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In Vietnamese, Ngan’s name means “star,” but she wasn’t able to smile brightly because she was born with a cleft condition. Ngan’s family lives in a small, isolated village in southern Vietnam. Without help, her family would never have been able to a

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The end of a season marks new beginnings, and as the hot summer days draw to a close, and the trees begin to fill with the golden tones of autumn, the moment is ripe for reflection. What better time, then, to take an honest look at your mental health

Your piece on Sigourney Weaver introduced me to another side of the actor—perhaps I was guilty of being one of those who expects Weaver to have a flamethrower in her purse. For me, this is not just because of her awesome performance in the Alien movi

Before the menopause, your oestrogen levels should help to keep your risk of heart disease low. But when you reach the menopause (around the age of 51), your risk of heart disease may rise. According to recent US research published in the European He

Research published in the British Medical Journal in 2018, by researchers at The George Institute for Global Health, University of Oxford, revealed that high blood pressure is more strongly associated with heart attacks in women than in men, though t

Heart and circulatory conditions remain the biggest causes of deaths in pregnancy or childbirth in the UK. Women are most at risk of heart problems during or after pregnancy if they already have a heart condition. But according to the American Heart

We start to lose muscle mass from the age of 30, but it’s never too late to improve it. If you do, it can help with your balance, reduce your risk of falls, increase bone density (which will help guard against osteoporosis), and benefit heart health

The skin around our eyes is much thinner than on most of the rest of our body, so these fine lines are often one of the first signs we’re getting older. They develop when our bodies start to produce less collagen, which helps give our skin elasticity

How did you become an expert on addiction, including alcohol? I went into medicine as a mature student and also did a psychology degree. I started in the NHS as a junior doctor but struggled with the hours as a single mum. Realising my favourite bit

I SAT STARING, slack-jawed, unblinking. The mesmerising, soporific sounds from the television lapped over me. The toddler sitting on my lap was the same. It was intoxicating. This was like the visual equivalent of Valium. I hadn’t watched children’s

Q: Almost four years ago, I slipped on a patch of mud. I went completely over on my left ankle which folded beneath me and my body weight followed through, immediately swelling up. An A&E X-ray diagnosed no fracture and advised rest and raising foot

MY GRANDMOTHER HAD a remarkable memory. Lucy Goodman’s mind was a treasure trove of information. She loved sharing the things she’d experienced or learned, and she delighted in having all the fine details at her fingertips. However, like a well-manag

LIKE MANY PEOPLE who put on extra weight, Jerico C was surprised when it happened to him. A native New Yorker who loved walking around the city, he used to be able to eat whatever he wanted whenever he wanted and stay pretty thin. But then, well, lif

URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS can make some people, particularly women, feel needlessly ashamed. “For years, women were told that UTIs were related to their cleanliness, but they’re not,” says Dr Barbara W Trautner, physician at Houston’s Michael E DeBake

All bodies would be considered powerful, equal, and necessary. Everybody is valuable and we’re not all meant to look the same. We should celebrate what makes us unique. We should showcase our scars, smile at our wounds, and laugh about our healing. Y

TIME TO APPLY some sun lotion and dig out the shorts; summer is here! To celebrate, I thought it would be fun to make some party games that I can take to barbecues and summer get-togethers. And I’ve started off with a classic: ring toss! I had so muc

SOMETHING I DIDN’T wear at all last year was a summer dress. That’s despite the fact that I’ve always loved a classic, cotton, full-skirted dress—preferably a solid colour (or simple print)—because it appeals to the girlishness in me. I think we can

What Is It? Steaming has long been synonymous with rest and relaxation, a way to let out bodily toxins and feel refreshed. One of the cheapest ways to open up your pores, it relies on hot water and heat expanding cells to release a cleansing sweat. T

How would you describe your art? I make large-scale paintings that are often figurative, their surfaces constructed by processes of layering, obscuring, and preserving traces of different registers of imagery. I try to make surfaces that are immersiv

A war drama that centres around a child soldier fighting in an unnamed African country, Beasts aptly illustrates the shocking transition from an innocent child to a perpetrator of war, emphasising the psychological trauma that comes with it. Starring

by Alexis Marshall “I’VE ALWAYS HATED going to Guitar Centre on tour. “I’ve However, I love Home Depot. To shop for all my instruments at Home Depot was perfect for me,” says Marshall Alexis. And judging by the sound of his first ever solo album, he

by Anika A slightly more mellow but just as emotionally charged record also out this month is from the Berlin-based British expat, Anika. Her latest offering is a gorgeously recorded, lyrical musing on justice, belonging and the current state of the

John Boyne Doubleday, £16.99 SOMETIMES IT’S HARD to imagine where a novelist gets his inspiration from. Well, not in this case. Two years ago, John Boyne—best-known for The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas—published a book for younger readers called My Bro

Helen Macdonald (Vintage, £9.99). Lovely, thoughtful and sometimes sobering essays on the vanishing natural world from the author of H is for Hawk. Ken Follett (Pan, £9.99). The unstoppable Follett returns with another whopping historical epic, this

AT THIS STAGE, Andrusier’s entire universe was the north London suburb of Pinner, where he grew up with his Jewish parents: a larger-than-life father and a mother it seems fair to call “long-suffering”. In fact, quite a lot of the book is a beautiful

“A great entourage of motorcycles rushed towards the hotel, followed by a dozen limousines. This was it. Yeltsin arriving. The cars pulled into the kerb at the exact same moment, and out streamed at least a hundred men in suits. Some walked, others j

As a child I loved the Tintin books—for their adventures, their characters and their stylish illustrations. Though Hergé visited almost none of the faraway places he drew, he captured them perfectly. His images, whether of Peru, Arabia, India or Chin

WHEN WE FIRST locked down last year, much of our world was thrown into chaos. But one thing we never had to stress over was our favourite websites and apps going down. Facebook continued to work just fine. Zoom and FaceTime continued to take our call

Go to readersdigest.co.uk/contact-us or facebook.com/readersdigestuk Before my daughter started school, she was playing one day with a pencil and paper. She asked me, “How do you do‘I’s’?”. I thought this would be a good time to go through the whole

1. nock—A: notch on an arrow that fits the bowstring. B: cap on a fence post. C: large, exposed tree root. 2. bight—A: raised centre of a roadway. B: curve in a coast forming a bay. C: degree of hardness of ice. 3. buccal—A: trunk of a tree. B: thin

Draw a line from each number to an outlet. Each line should pass as many empty squares as the number indicates. No square remains empty, and no outlet remains unused. Enter in each row and column the letters A, B and C in such a way that no row or co

Go to readersdigest.co.uk/contact-us or facebook.com/readersdigestuk My uncle was found dead in a vat of Tippex. The police say that there’s no suspicious circumstances, but I’m beginning to suspect a cover-up. Comedian GARY DELANEY Interviewer: How

@SethQP: My dad swore that constantly patting your belly was as good for you as sit ups. @CallMeBiscuits: He told me, “Always pay your car payment before your house payment. You can sleep in your car but you can’t drive your house to work.” @JohnnyWr

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