Health
Bodies under construction NYC women are hanging from scaffolding, streetlights and subway rails to bust a stubborn fitness myth
Women are using everyday moments to show off their strength and prove they can master an upper-body move many assume is too difficult for them.
In the news
'Make this stop' Horrific hallucinations told me to stab my daughter — the sad way Lindsay Clancy and I were both failed
“I didn’t want to do what the voice was telling me, but at the same time, I felt like it was going to make me do it,” she told The Post.
Vacation, all i ever wanted
Resorts are offering pricey GLP-1 vacations catering to people on drugs like Ozempic and Mounjaro
Wellness retreats are rolling out programming to support GLP-1 users’ goals.
Women are dropping thousands on menopause vacays — where hot flash maintenance meets luxury
Forget white-knuckling it — menopause now comes with a robe, an ocean view and a plan.
‘Nervous system reset’ vacations promise calm with ‘vagal nerve toning,’ massages and neurofeedback therapy
Hotels are offering amenities designed to tone your vagus nerve to stay calm.
high-tech health
Happy feet New custom 3D-printed sneakers are made just for your foot shape — do they live up to the hype?
As the wellness world races toward hyperpersonalization, the latest frontier is landing at your feet.
The Thin Line
The weirdest Ozempic side effect yet? Weight loss drugs are making people hear their own blood, eyes moving, ‘Darth Vader’ voice
“You’re in your own head, hearing yourself like Darth Vader,” Sarah Ago, a GLP-1 user, told The Post.
We lost weight on GLP-1 drugs — and then we lost our sex drives
I used to be a happy drunk — Ozempic made me a sad one, and the hangovers are horrendous
How GLP-1 drugs are bringing back our eating disorders
center of the universe
here’s something For the Boys
wanna LIVE FOREVER?
Inside look I went to the world’s largest biohacking conference, where science fiction meets MAHA — what’s next in anti-aging
More than 5,000 people paid thousands of dollars to catch a glimpse at the latest biohacking technologies and treatments promising to boost health, performance and longevity.
Senior moments
ladies’ choice
Big mad ‘Perimenopause rage’ turned me into a ‘mad mom’ — it’s no joke, my kids dodged me and I ended up divorced
“I was all prickles and thorns, and no one wanted to be around me,” Susan Proctor told The Post. “I really felt alone.” She revealed how she was finally able to fix her symptoms.
fit check
Miles and miles Fitness fans are turning rest and relaxation into zest and circulation with international ‘runcations’
More and more jet-setting fitness fans are embracing “runcations” — getaways centered on running, which can include everything from destination races to resorts with scenic trails to hotels that employ their own “running concierges.”
Here’s how many crunches you should be able to do at every age
Use this trainer’s football field test for motivation.
How many push-ups you should be able to do at every age — and when you can use your knees
Drop and give us… this many.
battling illness
'Lucky' to be alive I had no symptoms but my body was riddled with cancer — doctors removed 7 organs after I asked for a nonstandard test
“When he went in, he was able to see that I was filled with cancer,” Louise Altese-Isidori, the wife of Arthur & Sons owner Joe Isidori, told The Post.
WEIGHT LOSS
I lost 20 pounds and reversed my prediabetes in just 90 days without drugs — my exact method
Norma Lyons was 40 pounds overweight and considered tortilla a major food group when her doctor broke the news that she was prediabetic.
get some rest
This ‘Japanese sauna’ can improve sleep and burn calories — we put it to the test with a health tracker
It’s basically the dream — you lay down in a magic pod for a half hour and come out younger, lighter and a lot more relaxed. That’s the promise behind the Iyashi Dôme, a “Japanese sauna” with a host of benefits The Post recently tested.
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Diarrhea-soaked Hyrox athlete divides internet over whether she should have quit
It may be the stinkiest debate of the year.
Woman who lost best friend to ovarian cancer receives same diagnosis months later
"I was diagnosed with stage 3B high-grade serous ovarian cancer," Drexler, now 65, said.
Don’t get enough sleep? A pre-bed routine can help you the next day
Forget counting sheep.
My mom hack is a sneaky fitness trick — people say I’ll be ‘quadzilla’ in a week
Jessa Sharp's parenting experiment quickly became a brutal lower-body workout — and eventually a surprisingly lucrative family game.
Young man’s minor injury left him fighting for his life against notorious ‘silent killer’
“I’ve never felt so vulnerable or so broken as a human being,” he said.
Pennsylvania woman dies from measles complications — third virus-related death in the state this year
A Pennsylvania woman has died from complications associated with measles, the third death in the state this year involving the virus.
Hyrox athlete competes despite diarrhea — using shared equipment and horrifying onlookers
Athlete Joanna Wietrzyk finished in first place at a Hyrox competition in Beijing over the weekend, but she soiled herself in the process, suffering fecal incontinence during the 1 hour,...
The weight I lost with GLP-1s came back ‘with taxes’ — how I finally dropped 100 lbs and kept it off
Pamela Melgarejo spent years trying to lose weight — but nothing was permanent. She's now lost 100 pounds and kept it off after getting bariatric surgery at the NYU Langone...
Mom reveals grisly skin condition she developed in California town rocked by rare child cancers
The Ladera Ranch resident contacted Poison Control and reported her symptoms and Specticle G, which she believed she may have encountered. She later notified Ladera Ranch Maintenance Corporation, or LARMAC,...
World champion cheerleader, 22, gets startling diagnosis after symptoms brushed off as ‘teen laziness’
For years, doctors brushed off Rylie Shaw's constant fatigue as typical teenage laziness or depression.
Spain releases menopause nutrition guidelines based on data from men
The Spanish Agency for Food Safety and Nutrition (AESAN) published nutritional guidelines for menopausal women that used research exclusively on men.
Sneaky sign of higher heart attack and stroke risk could be lurking near your eyes
Catching early warning signs of cardiovascular issues could be a game changer, and research has found a potential one that's visible to the naked eye.
A pink addition to your sleep can help wash out your brain
Our brains could see a big benefit with sound machines — and one type of static noise in particular — helping give our noggins a good cleaning out.
Getting out of bed to pee? Doctors warn it could be a sign of a bigger health problem
Research shows two or more nightly trips to the bathroom are linked to a higher risk of fall-related injuries, StudyFinds reported.
Pets improve kids’ mental health — except one, which makes things worse
Turns out, some furry friends — and even scaly or slimy ones too — help kids' mental health as well. With one key exception.
What your sleep tracker actually gets wrong about sleep: study
But what trackers are missing could actually give people a false impression of their sleep health, delaying diagnoses and treatment for issues like insomnia.
A single healthy swap lowers your risk of dying from heart-related issues by 39%: study
Every 34 seconds, someone in the US dies of heart disease. It's the leading cause of death across sexes and racial groups in this country.
Common tea and coffee mistake increases risk of esophagus cancer by 300%
Smoking, alcohol and obesity remain bigger risk factors, oncologist says
Doing 3 minutes of a key exercise beats 90 minutes of cardio: study
These short bursts of activity can flood the blood with helpful proteins linked to heart health and protect against obesity and diabetes.
