Women's Health

Women's Health readers strive to better their whole lives. And that's exactly why Women's Health reports on all the topics that interest them. In every issue you'll find topics on success strategies, nutrition, weight loss, health, fitness, special reports, sex & relationship, beauty breakthroughs, and style & fashion.

Women’s Health

What comes to mind when you hear the word disruption?

Reset Your Routine

Trail Takeover • Why more women are taking to the path less traveled in pursuit of feeling free and leaving PRs behind. (Plus, how to jump into this world if you’re a total trail newbie.)

How to Transition From Road to Trail

Happy Feet • The right shoe is key. For beginners, avoid max-cushion sneakers—you’ll feel more stable on the ground, Dr. Flippin says. Also, look for shoes with pronounced lugs on the bottom to provide grip. A few of our favorites:

Community Connect • “Some people equate trail running to ultrarunning,” says Dr. Flippin. But “you can run a trail 10K, 5K, or half-marathon, and that is 100 percent still trail running.” A few groups to help you find your match…

Rethink Your Recomp • It’s the ultimate two-for-one fitness goal: build muscle and lose fat at the same time. Yes, you can do it—but there are a few catches.

Your Recomp Playbook • Ready, set, transform with these expert-approved steps.

Fuel First, Worry Later • How tennis star Coco Gauff learned to reset her body and mind—on and off the court.

skin stars • The best skin care products to use from scalp to sole — and everywhere else. Meet your new glow-tos.

Generation Tan • The beds are back—and doctors are horrified. How to glow safely in 2026.

The Wonder Drug Hiding in Plain Sight • Metformin, a 100-year-old diabetes drug, is offering new hope to women with severe conditions.

What If Midlife Isn't a Crisis At All? • The real risk may be believing the myth.

What to Ask

Vibe Check • Can you vibrate your way to optimal wellness?

Eggs on Top • The protein craze is booming, the cholesterol panic is fading, and whole eggs are looking better than ever.

What a Late Autism Diagnosis Taught Me About Life • At 49, I was diagnosed as autistic. Suddenly, everything made sense.

Recovery, Without an Ending • What could life look like if we completely redefined becoming “better”?

BACK IN HER BODY • Pilates isn’t simply a workout for KERRY WASHINGTON—it’s a way of life. How the movement has helped her heal old wounds and reconnect with herself.

THE NEW ERA OF breast cancer screening • Women with NO KNOWN family history or obvious risk factors are getting BREAST CANCER—and YOUNG. Exciting new risk-forecasting tools make it possible to identify them SOONER, and potentially even PREVENT A DIAGNOSIS in the first place.

HOW TO Calculate Your Risk

Supplemental SCREENING 101

THE PREVIVORS • When women become aware that they have a high risk of developing breast cancer, they can choose to have a prophylactic (preventive) mastectomy to remove their breast tissue. The “previvors” who opt for this risk-reducing surgery confront tremendous mental and physical challenges. But most of these women, even at young ages, don’t regret their choices. In fact, for these three previvors under 40, it didn’t feel like a hard choice at all.

Inside the Peptide Pipeline • Women are buying powders on TEMU, MIXING SUBSTANCES into OTC NASAL SPRAYS, and injecting “STACKS” into their stomachs—often for a VERY DIFFERENT set of REASONS than men.

introducing the… scream creams • There’s a potential solution for women struggling with orgasms—you’ve just never heard of it. Until now.

finisher • Trading in mathematics...