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  • A bald man in his sixties (Phil Daoust), wearing a T-shirt, shorts and trainers, sitting on the floor pulling on resistance bands around his feet

    Today in Focus
    How to live to 100

    We know more about extending our lifespans than ever before. After
    decades spent drinking, eating and laughing at people with exercise regimes, what will it take for Phil Daoust to join the ranks of centenarians?
  • Blurred, time-lapse view of an NHS hospital ward.

    Minority ethnic heart failure patients ‘36% more likely to die’ in UK

  • Patient laying on a CT scan platform

    Cancer rates among under-50s in UK have risen 24% since 1995, figures show

  • Milk being added to coffee

    A caffeine-free life will give you a buzz

  • Emma Beddington

    The new midlife crisis is hot, female and covered in tattoos – where do I sign?

    Emma Beddington
  • Drug that ‘melts away’ tumours could replace surgery for bowel cancer, say doctors

  • Fit for ever
    Never write yourself off! 25 things I’ve learned about getting fit – after almost 60 years of sloth

  • A guide to ADHD and autism
    In a household with autism and ADHD, socks are meaningful

  • The Eva Wiseman column
    Why health trackers can push you off the road to wellness

    Eva Wiseman
  • A guide to ADHD and autism
    Avoid noise, play mini golf, cast your net wide: Ellie Middleton’s neurodivergent dating guide

  • The Observer view on the social care crisis: whoever wins the election, it needs addressing urgently

  • Ask Philippa
    I don’t want to invite my alcoholic dad to my wedding

  • Seated woman clinician examining mammogram on a digital tablet with mammogram x ray on a computer screen in background<br>2BNPYHN Seated woman clinician examining mammogram on a digital tablet with mammogram x ray on a computer screen in background

    Predictive blood test hailed as ‘incredibly exciting’ breast cancer breakthrough

  • A composite image in two parts. On the left is a dark background with woman walking, her clothes are covered in squiggles. On the right she is walking into a bright field of flowers

    Agony and the urge to pee: the growing evidence giving hope to chronic UTI sufferers

  • Rear view image of a woman sitting alone on a bed in bedroom

    Domestic abuse drove our daughters to suicide, say families. So what stops coroners acknowledging that?

  • Chocolates and sweets on sale in supermarket

    Extend success of UK sugar tax to cakes, biscuits and chocolate, experts urge

  • Can psychedelics treat depression? Maybe, and you might not even have to take a trip

  • A guide to ADHD and autism
    I’d do anything to make my autistic daughter happy – but I feel like a walking mum-fail

  • Using your head: neuroscience is fast becoming football’s gamechanger

  • ‘It was empowering and joyful’: the UK women hiring private midwives

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