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Explore health, prevention and everyday wellbeing, with practical insights into the topics at the heart of Health Fair Prague.

24 April 2026

Fatigue, stress and mood swings. Why living healthily still isn’t working

Running on coffee all day. Unable to switch off in the evening. Then the same again first thing in the morning. You may be treating the symptoms, not the cause. Understanding those connections is exactly what the Health Fair 2026 in Prague sets out to explore.

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A woman in a kitchen straining to open a jar of pickles, a weakened hand grip

14 March 2026

Sarcopenia: when your muscles retire before you do

Some things change so quietly you barely notice. The jar of pickles seems tighter than it used to. The shopping bag feels heavier. And getting up from a deep armchair without pushing off your hands? Suddenly not so automatic.

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Three active seniors with bikes and helmets laughing in an autumn forest

14 March 2026

Why we age differently today than our parents did

Thirty years ago, turning fifty or sixty was seen very differently than it is today. For many people it was the moment life slowed down and the body no longer served as it once had. Today the picture is different.

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A walk through an autumn forest at sunset, close-up of a boot on fallen leaves

19 February 2026

New study (2026): extra years of healthy life thanks to small changes

In January 2026, the medical journal eClinicalMedicine published a large-scale analysis of UK Biobank data (Koemel et al., 13 January 2026), following roughly 60,000 people for almost eight years.

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Anatomical 3D visualisation of the human chest with the heart, lungs and blood vessels

5 February 2026

Do you know your biological age? It says more about your health than your date of birth

You know exactly how old you are. If you didn’t, your ID would tell you. That number is fixed and unambiguous. And yet it says nothing at all about what matters most: the condition your body is actually in.

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A woman meditating cross-legged by a window in soft morning light

3 February 2026

Why the Health Fair was created in the first place

Today we have more information about health than ever before: articles, podcasts, recommendations, guides. Everywhere we’re told what we should do. Eat better. Move more. Sleep more. Stress less.

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Two men clinking beer mugs together in a pub

29 January 2026

A practical guide to Dry February

We won’t recycle the usual information about what giving up alcohol does to the body (and the mind).

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Three smiling women in a fair hall with white stands

21 January 2026

There’s no quick fix for your health

When pain or a limitation appears, we usually look for a quick fix. A doctor, a treatment, relief. Something that sorts the problem out and gets us back to what we were doing as soon as possible.

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