Health & Fitness

Should you be worried?

Never slip on the reformer again.

We’ve rounded up the best skincare, makeup, and haircare products that are eco-conscious and nontoxic.

Swole of body, swole of mind.

Physically protecting your head is the single most important step you can take to safeguard your brain, experts said.

All at once and much to my surprise, I am old. I did not expect it, and it is not what I expected. The world in which I worked, struggled, dreamed, and loved now regards me quite differently than it did even ten years ago.

As diagnoses of A.D.H.D. and prescriptions for medications hit new record highs, scientists who study the condition are wrestling with some fundamental questions about the way we define and treat it. More than 15 percent of American adolescents have been diagnosed with A.D.H.D.

I’ve been involved in my share of conflict over the years. I’ve observed that many people respond to conflict in one of two ways: they either run from it like a burning building or charge straight into it like a battering ram.

Dear Prudence is Slate’s advice column. Submit questions here. Not long ago, my 6-year-old daughter “Kendra” went over to play with a classmate of hers, “Cory,” who lives around the corner from us. Cory’s parents have a pool in their backyard.

Judith Joseph has spent most of her life building an impressive résumé.