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The health habits that changed our lives in 2023

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The health habits that changed our lives in 2023
By Mandy Oaklander
Senior Editor

A quick programming note: Health Matters will be off next week, and return on Jan. 2. From all of us on the TIME health team, we wish you a happy and health new year. 


Health journalists should be some of the healthiest people around. All day long, we call up experts and ask them what people can do to live long and full lives.

But knowing what's good for you doesn't always translate into optimal behaviors. We deprioritize exercise, spend hours scrolling through social media, and eat too many Christmas cookies. (Maybe just like you.)

This year, everyone on our team made time for at least one new activity we felt sure would enrich our lives. From eating more ice cream to rage biking, some stuff worked so well that we're planning to take it with us into the new year.

READ WHAT ELSE WORKED FOR US 

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Here are the most-read health stories we published in 2023:
Scientists Have Reached a Key Milestone in Learning How to Reverse Aging
By Alice Park and Video by Andrew. D Johnson
The finding involves mice, but is still major advance.
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The Daily Habits of Happiness Experts
By Angela Haupt
Stop trying to force that frown upside down. Instead, try the joy-building tips experts really use.
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The Man Who Thinks He Can Live Forever
By Charlotte Alter
Bryan Johnson's quest for immortality.
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Why You Can’t Remember That Taylor Swift Concert All Too Well
By Angela Haupt
If your mind is a blank space, you're not alone.
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Sick With Something That Isn't COVID-19 or the Flu?
By Jamie Ducharme
Here's what it might be.
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ONE LAST READ
If your health data were comprimised in 2023, you weren't alone

Some 116 million Americans were impacted by health data breaches in the past year—more than any other year since the Department of Health and Human Services' Office for Civil Rights began to keep track, according to a STAT analysis. As Katie Palmer reports for STAT, federal agencies are now starting to take action.

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Today's newsletter was written by Mandy Oaklander and edited by Elijah Wolfson.

 
 
 
 
 
 

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