TIME for Health

15 Ways to Make Your Home Office Comfortable

From support pillows to air purifiers

The Maddening Psychology of Holiday Zooms

And the wisdom of poet Maggie Smith

Individual Circadian Clocks Might Be the Next Frontier of Personalized Medicine

We used to think everyone needed eight hours of sleep. Not so, according to new science

‘A Rinsing of the Brain.’ New Research Shows How Sleep Could Ward Off Alzheimer's Disease

New research on its physiology shows why we need to take slumber seriously

Scientists Are Learning to Read—and Change—Your Nightmares

Dark images from the screening room of your brain

Coronavirus Could Upend Cancer Trends in the U.S.

Cancer doctors are worried about possible spikes in new cases, as well as worsening disease for people who avoided care during the pandemic

Live Well

COVID-19 Is Making Americans Even More Sedentary. The Effects Could Be Long-Lasting

Under the best of circumstances, Americans don’t love to work out. Even though movement is among the most accessible and effective ways to improve physical and mental health, federal data show only about 25% of...

After Cancer Took His Mother, James Allison Taught Our Immune Systems How to Fight It

There once was a boy in Alice, Texas, who saw things a little differently from everybody else. Influenced by his father, a “country” doctor, he was drawn to science instead of football and conducted biology...

Scientists Confirm That Stress Can Indeed Turn Hair Grey

It’s a study in mice, but for the first time, researchers have pinpointed the biological pathway that links stress to grey hair

Scientists Calculated How Much Longer You Can Live With a Healthy Lifestyle

Researchers worked out not just how much longer people can live when they have healthy habits, but also how healthy — and disease-free — those years might be

How Artificial Intelligence Could Save Psychiatry

Five years from now, the U.S.’ already overburdened mental health system may be short as many as 15,600 psychiatrists as the growth in demand for their services outpaces supply, according to a 2017 report from...

Suicide Is Preventable. Hospitals and Doctors Are Finally Catching Up

The suicidal thoughts started when Kristina Mossgraber was 17. A loud voice in her head told her that she was a bad person, a failure, better off dead. She cut herself in secret and told...

Are Time-Outs Harmful to Kids? The Latest Research Says Otherwise

When Amy and Steve Unruh decided to adopt a four-year-old child from the Philippines, they anticipated challenges. They understood it would take time, as well as a great deal of love and care, for their...

Why the Women Most Likely to Die of Breast Cancer Have Gotten the Least Attention

Lianne Kraemer had been living with metastatic breast cancer for more than a year when I met her in December 2017 at the Henry B. González Convention Center in San Antonio. Throughout the week, more...

Should Parents Worry About Kids Drinking Coffee?

Spend an afternoon hanging out in a Starbucks or Dunkin, and you’ll probably see a handful of teens—and maybe even some younger kids—stopping in for a cup of coffee. A 2017 industry report from the...