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  • Illustration of a man and woman in bed together, divided by a red line

    My boyfriend finds menstruation unappealing – and I feel rejected every month

  • Close-up of a woman's green eye

    Keratopigmentation: why is eyeball tattooing on the rise?

    Hate your boring old eye colour? It is now possible to change it – but side-effects include infection, inflammation, light sensitivity and vision loss …
  • Illustration of an exhausted woman yawning.

    Are you tired all the time? Me too – but I think I’ve worked out why

    Biting back anger, holding in tears: we use a huge amount of energy trying to avoid our emotions. And it’s exhausting
  • Apple a day

    Is it true that … an apple a day keeps the doctor away?

  • Phil Daoust practices front tuck variations with coach Matteo

    Is 61 too old to take up gymnastics? Not if you’re planning on living to 100

  • Jerry Brotton shot for OM

    Lost your sense of direction? Turn off your phone and you’ll soon reconnect

  • A woman sitting with head down on office desk making a thumbs-up gesture

    ‘The fatigue is not only real, it is absolutely legitimate’: why are so many of us so tired right now?

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Advice

  • Unsympathetic woman

    Ask Annalisa Barbieri
    I have spent my life looking after my depressive, controlling mum – can I move on?

  • Illustration of a man and woman in bed together, divided by a red line

    Sexual healing
    My boyfriend finds menstruation unappealing – and I feel rejected every month

  • ‘You need to be seen for who you are, not because of what you produce’: Philippa Perry

    Ask Philippa
    My wife glazes over when I talk about my writing. How can I come to terms with her indifference?

  • Enterprise Car Club vehicle

    Consumer champions
    Enterprise Car Club fined me for someone else’s unpaid fuel

Running & cycling

  • A composite of pictures of a neon cycling glove, pink, purple, orange and black glasses and a multitool all held by illustrated hands

    The best Christmas gifts for cyclists, from warm cycling gloves and socks to a portable headlamp

  • A composite of pictures of a green massage gun, a pink sports bra and a pot of warming salve all held up by illustrated hands

    Gifts for fitness fans: what to give gym and yoga bunnies this Christmas

  • Joe Biden meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping in California in 2023.

    The Strava problem: how the fitness app was used to locate the world’s most powerful people

  • An unrecognisable cyclist in a frosty London park

    From heated gloves to commuter jackets: 11 winter cycling essentials to keep you safe and cosy

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Health news

  • Five young women sit around a low table with a chessboard and board games on it; one woman is writing in a notebook and the others are chatting. Other tables with groups of people are in the background between the pillars and arches of the church

    ‘I came to make new friends’: the hangout event where phones are locked away

  • Art on display at the Queen Alexandra Hospital in Portsmouth

    ‘They remind me there’s a life after cancer’: how paintings in NHS hospitals help patients feel better

    • Two women jogging through a forest

      Intermittent weekend exercise has same brain benefits as regular workouts, study finds

    • A sign for Cop29 in Baku

      Miscarriages due to climate crisis a ‘blind spot’ in action plans – report

    • Becky Gittins, the new Labour MP for Clwyd East.

      Latin labelling on cosmetics is a risk to food allergy sufferers, says MP

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