Lifestyle
Reader's Digest US
Just Tight
Broken, battered and trapped in a ravine for days, a desperate driver wonders, \"Will anyone find me?\"
9 min |
November 2024
Reader's Digest US
WHY OUR BODIES DON'T DIG DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME
Twice a year, when we spring ahead and fall back, we're more prone to sleepiness, depression and accidents
7 min |
November 2024
Reader's Digest US
MONEYSAVING DO'S AND DON'TS
The run-up to the holidays doesn't have to bah-humbug your budget. A shopping expert shares strategies for saving big now and all year round.
10 min |
November 2024
Reader's Digest US
HORSESHOE BEACH, FLORIDA
WHEN CATEGORY 3 HURRICANE IDALIA, complete with 125-mph winds, came pounding across the Gulf of Mexico in August 2023, Horseshoe Beach, Florida, took a direct hit.
2 min |
October 2024
Reader's Digest US
BUTTE, MONTANA
TO SEE THE BEST OF BUTTE, Montana, all Joyce O'Bill has to do is look out her front window at the gleaming white Virgin Mary on the mountain.
5 min |
October 2024
Reader's Digest US
MANUEL'S BIKE SHED
IN SILVER SPRING, MARYLAND
3 min |
October 2024
Reader's Digest US
Prevent the Pain of Shingles
You don't have to suffer, as long as you take two important steps
3 min |
October 2024
Reader's Digest US
THE FIRST PHOTOBOMBER
struck in 1853! And other \"new\" fads that are actually ancient history.
8 min |
October 2024
Reader's Digest US
Terrified of Turtles
And other \"scary stuff\" that might surprise you
3 min |
October 2024
Reader's Digest US
HIS BEST FRIEND WAS A 250-POUND WARTHOG ...
ONE DAY IT DECIDED TO KILL HIM
10+ min |
October 2024
Reader's Digest US
SHOTS! SHOTS! SHOTS! FOR EVERYBODY!
Are you up to date on your vaccines? Our handy guide will let you know.
3 min |
October 2024
Reader's Digest US
AND THE TOP HONOR GOES TO ...PROVO, UTAH
IN 2020, WHEN SARA \"Seung\" Blanco Parra was 12, she and her family left their home in Colombia and wound up in Provo, Utah.
8 min |
October 2024
Reader's Digest US
THE SPY IN YOUR CAR
10DERN CARS ARE COMPUTERS ON WHEELS. AND LIKE COMPUTERS, THEY CAN BE HACKED, VEN BY ABUSIVE PARTNERS.
6 min |
October 2024
Reader's Digest US
Pier Pressure - A brutal storm rips a floating beachside store from its moorings, sending it and its occupants out to sea
A brutal storm rips a floating beachside store from its moorings, sending it and its occupants out to sea. It was around 6:30 on a June morning in 2023, and a Facebook post caught Boyd Jordan's eye. Shell Isle Mercantile, a floating store that sold beachgoing fare-sunglasses, inflatables, food, umbrellas-had been ripped from its moorings on Shell Island, just off Florida's northern Gulf Coast, by a storm the night before and had floated 3 miles across the bay to Panama City.
3 min |
September 2024
Reader's Digest US
Do You Kiss Your Dog? - Find out how gross your questionable habits really are, according to health experts
I admit it, when it comes to food, I have some eeew-inducing practices, like skimming mold off old cheddar and feeding the rest to my unsuspecting family. We're still alive, so how bad can it be? Because our gross human habits fall somewhere along the spectrum from mildly cringeworthy to full-on repulsive, I reached out to experts to find out where some common behaviors land on the gross-o-meter.
7 min |
September 2024
Reader's Digest US
What's Ailing Our Doctors? - Today's physicians are burned out and battered by spreadsheets. We patients suffer too.
Today’s physicians are burned out and battered by spreadsheets. We patients suffer too. America's doctors are in crisis. Six in 10 physicians say they're burned out, with burnout rates for some specialties, such as primary care, reaching 70%. When polled by the American Medical Association, 40% of doctors said they were considering leaving their practices in the next two years. Another study, conducted by health-care industry publisher Elsevier, revealed concerns about mental health and burnout: 63% of med students in the United States reported that they had no intention of practicing clinical medicine after graduation and will instead work as lab researchers or academics. This is despite a predicted shortage of 124,000 physicians over the next 10 years.
10+ min |
September 2024
Reader's Digest US
Now Hear This
Losing your hearing suddenly, even if there is no pain, is always urgent
4 min |
September 2024
Reader's Digest US
Go for the Gumbo
The soulful stew synonymous with Louisiana is delicious anywhere you eat it
2 min |
September 2024
Reader's Digest US
BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE
Pinned by a giant boulder, a hiker had two choices: panic or gut it out. He did both.
10+ min |
September 2024
Reader's Digest US
Fathers of the Bride
A young woman finds a unique way to honor the many men who helped her survive her childhood
8 min |
September 2024
Reader's Digest US
MY SMART PET
These clever critters are some smart C-O-O-K-I-E-S
5 min |
September 2024
Reader's Digest US
How Hobbies Help Us
Far from a waste of time, pastimes are good for body, brain and spirit
10+ min |
September 2024
Reader's Digest US
1+1 = MORE (or LESS)
A math whiz encourages you to play with your numbers
3 min |
September 2024
Reader's Digest US
That Kind of Time
A dressing-room encounter made me get real about aging
4 min |
September 2024
Reader's Digest US
A Race Well-Limped
A reluctant runner's key to keeping high spirits? Low expectations.
4 min |
July - August 2024
Reader's Digest US
Won't You Be Our Neighbor?
These folks do Mr. Rogers proud
4 min |
July - August 2024
Reader's Digest US
Band of Survivors
Armed with his drum kit, a Holocaust survivor fights antisemitism one musical note at a time
10 min |
July - August 2024
Reader's Digest US
UMM...WHERE'S MY POOL?
All I wanted was some summer fun. What I got instead was a harsh lesson in the rip-off potential of payment apps.
10+ min |
July - August 2024
Reader's Digest US
Let's Say Yes!
What started out as a way to get my son to try new foods opened up a world of adventure for my family
3 min |
July - August 2024
Reader's Digest US
A GRIZZLY ENCOUNTER
The bear had its jaws clamped on his friend. There was only one thing to do: tackle.
10+ min |