To build muscle, you need a 'de-load' week. Here's how a powerlifting doctor strategizes rest for maximum gains.

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Dr. Shernan Holtan does powerlifting and CrossFit to stay healthy. She said taking a break from exercise with regular "deload weeks" helps to build muscle and strength while preventing injury.

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Corporate types are clamoring for a new kind of plastic surgery — using dead people's fat

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I was juggling a tech leadership role and caring for my autistic brothers until burnout stopped me in my tracks. Here's what I changed to recover.

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I keep all of the holiday cards my loved ones send. In the future, I'll give them back in a handmade memory book.

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The author saves all the holiday cards she receives each season instead of throwing them away.

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This first-of-its-kind map shows C-section rates of more than 1,700 hospitals. The differences are stark.

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Photo collage featuring a close-up of a pregnant woman's belly, a US map, and a photo of doctors performing a C-section.

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At Valley Baptist Medical Center in Brownsville, Texas, doctors performed C-sections on half of all women with low-risk pregnancies — first-time mothers at full term, carrying a single baby positioned head-down — on average, in a seven-year period.

Eli Lilly’s Experimental Pill Could Help You Ditch GLP-1 Obesity Shots, Trial Finds

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People who switched from semaglutide or tirzepatide to orforglipron largely maintained their weight loss.

ProPublica’s New Tool Provides Drug Info the FDA Won’t

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The first-of-its-kind app to help you find out where your generic drugs come from and see the track records of the factories that made them.

Coordinating holidays with multiple divorced families is tough. At 72, I'm learning when to let go.

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The author organizes the family's celebration as the matriarch.

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RFK Jr.’s Health Department Just Pulled Millions in Funding from the American Academy of Pediatrics

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The grants involved research studying autism and sudden infant deaths.

I take solo trips despite being in a committed 3-year relationship. It's my secret to being a better partner.

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I've been in a relationship for three years and still enjoy taking time to travel alone.

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