This week’s Health newsletter learns how to reverse diabetes, discovers why painkillers don’t work as well for women, figures out how to stop air pollution from getting into a home, walks backward for health ... and discovers what working too hard does to your body. Plus, we question a gluten-free diet.

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More than 830 million people have diabetes—a chronic, debilitating disease. But experts say it’s possible to recover with a few proven lifestyle changes. What changes?

PHOTOGRAPH BY DIGICOMPHOTO/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY 

Women experience pain differently than men. By default, we’re just learning, women don’t respond to treatments as well. Are researchers trying to help?

Related:
- The staggering toll of working long hours
- The magic of even a brief workout 

Today’s Soundtrack: Killing Me Softly, Roberta Flack (R.I.P.)
Bonus Track: Harpo’s Blues, Phoebe Snow 

Today’s newsletter was edited and curated by David Beard and produced by Amanda Williams-Bryant. Thanks for reading! Have a suggestion? Let us know.