Health & Wellness

How Does Weightlifting Improve a Woman's Health?
Learn how weightlifting can buffer against women's hormonal changes by strengthening their bodies and improving long-term health.

What Exactly Does Sugar Do to Your Body?
Learn the difference between natural sugars in complex carbohydrates and processed added sugars in simple carbohydrates and how they affect your body.

5 Surprising Benefits of Walking
Walking is a good way to start a new exercise regime, as it can lower stress, increase heart health, and burn calories.

Stress Is on the Rise. How Can You Manage It?
Between work, parenting, caregiving, and finances, it's no wonder your stress level is climbing. Learn from Dartmouth Health experts how you can manage it.

Do You Need an Updated COVID-19 Vaccination?
Learn why getting an updated COVID-19 vaccine this fall is recommended by experts.

How Do You Start Caring for Aging Parents?
Helping an aging parent starts with communication, advocacy, and support.

Injured? Hold the Ice and Start Moving
Learn why rest and ice can hinder the healing process of an orthopaedic injury, such as a twisted ankle or a pulled hamstring.

Keeping Your Balance as You Age
Falls are the leading cause of injury for people over 65. Here's how to stay upright in your later years.

Should You Be Afraid of Mosquito Bites This Fall?
Mosquito-borne illnesses are rare in New Hampshire and Vermont, but they do occur. Here’s what to keep in mind when going outdoors.

5 Things You Should Know about Sleep
Sleep is the bedrock of human health. Yet 50 to 70 million Americans—one in three adults—experience chronic sleep problems.