
Another reason to wear a hat
…and make it a wide-brimmed one. People with scalp or neck melanomas die at nearly twice the rate of people

Save the Earth’Starting Today
For me, Earth Day has become more a day of making resolutions for the next 12 months than New Year’s

Chocolate lowers cholesterol?
A small study from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign found that daily consumption of cocoa flavanol-containing dark chocolate lowered

Canada No. 8 in "World’s Healthiest Countries"
Yay, Canada! To determine their list of the healthiest places to live in the world, Forbes.com looked at the latest

How to be healthier today
It can be as easy as eating some whole-wheat pasta with roasted vegetables and enjoying a 30-minute brisk walk at

More bisphenol A news
New research shows that bisphenol A can alter the normal activity of genes in non-cancerous breast cells so that they

Are eating disorders contagious?
With France’s call for a “ban on thinness,” there’s much debate about what does and doesn’t promote the desire to

Sidewalk smoking
I’ve been inspired these last two mornings by my coworker who often walks to work. I’ve been doing it to

Happiness improves with age
Like fine wine and stinky cheese, we just get better with age. Or happier, anyway, as new research out of

Work worries equal sleepless nights
At least once a week, I find myself staring at the ceiling at 2 a.m., my mind racing with exciting

Women hot for team players
A new study in the journal Evolutionary Psychology gives scientific validation for the reason for our David Beckham love, and

Retailers pulling BPA
Yesterday, Margaret Nearing blogged about plans to declare bisphenol A a dangerous substance. A number of retailers are following suit

Secrets of a celebrity makeup artist
Top makeup artist Scott Patric spills his secrets about celebrity beauty

What’s curbing your sexual appetite?
A study of 540 heterosexual women led by University of Guelph’s Stephanie A. Sanders concludes that current and lifetime sexual,

No proof antioxidants will lengthen your life
A major review has found no evidence that taking antioxidant supplements will extend your life. In fact, there are even

High cholesterol in your 40s boosts Alzheimer’s risk
There’s a new reason to get your cholesterol in check now: New research shows having high cholesterol in your 40s

Dust mites rule the house
Researchers in Denmark, publishing in the new issue of theCochrane Review, say there’s little we can do to combat dust

Too many choices are hard on the brain
I’m a girl who likes her choices. On a recent shopping trip, I struggled between the Kelly green and bright

Thank cervix for labour pain
Swedish researchers have come up with a theory about what causes labour pain. I know what you’re thinking: that exiting

Household plastic to be labelled dangerous substance
Today’s Globe and Mail reports that Health Canada will be the first regulatory body in the world to call bisphenol

France may ban thinness
No, not for the average person. But a new bill working its way through the French National Assembly would make

Ontario adults inhale
That’s right: marijuana use has almost doubled in Ontario since 1977, from eight percent to 14 percent in 2005, according

Best Health’literally a day at the spa
When someone asks me what this new magazine is all about, I tell them it’s more like a day at

Booze and your breasts
A study presented over the weekend at the annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research is one of

Psoriasis pain more than skin deep
Frustration and embarrassment affect 79 and 70 percent of psoriasis sufferers respectively, according to an online research study conducted by

Eggs taking a beating
Last week we reported that eating eggs can lower your risk of breast cancer. But this week, they’re in the

Housework reduces anxiety???
That’s right: playing sports, gardening, walking and even doing housework for just 20 minutes a day can reduce stress and

Boobs and dinks
A Toronto artist is getting crafty in an attempt to get women to know their breasts so they can better

New cancer stats and risk reducers
The Canadian Cancer Society estimates that there will be 166,400 new cases of cancer and 73,800 deaths from cancer this