Angela Haupt

Haupt is a health and wellness editor at TIME. She covers happiness and actionable ways to live well.

Recent Articles

The Worst Thing to Say to a New Mom

Piling on the expectation of enjoyment is not helpful.

By Angela Haupt

Hyman Scott

Sexually transmitted infection (STI) diagnoses have been rising steadily across the U.S. But over the last decade, there’s barely been any innovation to improve prevention or treatment. “There’s been a desperate need for something—or many...

By Angela Haupt

Ilona Maher

If you want to offend Ilona Maher, slinging the word “big” at her isn’t going to cut it. The wildly popular rugby player—who won bronze at the 2024 Paris Olympics—is 5’10” and 200 pounds (most...

By Angela Haupt

Scott LoMurray

Suicide is the second-leading cause of death for teens and young adults in the U.S. A peer-led program called Sources of Strength aims to change that—and research suggests it’s working. According to a study published...

By Angela Haupt

Barbara Kingsolver

In the years leading up to the publication of her Pulitzer-Prize winning 2022 novel Demon Copperhead, Barbara Kingsolver spent time in Lee County, Va., the drug-ravaged southern Appalachian region where it’s set (about an hour...

By Angela Haupt

Brooke Eby

Brooke Eby was just 33 when she was diagnosed in 2022 with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis—ALS, otherwise known as Lou Gehrig's disease. For a couple months, she hid in bed eating M&Ms. Then, even though she...

By Angela Haupt

Ronita Nath

As the vice president of research at the Trevor Project—a nonprofit that focuses on suicide prevention among queer youth—Ronita Nath collects and uncovers data that can be used to inform public policy. “It guides life-saving...

By Angela Haupt

Anish Bhatnagar

Prader-Willi syndrome—a rare and complex genetic condition—affects 1 in every 20,000 to 30,000 people. It causes a range of behavioral, developmental, and intellectual difficulties, but one of the most excruciating symptoms is hyperphagia, or feeling...

By Angela Haupt

Daniel Nadler

Daniel Nadler launched OpenEvidence—a medical information platform that's like ChatGPT for doctors—because of a happy problem in medicine. In 1950, the rate of medical knowledge doubled every 50 years. Today, it doubles every five years....

By Angela Haupt

Mark Hyman

Your blood holds a lot of secrets. Some you find out too late. Dr. Mark Hyman co-founded Function Health, a personalized health testing platform, to protect against that outcome. “Health care is missing the boat...

By Angela Haupt

Shiv Rao

Much of what inspires people to go to medical school or nursing school is the opportunity—the "privilege," as Dr. Shiv Rao sees it—to serve patients while building strong relationships with them. But the reality of...

By Angela Haupt

David Fajgenbaum

Dr. David Fajgenbaum was a third-year medical student when he “got critically ill out of nowhere.” After taking an important exam, he walked down the hall to the hospital's emergency room and underwent blood tests....

By Angela Haupt

Robert Wood

Living with severe food allergies clouds every day with fear. When the tiniest smidge of peanuts or wheat could kill you, everything revolves around managing that risk. Dr. Robert Wood has worked to give people...

By Angela Haupt

Richard Lowenthal

For decades, people suffering life-threatening allergic reactions had to quickly and correctly give themselves an injection using an EpiPen. That changed in August, when the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved neffy, a nasal spray...

By Angela Haupt

Nancy Brown

Nancy Brown has been CEO of the American Heart Association since 2008. She was instrumental in starting the group’s Go Red for Women Venture Fund in 2024, which aims to invest $75 million in companies...

By Angela Haupt

10 Questions to Ask Your Parents

Here's where to start—even if you’re not used to having serious conversations with your folks.

By Angela Haupt

10 Weird Symptoms That May Be Allergies

From bad breath to clogged ears and strange noises.

By Angela Haupt

Why We Think We Deserve Good Karma

As for other people? They'll get what's coming to them eventually.

By Angela Haupt

How to Say 'I Told You So' in a More Effective Way

“I guess my crystal ball was working when we originally discussed this.”

By Angela Haupt

What to Do When Your Memory Is Slipping

First, figure out if something reversible is going on.

By Angela Haupt
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