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A German soccer fan reacts at a fan zone after a quarter final match between Germany and Spain at the Euro 2024 soccer tournament in Berlin, Germany, July 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)

Do you need to control your cortisol? Probably not, doctors say

Cortisol is the talk of the internet but doctors say most people don’t need to worry about it. Levels of what is known as the stress hormone naturally rise and fall throughout the day.

A person looks out of a window in an apartment building in Kansas City, Mo., May 3, 2020. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

Being a night owl may not be great for your heart but you can do something about it

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New York strip steaks are on display at a Sam's Club, Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2025, in Bentonville, Ark. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

New diet guidelines say to double up on protein, but nutrition experts are wary

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Sarah Baldassaro, left, demonstrates a strength-training regimen with her trainer, Hilary Granat, at the Center for Orthopedic Rehab and Exercise on Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Moriah Ratner)

After menopause, resistance training is essential. How to get keep bones and muscles strong

A shaft of light shines into a bedroom in Belle, W.Va., on Nov. 11, 2013. (Craig Cunningham/The Daily Mail via AP, File)

Some people tape their mouths shut at night. Doctors wish they wouldn’t

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A woman washes her face as she prepares for work in Chicago, on Friday, Feb. 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley, File)

Here’s what dermatologists are saying about your skin care routine: Keep it simple

CORRECTS YEAR TO 2025, NOT 2024 - Jannelliz Barragan, center, wears a weighted vest during an MB360 workout class at the Life Time health club in New York on Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Shelby Lum)

Do weighted vests really help you get in shape faster?

An airplane lifts off from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport as the sun rises Monday, Feb. 3, 2025, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Worries about flying seem to be taking off. Here’s how to cope with in-flight anxiety

A barber cuts a client's hair at a barber shop in Chattanooga, Tenn., on Tuesday, March 17, 2020. (C.B. Schmelter/Chattanooga Times Free Press via AP, File)

This cutting edge hair loss treatment is a repurposed drug from the 1990s

Visitors enjoy their sauna session at the Hackney Wick Community Sauna Baths, in London, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Communal sweating in saunas is the hottest wellness trend taking over the UK

Natasha Nelson, who was diagnosed with autism in August 2023, just after her youngest daughter was also diagnosed, sits in a sensory room she uses to calm her children in her Stone Mountain, Ga. home on Friday, Feb. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Gray)

More adults are wondering if they have autism. Here are tips to seek a diagnosis

An assortment of Kellogg's Froot Loops, Corn Pops, Apple Jacks, and Honey Smacks in Mt. Lebanon, Pa., June 25, 2010. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

Red dye No. 3 has been banned, but what about other artificial food dyes?

Judy Sandler, who was diagnosed in her 50s with ADHD, poses at her home, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025, in Lincolnville, Maine.(AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Rise in diagnoses is prompting more US adults to ask: ‘Do I have ADHD?’

Debris from a destroyed home is seen as a newly built ADU (accessory dwelling unit) stands behind after surviving the Eaton Fire, Sunday, Jan. 19, 2025, in Altadena, Calif. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

How to organize your financial life ahead of natural disasters

FILE - A dentist holds a model of teeth in Seattle. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

Don’t fall for fake dentists offering veneers and other dental work on social media

FILE - Products advertised as containing synthetically derived delta-8 THC are offered for sale at a smoke shop in north Seattle on Feb. 25, 2022. (AP Photo/Gene Johnson, File)

What to know about delta-8 and other common vape shop drugs

Have you tried pink noise for sleep? Here’s what to know

FILE - Donna Cooper holds up a dosage of Wegovy, a drug used for weight loss, at her home in Front Royal, Va., on Friday, March 1, 2024. "To me, it's a help, it's an aid," says Cooper, 62, who lost nearly 40 pounds in nine months using Wegovy along with diet and exercise. "At some point you have to come off of them. I don't want to be on them forever." (AP Photo/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades, File)

So you’ve lost weight using Wegovy. Does that mean you can stop taking it?

FILE - Bottles of alcohol sit on shelves at a bar in Houston on June 23, 2020. Moderate drinking was once thought to have benefits for the heart, but better research methods starting in the 2010s have thrown cold water on that. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)

Less alcohol, or none at all, is one path to better health

FILE - Containers of Zyn, a Phillip Morris smokeless nicotine pouch, are displayed for sale among other nicotine and tobacco products at a newsstand Friday, Feb. 23, 2024, in New York. The product has been making big headlines, sparking debate about whether new nicotine-based alternatives intended for adults may be catching on with underage teens and adolescents. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)

What to know about Zyn, the tiny nicotine pouch that’s sparked a big health debate