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Browse articles by health area, from stress and sleep to women’s health and chronic conditions
Women's health
September 30, 2026
Period flu: why you feel sick before your period — and what helps
Period flu is not a diagnosis, but the aches, chills, fatigue and upset stomach around a period have known causes: prostaglandins at the start of bleeding and a luteal phase that runs the body warmer and faster. Here is how long it lasts, how to tell it from the actual flu, and what helps.
September 29, 2026
Micro-cheating and emotional affairs: where is the line?
Micro-cheating is a pop term, not a diagnosis, and research shows people disagree most about exactly these online and emotional behaviours. The clearest marker is secrecy — and the most useful move is a conversation, not a search.
September 29, 2026
Can stress delay your period? How late, and when to test
Stress usually moves a period by moving ovulation, so the strain that matters is the one from two or three weeks earlier. How much variation is normal, when to test, and when a late period needs a doctor.
Mental health & neurodiversity
Anxiety treatment: therapy, medication, and everyday habits that help
September 14, 2026
What causes brain fog? The many reasons behind foggy thinking — and why there's rarely just one
September 14, 2026
What brain fog actually feels like: the symptoms, from forgetfulness to word-finding trouble and mental fatigue
September 14, 2026
What is brain fog? The real meaning of that foggy, forgetful, slowed-down feeling
September 14, 2026
Chronic conditions
September 30, 2026
Dermatographia (skin writing): why a scratch turns into a welt, and what helps
A light scratch that rises into an itchy line within minutes is the most common kind of inducible hives. It often starts suddenly in adulthood, can follow stress, an infection or a new medicine, and responds to non-sedating antihistamines for most people.
September 30, 2026
Cold urticaria: why cold gives you hives, and when it becomes dangerous
Cold urticaria often starts in adulthood with no allergy history, and the welts usually appear as skin warms up again. For most people it stays in the skin; for a meaningful minority, cold water or an iced drink can trigger anaphylaxis — which is why the decision about swimming belongs with an allergist.
Heart & nervous system
Why is my blood pressure high in the morning? What's normal, what's not, and what helps
October 1, 2026
Can dehydration cause high blood pressure? What it does to your blood pressure and heart rate
October 1, 2026
Altitude sickness: symptoms, what happens to your oxygen and heart rate, and how to prevent it
October 1, 2026
Heart palpitations after eating: common causes and when to worry
September 30, 2026
Sleep
October 1, 2026
Why do I pee so much at night? What's normal, the causes, and how to stop it
Waking once a night to pee is common; waking 2 or more times most nights is worth a look. Why it happens at night but not by day, what is normal at each age, the causes from evening drinks to sleep apnea, and what helps.
September 30, 2026
Sleep anxiety: why worrying about sleep keeps you awake — and how to break the loop
Worry about sleep is one of the main forces that keeps poor sleep going. Why the loop forms, what CBT-I does about it, and what our data shows about the night after a bad night.
September 29, 2026
Revenge bedtime procrastination: why you stay up late, and what actually helps
The research term is simply bedtime procrastination, and what it correlates with is depleted self-regulation rather than a deliberate act of reclaiming. Which changes what works: structure instead of willpower.
Stress & burnout
Social battery: why socializing is exhausting, and how to recharge
September 29, 2026
Energy vampires: how to tell who drains you, and what your body already knows
September 29, 2026
Cortisol cocktail: does the viral drink lower cortisol, and what actually does?
September 29, 2026
Why am I bloated all the time? Constant bloating, its causes, and what your gut is telling you
September 22, 2026
Gut & metabolic health
October 1, 2026
Foods for Gut Health: What Actually Feeds a Healthy Gut
Fibre-first, fermented foods, and diverse plants — what to eat for gut health and what to limit.
September 30, 2026
Caffeine withdrawal symptoms: the headache, how long it lasts, and how to cut back
Headache, fatigue, fog and a short temper usually arrive 12–24 hours after your last cup, peak on days one to two and usually fade within 2–9 days. That is not weakness; it is a brain adjusting back from a daily drug.
Activity & recovery
How accurate is Apple Watch calorie tracking, and why heart rate is a different story
September 24, 2026
Is AI making us less active and worse at sleeping? The convenience trap — and how to take your body back
August 2, 2026
Overtraining: when your HRV drops even though you're training hard — and your body is asking for rest
August 2, 2026
Recovery for high performers: the science of why rest is a performance skill — not a reward
July 24, 2026
Men's health
August 2, 2026
Sexual performance anxiety: why stress shuts down arousal — and what actually helps
Arousal is a rest-and-digest event; anxiety flips you into fight-or-flight, which physically blocks it. Why 'try harder' backfires, and what genuinely helps.
August 1, 2026
Hormones and sleep in midlife: estrogen, progesterone, cortisol, and testosterone
Why sleep gets harder in your 40s and 50s, what each hormone does to your nights, and the treatments with real evidence behind them.
August 1, 2026
Is erectile dysfunction a sign of heart disease? What your sex life can tell you about your heart
ED often appears 2 to 5 years before heart disease. How much it raises heart risk, who should take it most seriously, and which tests to ask your doctor for.