Health

Every day the average person takes about 17,000 breaths. Emphysema can make each one a real struggle. If you have...

People with anorexia nervosa have an intense fear of putting on weight. The condition can develop when a person focuses...

This painful intestinal condition is widely believed to be the unhappy result of too little fibre in your diet. Most...

Damage to the liver, pancreas, or intestinal lining can cause painful disruptions of digestion and, ultimately, nutritional problems.

Diarrhea is usually caused by a viral or bacterial infection of the small intestine. It can also be caused by...

Approximately 2 million Canadians have diabetes, a group of diseases characterized by high blood-glucose levels. When you eat, your body...

Refinements in the care of this serious, lifelong disease have improved'from the development of new forms of medication to pumps...

Insomnia is a general term that refers to difficulty falling or staying asleep. It's not really a disorder, but a...

Everyone gets sad sometimes. It's all part of being human. But if you have true depression, you know the difference....

Constipation is a condition in which you can't move your bowels on a regular schedule, resulting in dry, hard stool...

Even if you're lean and healthy, high cholesterol could put you at risk for heart disease and stroke. Don't worry:...

An increasing number of people now live with congestive heart failure. This serious condition requires long-term treatment. Medical research is...

Few things are as scary as learning you have cancer. But, more and more people are surviving this disease, including...

We've known about the flu forever: Hippocrates first described this illness in 412 B.C. Only recently has science finally started...

There's a good reason this ailment is often called the common cold: North Americans catch more a stunning 1 billion...

The overwhelming symptom in chronic fatigue syndrome is long-standing physical and mental exhaustion with no clear cause.

Cervical cancer is potentially preventable, because it has a precancerous stage.

Cataracts are permanent once established. But the opaque contents of the lens capsule can be removed to restore vision.

Cancer is a disease that occurs when body cells grow out of control. Many of the 200 different types of...

Feet hurting in those shoes? Bunions can be a killer.

A 54-year-old heart-attack survivor puts herself first'and loses 20 pounds

Bipolar Disorder is a severe mental illness in which periods of deep depression alternate with periods of overactive, excited behaviour,...

Back pain is the nemesis. And it's no wonder, given that the spine is a complex structure of vertebrae, discs,...

Asthma attacks can make people feel as if they are suffocating. As they struggle to draw breath through narrowed airways...

Experts still aren't sure why cartilage, the shock-absorbing tissue that normally coats the ends of bones, sometimes breaks down. When...

Few ailments are as heartbreaking as Alzheimer's disease. Initially, the body remains vigorous, while the mind slowly and inexorably wastes...

For millions of people, allergies'sneezing and wheezing, runny noses and itchy eyes'are the natural consequences of opening a window, working...

Inject a little Zen into your day with these research-based tips

Even if you sail through your teens with clear skin, you may develop acne when you're an adult. Don't despair....