There has been a lot in the media recently regarding vitamin D and its benefits in cancer prevention.  I never really paid too much attention to it, as I am outside daily, eat a really good diet, and usually travel to two warm vacation hot spots pe... Read more

1 in 5 Canadians will suffer a diagnosable mental illness, but only 1 in 3 of them will seek help, says stress and wellness specialist Beverly Beuermann-King from Work Smart Live Smart. Next week, October 5-11, is Mental Illness Awareness Week, and Beue... Read more

From BlogTO, 'tis the season for grass-fed beef (plus they offer some sources in the Toronto area). From CBC News, text messaging is a hazard on the roads. (How is this surprising?) From The Office Diet, tips on eating breakfast at work. ... Read more

I've been thinking about cheating a lot lately. Not the clandestine affair type of cheating—I'm not the type, nor do I have the inclination, I'm way too tired! It's the cheating I do when it comes to what I eat and drink on the weekends. I don't b... Read more

The Blue Planet Run Foundation is running a pretty cool event this October: you can sign up to join Team Blue (it costs US$30, through donation or pledges) and run, walk or cycle "30 miles in 30 days," from October 1 to 31. (Isn't that 31 days... Read more

Knowledge is power… those three words are very important to saving a life and they have galvanized me.  I have read every book on breast cancer, health and nutrition that I could get my hands on, and have spent hours researching the Internet... Read more

From a health and nutrition perspective, that old saying should probably read “The apples of our brain” or “The apples of our heart” as researchers have found that apples help protect our brain cells from oxidative damage and decre... Read more

The image of a patient reclined on their psychotherapist's couch is iconic, even though couches have long since disappeared from most medical offices. Now, the findings of a new study suggests that face-to-face office visits may also become a thing o... Read more

If I were to ask what foods contained calcium, what would you answer? Milk? Other dairy products? Well, you're not wrong, but did you know there are also many plant sources of calcium? Elastic Waist offers 5 ideas, including such calcium-rich foods as k... Read more

From Eat.Drink.Better., 5 ways for meat-eaters to reduce their impact on the environment. From the New York Times, does aloe vera really heal burns? From CBC News, how a healthy lifestyle can halve your risk of dying prematurely from cancer or... Read more

The sisterhood of breast cancer... Hmm, I wondered to myself as I read my first breast cancer books, what is that? Am I now part of some family?  And the answer, of course, was YES! I had been voted in with a unanimous decision.  There was no ... Read more

Most days I don’t give a second thought to the leftovers I’m eating from a plastic container at lunch, the plastic water bottles that still sit in my fridge or the plastic-lined tins of tomatoes and beans I toss into the soup for dinner. But n... Read more

BBC is reporting on a new study that shows how healthy lifestyle choices could make you younger down to the cellular level. 30 men with low-risk prostate cancers (24 of whom were analyzed for the study) were asked to make healthy lifestyle changes ... Read more

I have always been a weight gainer over the summer and come the first week of September I could never get my jeans on. This is always followed by weeks of dieting, etc. and by Novemberish, the jeans finally fit for a few weeks—at least until Ch... Read more

Technically, it’s still summer, but the shorter days tell the truth: it’s on its last legs. I’m an early riser, but even for me it’s been getting tougher to really feel ready to get up—even after seven or eight hours of sleep... Read more

From Fit Sugar, an interesting diet tip: eat blindfolded. From Eartheasy, some easy ways to simplify your life. From Nursing School Search, 100 web tools for healthy eating. From Small Bites, why do we crave? From Limes & Lycopen... Read more

If you're a fan of pole-dancing or strip-teasing fitness classes, then this tidbit of news is for you: you can now get your very own removable dance pole for use at home (or wherever else you'd like to install it). Lil' Mynx offers a range of poles in... Read more

Recreating a life is a little like decluttering a room. You need to decide what parts of it you’d like to keep and what parts of it you’d like to go off. And of course, the best part is you need to decide what it is you need to shop for i... Read more

Eat to the Beat is an annual culinary fundraiser that takes place in Toronto to benefit Willow Breast Cancer Support Canada. Unlike many fundraisers, it's not a sit-down dinner, but a walk-through event where you can meet some of the country's finest ... Read more

In the past week, I’ve been climbing up and down the five flights of stairs at work once or twice each day. Initially, I was inspired by a co-worker who I saw coming out of a stairwell one day during the summer. But the final push to do it regularly... Read more

This is not something I'd ever have come up with, but you have to hand it to the people at Quo: the idea works. Their new Night Light Lip Gloss ($15), available at Shoppers Drug Mart, features not only a mirror on the side of the tube, but a light insid... Read more

An editorial in today's issue of the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ) reports that the uptake of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine in Ontario, which was made available to girls in Grade 8 last year through a school-based program, has bee... Read more

The “M” word… Menopause… yeah, we talk about upcoming changes in our life with our peers, and with our friends/family members who are older then us to understand what “it” is like. But I'd had NO idea that women go... Read more

Looking for a new—and budget-friendly—addition to your skincare routine? Shoppers Drug Mart is launching two exclusive new skin-care brands this month: Nuyu and Pur. Nuyu is for women concerned with anti-aging, especially those over ... Read more

If you or someone close to you has Type 2 diabetes, you know how difficult it can be to manage blood-sugar levels. It’s a never-ending balancing act that often requires two daily needles of the drug exenatide. But there’s new hope in diabete... Read more

From That's Fit, why your family needs a set of health rules. From BBC News, how a mother's exposure to certain chemicals during pregnancy may affect her sons' fertility later in life. Congratulations to Michael Pollan, Nike and the 38 other... Read more

During the summer I like to let my naturally wavy hair do its own thing—you know, in the mode of what the hair care companies call “beach-y waves” and what I call “I-give-up-and-I-don’t-care.” But come fall, when fa... Read more

Who am I now? That has been an ongoing question in my brain. Who am I now? What is going to happen now? What do I want out of life now? How much time do I really have now? How do I plan to live now? The way I used to see the world and the ... Read more

Okay, I'm pretty far from the top 10, but I did it—on Sunday evening in Vancouver, I ran my first race—the Nike Human Race 10K. The weather on the West Coast was a bit chillier than in Toronto (highs of 18!), but it was clear out and really,... Read more

As I walk to work along Toronto’s traffic-congested Bloor street I'm surprised by how often I see adult cyclists—who I presume are intelligent people also on their way to work—without helmets. But a new study by Dr. Patricia Parkin and ... Read more

After watching Michael Phelps and Dara Torres in the Olympic Water Cube, I've decided to take a harder look at swimming; I'm even considering enrolling in a Masters Swimming program this fall. So what are the pros and cons of swimming, and what's the be... Read more

This week I learned a new term from the doctors that I thought was only associated with vehicles.  They said I was flooded, just like an engine.  For me that happened because of too many doctor's appointments, too little sleep, too many life c... Read more

If you think you're extra sweaty, you're not alone. According to a 2004 U.S. study by Unilever, one in five women and one in four men believe they sweat more than the average person, which is why they've released new Degree Clinical antiperspirant, desi... Read more