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News: Joannie Rochette named top female athlete of 2010 by Canadian Press

Like so many Canadians, I spent February 2010 glued to my TV, brimming with patriotic pride and overcome by Olympic


Beauty tips: Last-minute stocking stuffer ideas

If you’re down to the wire with gift giving and are headed to the drugstore for stocking stuffers, check out


Can you get fit shopping?

  How much time do you spend looking for the perfect gift? According to a recent Ipsos Reid poll, Canadians


Debate: Would you buy your child a doll that gives birth?

Now that many of my peers are thinking about embarking on the grand adventure that is motherhood, it occurs to


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Meatless Monday: Lentil Moussaka

Now this is a great dish to please a big family for dinner in the busy run-up to the holidays.


News: Mixing booze with energy drinks could be dangerous, study says

If you’re going to be indulging in the occasional cocktail over the holidays, I offer this one piece of advice:


Finding the perfect gift for kids isn’t always easy

This is the first year where I was totally stumped for gift ideas for my kids. Usually by this time


I tried it: P90X, day one

Last night was "day one" of my 90-day commitment to working out with P90X, an intense DVD fitness program that’s

Would a great design make you take the stairs?

You hear it all the time: “To burn extra calories, just take the stairs instead of the elevator.” Elevators usually


News: Have doctors found the cure for HIV?

A medical journal published by the American Society of Hematology called Blood has released a new study that claims an


News: Health Canada issues warning against hair-smoothing treatments

If you’ve got frizzy hair, sister, I feel your pain. There are days when I know my frizz can’t be


Nutrition: Imagining eating a food, reduces how much you eat

It’s first thing Monday morning and I’m sitting at my desk imagining that I’m eating a huge chunk of dark


Help give a woman the gift of independence

There are no sequins found on any other these holiday outfits, but that makes them no less festive. Harbinger Communications’PR


News: Don’t buy your sperm on eBay

If there’s one thing that you shouldn’t buy on the Internet this holiday season, it’s sperm. It may sound like


News: Music helps to ease stress in critically ill patients, study

For patients who are critically ill, relying on mechanical support to breathe can’understandably’lead to high levels of discomfort and anxiety.


10 holiday beauty must-haves

Get great gift ideas or treat yourself to some holiday glamour with our picks for winter's best beauty products


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News: What giving birth looks like from the inside

Doctors in the Charité hospital in Berlin have built an open MRI machine that allows them to take images of

Beauty tips: Modern fragrance

Solid perfumes are a bit of a trend. In principle, they’re supposed to be easier to tote around, but they’ve


News: Celebrities no longer digitally "dead." But do you really care?

While people from all over the world took to Facebook and Twitter on December 1st to show their support and


5 reasons your skin is dry

Dry skin can be itchy, flaky and downright irritating'but thankfully, it's also easily treatable. Here are five reasons your skin...


Gift guide: 5 healthy gifts for beauty junkies

Make someone feel gorgeous this holiday season with these five healthy gifts for lovers of all things beauty


How To Set SMART Fitness Goals

Making a commitment to get fit is the first step to a healthier life. Here are five "SMART" tips to...


News: New online video game helps drive genetic research

Have some time to kill? Playing free games online is a quick and inexpensive way to have some fun on

Do your skincare products have to be the same brand?

If you're mixing moisturizers, sunscreens and serums of all brands, be careful! Beauty editor Rhonda Rovan asks skincare experts about...


Events: Have a laugh, it’s good for you

Did you hear the one about how laughing is good for your health? No, joke.  Typically the events listing blog


For the love of latkes: How to make the perfect Hanukkah treat

Some of my fondest childhood memories revolve around Hanukkah (which begins tonight with the lighting of thefirst candle on the


Guest post: Why we should still care about HIV/AIDS

Zoe Cormier is a freelance journalist specializing in science writing and a frequent contributor to Besthealthmag.ca. On this 22nd World


News: Can you be bribed to exercise more?

Would I walk to work for a gift certificate? You bet I would. (I like to shop, don’t judge me.)


News: Most North Americans are getting enough vitamin D

So, it looks like most of us may be getting enough vitamin D after all.  New vitamin D guidelines released