When you get lost in a book, you often enter a trance-like state similar to meditation and that state is deeply protective.” ...

Focusing on improving sleep, diet and exercise may work together to add more years to life, according to a new study.

How much vitamin C you need per day depends on your age, sex, pregnancy and lactation status, and if you smoke. Here are the guidelines and general limits.

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Understanding finance isn’t enough – it’s vital to be able to apply that knowledge when there is pressure on your wallet.

The team’s findings also suggest that light or moderate intensity exercise might be more effective for depression than ...

Few things get intermittent fasting fans fired up more than debating the “best” schedule. Some people swear it’s better to ...

This Pew Research Center report examines religious switching in the United States, including the reasons people give for staying in or leaving their childhood religion. It also looks at social and ...

For nearly two decades, I’ve dedicated my career to understanding and addressing the challenges facing young women. As the founder of Ruling Our eXperiences (ROX), I’ve had the privilege of ...

If you have ever sworn off social media for a week or two because you sensed it was feeding your anxiety or dampening your mood, you may be on to something. A new study out last week in JAMA Network ...

Socrates wasn’t the greatest fan of the written word. Famous for leaving no texts to posterity, the great philosopher is said to have believed that a reliance on writing destroys the memory and ...

A.I. search tools, chatbots and social media are associated with lower cognitive performance, studies say. What to do? Credit...Derek Abella Supported by By Brian X. Chen Brian X. Chen is The Times’s ...