Susan Hagen, 48, was practically vibrating with excitement. She would soon be in the same room with three women who had helped her through some of the shakiest, most vulnerable moments in her life, even though they didn’t know it. Hagen, a New Jersey resident, had braved the pouring rain and Times Square crowds to…
Over the last decade, researchers have found associations between ultraprocessed foods and health conditions like heart disease, Type 2 diabetes, dementia and some types of cancer. Now, they are adding Parkinson’s disease to that list. In a study published Wednesday in the journal Neurology, researchers from the United States and China reported that people who…
By the last decade of our lives, many of us are already in ill health. But Dr. Peter Attia, a physician and longevity influencer, doesn’t believe it has to be that way. Our later years, he argues, are something we can start training for now. At the New York Times Well Festival on Wednesday, Dr….
Getting into a workout routine is rarely easy. It can be hard to find the motivation. Sometimes, it can even feel uncomfortable or embarrassing. Just ask Kelly McGonigal, a health psychologist at Stanford University and the author of the book “The Joy of Movement.” “Not being an athlete growing up, my experience with movement was…
Every year, tens of thousands of young women opt to freeze their eggs, an expensive and sometimes painful procedure. As more Americans postpone childbearing, the numbers are growing. But there are many unknowns: What is the optimal donor age for freezing? What are the success rates? And critically: How long do frozen eggs last? The…
In season, lilacs are an extravagance of color and fragrance — especially when you have something like 437 plants, representing 138 different species and varieties, as the New York Botanical Garden does in its Burn Family Lilac Collection. After they finish blooming, though, lilacs can present an extravagantly messy aftermath, nudging the gardener to intervene…
In his work as a couples therapist, Terry Real sees people asking more from their romantic relationships than ever before. They want deep intimacy. Romantic walks on the beach. Great sex well into their 70s. “We all want gods or goddesses that are going to complete us and heal us,” Mr. Real, the author of…
The best-tasting chicken results when you don’t take it too far from itself, when you let the chicken taste like chicken. For that, you might start with the bird, and look to “the chicken whisperer” — more specifically Mike Charles, the founder and chief executive of LaBelle Patrimoine. Mr. Charles grew up around chickens in…
On my first day as a line cook in a pastry kitchen, I was tasked with turning lemons into little bowls for housemade sorbet. I angled a sharp paring knife from the edge of a lemon half toward its center, then circled the knife to slice out a cone of seedy yellow flesh. Cupping that…
The first-ever Well Festival, hosted by the Well desk of The New York Times, runs from 9:30 a.m. Eastern to 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday. A livestream is available here. Below is the full schedule and a brief description of each of the 13 panels, covering love and relationships, the quest for joy, facing adversity, protecting…