Health & Fitness

You've probably heard of the five stages of grief, which were first developed by psychiatrist Elisabeth Kübler-Ross in her book "On Death and Dying.

In the Netherlands, doctors and dementia patients must negotiate a fine line: Assisted death for those without capacity is legal, but doctors won’t do it.

The program, which focuses on mentoring and therapy, relies on the idea that most violent crimes are emotional, not rational.

Occupational studies stretching back decades have found an increased risk of bladder cancer among hairdressers.

At the Washington School of Ballet, lapsed ballet dancers—as well as new ones—train alongside prima ballerinas.

Our phones have made us lonelier. These apps promise to find us a BFF. On one of the coldest nights in New York this year, I bundled up and went to a trendy tourist trap to meet up with five people who also felt that the pull to make new friends was stronger than the windchill.

When Lorraine Kelly shared her experience of menopause on her daytime TV show in 2017, she was her own last resort. Initially, she set out to interview a famous woman about her story, but everyone she approached refused. “I thought, nobody else will talk about it so I’ll do it.

Dear Prudence is Slate’s advice column. Delia Cai is filling in as Prudie for Jenée Desmond-Harris while she’s on parental leave. Submit questions here. What does a person do when the personality of their spouse changes significantly? I’ve been with my husband for 12 years.

During the pandemic, many people turned to online workouts to help them stay in shape, and, frankly, avoid insanity.

The non-modest mission of her sprightly new book, Open Socrates: The Case for a Philosophical Life, is to develop a strand of ethical thought that she labels “Neo-Socratic,” and which departs entirely from the prevailing ethical systems of Kant, Mill, and Aristotle.