Share on PinterestConfiding in others can have a positive effect on mental health.Image credit: Tom Werner/Getty ImagesIn the United States, around 17.3 million adults had at least one major depressive episode in 2017, according to the National Institute of Mental Health.Globally, the World Health Organization (WHO) say depression is a leading cause of disability, and…
By Michael Marshall Rats help out in a crowdAnil Kumar / Alamy Rats will often help their fellows if they are in distress, but they can be influenced not to – if other rats seem uninterested in the situation. This so-called bystander effect has been studied in humans for 50 years. That it also exists…
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. With some states requiring residents to wear face masks in public to help stop the spread of the novel coronavirus, at least one mask could actually do more harm than good: An N95 respirator, but only if it has a small…
6 min read You’re putting in the work—but you’re not putting the muscle on. You’ve stopped growing, and your motivation to keep showing up to the gym is shot. Hitting the gym on the regular isn’t the only thing you need to do to make gains. That’s because muscle gain, or hypertrophy, is actually pretty
1 min read W ANT TO BE fitter than ever in 2026? We’ve got your next 12 months of training mapped out to get you there. Every week, Men’s Health fitness director Ebenezer Samuel is sharing his best workouts for muscle, strength, and all-around fitness in our MH Muscle newsletter. With every key training component
It's not shocking to see cases of the flu jump up during respiratory virus season. But there's been enough talk about the so-called "super flu" swirling around that it's fair to wonder what's going on out there. “Flu has really taken off in the last week in this country,” William Schaffner, MD, an infectious disease