ended up in the hospital
Reckless exercise can lead to exertional rhabdomyolysis, a condition that has risen due to the popularity of high-intensity workouts
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"The medical costs alone add up to $24,000. If you add travel, pelvic floor physical therapy, water aerobics for low-impact movement and specialist care costs, she estimated that her pain has cost almost $40,000 to date." www.theguardian.com/wellness/202...
‘They’ll pay anything to feel better’: the expensive problem of pelvic pain
Patients with vulvovaginal pain spend thousands as delayed diagnosis and insurance gaps inflate costs
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"I tried everything: restricting myself to evenings and weekends, moderation, breaks. Nothing worked." www.theguardian.com/wellness/202...
I didn’t think I could get addicted to weed. I was wrong – and I’m not alone
There are misconceptions about the addictiveness of cannabis and many users are struggling with dependency
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Dr Jennie Young was sick of online dating. All she found in the apps were inappropriately sexual come-ons and conversations that went nowhere. So one day, frustrated and totally out of ideas, she Googled “how do you actually find a needle in a haystack?” www.theguardian.com/wellness/202...
‘I felt like I’d stumbled on a cheat code’: what is the burned haystack dating method?
Being on dating apps can feel like looking for a needle in a haystack – so Dr Jennie Young devised a technique to burn it down and find better matches
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My family tried to eat fewer ultra-processed foods for five years. Here’s what we learned
My family tried to eat fewer ultra-processed foods for five years. Here’s what we learned
Cutting UPFs from our grocery list was expensive, laborious and time-consuming
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Speed puzzlers train up to three hours a day to prepare for competitions, brushing up on techniques and building their muscles. “I like to do core exercises because your lower back hurts a lot,” says Yvonne Feucht, a Los Angeles camera operator. www.theguardian.com/wellness/202...
‘They’re gonna make me cry’: I competed at a speed puzzling championship
You might think of puzzling as leisurely, but it’s now a sport. I entered a national competition and discovered a passionate community
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"To experience moral injury is to be forced to act in ways or to witness actions that contradict your most deeply held convictions." www.theguardian.com/global/2026/...
‘Not unique to war’: millions of Americans suffer from moral injury. What’s causing it?
Psychologist Michael Valdovinos explains the condition, which is now acknowledged in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
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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 could barely think because it was so bad’: why Darcey Steinke wrote a book about pain
Darcey Steinke wanted to write a book that wasn’t just about trying to get over pain. Her memoir, This Is the Door, explores how chronic pain changes us
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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...
RFK Jr’s pick to review Covid vaccines authored misleading research, experts say
HHS says the MIT professor is ‘more than qualified’ to serve on the agency’s vaccine advisory panel and calls ‘attacks’ on him ‘politically motivated’
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"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...
Excruciating but worth it: How a decades-old cult dating book helped me find love
Years of singlehood, dating apps and humiliating set-ups left me skeptical. But Calling in the One – surprisingly – worked
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"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 look at a stranger and see a friend. Am I a super-recognizer?
I once even thought I had seen my late grandmother. Can science explain my overfamiliarity with strange faces?
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"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...
You should act your age – at least when it comes to exercise. Here’s why
Adapting your fitness routine to your physical realities can help prevent injury from over-exercising
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"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 tried to not procrastinate for a week. Here’s what helped the most
Ploughing through my to-do list felt great until I hit a wall. Were we really meant to work without watching any vertical videos first?
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“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...
How elder care can rupture sibling relationships: ‘I didn’t have much choice’
Guardian readers shared how caring for ageing parents with siblings tested – and sometimes broke – family bonds
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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...
Meet the 75-year-old powerlifter headed to the world championships
Kate Evert started working out to appease her kids. Now, she’s confident in her strength and ability
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From Nazi Germany to Trump’s America: why fascist strongmen rely on women at home
From Nazi Germany to Trump’s America: why fascist strongmen rely on women at home
Fascist regimes pushed narratives of domestic bliss, yet relied on women’s unpaid labor. In the US today, ‘womanosphere’ influencers promote the same fantasies
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“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...
From Nazi Germany to Trump’s America: why strongmen rely on women at home
Fascist regimes pushed narratives of domestic bliss, yet relied on women’s unpaid labor. In the US today, ‘womanosphere’ influencers promote the same fantasies
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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...
The silent epidemic: the pros and cons of screening for prostate cancer
In the US, prostate cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in men – but experts can’t agree about testing
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My daughter’s health was a mystery. The answer was on the other side of the world
My daughter’s health was a mystery. The answer was on the other side of the world
I connected with other moms worldwide, doctors and a geneticist – and identified the rare genetic disorder that connects us all
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“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/...
I traded booze for THC drinks. But are there hidden risks?
Giving up alcohol changed my life, but I wanted to know whether cannabis cocktails were too good to be true
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"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-...
ChatGPT, write my wedding vows: are we OK with AI in everyday life?
Artificial intelligence has entered the personal chat. What does that say about human relationships?
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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.
RFK Jr’s new vaccine panel votes against preservative in flu shots in shock move
Decision to restrict thimerosal in immunizations could impact future vaccine availability on a global scale
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