Is hormone replacement therapy right for you and, if it is, what type should you take? All your key questions answeredWhen it comes to menopause, awareness of symptoms and ways to mitigate their impact are changing. Chief among treatments that have undergone an image change is hormone replacement therapy (HRT).While many women have been wary of such...

Try to steer your focus to what you want rather than what you think you should beThe question At 36, I find myself in a stable phase of life, contrasting my earlier years of nomadic renting and dead-end jobs as an artist, a passion I’ve abandoned. My dog is my sole source of joy, yet even that pleasure feels dulled lately. I struggle to feel real or...

Virus sent to high-security facility so that experts can examine the potential risks to people and livestockAvian flu typically spreads by infecting wild birds and moving along migration routes, but the virus currently running rampant in the US is about to be transported across the Atlantic by plane.This category A pathogen, which is now spreading among...

It’s crucial to look after your gut microbiome. So avoid ultra-processed foods, eat healthily, and try blueberries and beetroot for help with hot flushes tooWhen life feels chaotic, food can be a comfort, a pleasure, an uplifting ritual. Fitting in time to cook, however, can often seem like another impossible thing on the list, especially when there...

Frock horror! The ludicrous spectacle of the Met Gala; reluctant star Josh O’Connor ​takes the lead in a new film, Challengers; Catherine Carr talks to boys about sex, pornography and feeling isolated and vulnerable; and Philippa Perry responds to a reader who is child-free. Continue reading...

Fruitful exchanges require input from two people. Listen carefully to what others are saying and use feelings, rather than facts, to connectHow do you do conversation? I don’t understand how it works. I can only ever communicate factual information such as “A coffee and a croissant, please.”Other people seem to rattle on about anything and everything,...