Reader's Digest

In this era of information overload, Reader’s Digest offers something unique: the very best advice, information and inspiration from multiple sources, condensed into an easy-to-read digest. In each issue you’ll get trusted, time-saving insights about Health, Personal Finance, Work, Family, and National issues, PLUS exclusive book excerpts, news-making interviews, and humor.

Meeting Our Hero

LETTERS • NOTES ON THE MARCH ISSUE

The Water Angel • When Mother Nature’s dangerous heat sneaks up on unaware hikers, this resourceful local comes to the rescue

On the Cuddle Watch

The WORLD Armwrestling Championship

LIFE • IN THESE United States

QUOTABLE QUOTES

Surprising Facts About At-Home DNA Tests

A Boy’s Farewell • A young cancer patient hated sad goodbyes, so his parents honored his final wishes with a life-affirming obituary—followed by a bouncy-house funeral

A NEW STORY AWAITS…

WE FOUND A FIX

LAUGHTER • THE BEST Medicine

The first and only overactive bladder (OAB) treatment in its class.

Get the Sleep You Need • Science-backed strategies for superior slumber

YOUR TRUE STORIES IN 100 Words

His Heart Wouldn’t Give Up

MISUNDERSTOOD • After my STROKE, I would find myself CRYING UNCONTROLLABLY for no reason. It made me feel

IMPORTANT FACTS • (Pronounced: new-DEX-tuh)

STEAM SHRINKS ENLARGED PROSTATE

RETHINKING THE DAILY ASPIRIN

For This Big Fish, There’s No Place Like Home

HUMOR in UNIFORM

HOW TO SURVIVE ANYTHING • Expert advice on navigating life’s perils—great and small

Being cornered by someone with different POLITICAL VIEWS

All in a Day’s WORK

The MAN Who Buried a TREASURE • Hopeful hunters are scouring the Rockies for a chest full of gold, jewels, and artifacts reportedly worth millions. Where exactly is it? The clues lie in a mysterious poem.

FORREST FENN’S MILLION-DOLLAR RIDDLE

LAUGH LINES

MY COMA MIRACLE • She spent three months in the hospital after a horrific bike accident. Almost dying is nothing close to what you’d imagine.

A Silent Epidemic of Broken Bones • It is easier than ever to prevent and treat osteoporosis, but the number of cases is on the rise. How can you avoid becoming a victim?

CONSPIRACIES DEBUNKED! • Did the British government murder Princess Diana? Were Americans behind the crash of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370? Many people believe these dramatic theories, but a new look at the evidence finds no good reason to buy the hype.

Your Mom Said What? • Does your mother have a habit of saying things she shouldn’t? Then you will surely enjoy our fond and funny collection of “mamapropisms.”

The MEDIC Gets His Answer • A surgeon who saved the life of a shattered, blinded soldier long wondered, Did I do the wrong thing? Two decades later, the two meet again and the doctor learns the life-changing truth.

ZING! HOW TO CRAFT A COMEBACK

BRAIN GAMES

WORD POWER

LEGAL NOTICE • If you subscribed to Premium Cable and paid a rental fee for a Set-Top Box, you could receive benefits from a Class Action Settlement.

Words by the Foot • The Roman poet Horace advised younger writers to avoid sesquipedalia verba, or “words a foot and a half long.” That turn of phrase gave us a modern supersize term to describe words with a ton of syllables: sesquipedalian (seh-skwuhpuh-' dayl-yun). Its Latin prefix sesqui- means “one and a half times,” and ped- means “foot.”

PHOTO FINISH • YOUR Funniest CAPTIONS