6 Lifestyle Tweaks For a Healthier Heart
Small changes to your daily routine can yield big benefits to your heart health. Here's how to get in tick-tock shape.
The Worst Foods for Your Heart
Loaded with trans fats, refined grains and sugar, these foods can contribute to heart disease and other cardiovascular issues.
Is High Blood Pressure Genetic?
If one of your parents has high blood pressure, you may get it too. Here's how genetics and lifestyle habits...
This Is What It Feels Like to Suffer—and Recover From—a Stroke
What it feels like to endure—and recover from—a condition that kills 14,000 Canadians every year.
The Humbling Moment My Five-Year-Old Taught Me About Patience
A severe stroke left my mother paranoid, confused and needy. Just when I was at my wit's end, my child...
What I Want the Medical Students Who Studied My Parents’ Donated Bodies to Know
After long lives and hard battles with illness, my parents lie beside each other in a medical lab. If the...
6 Signs of a Brain Aneurysm Everyone Should Know
From headaches to numbness, knowing the signs of a brain aneurysm can save your life.
This is What Life is Like After a Stroke
Life after a stroke can be challenging, but new treatments are giving hope for survivors.
My “Nagging Headache” Turned Out to Be a Stroke
Her "headache" was a stroke, and it almost killed her. Now she's on a mission to save the lives of...
14 Stroke Risk Factors You Can Control—And 5 You Can’t
According to the Heart and Stroke Foundation, 62,000 Canadians suffer from a stroke each year. That's why you need to...
Health Breakthroughs for a New Year
From cancer to migraines to arthritis, some exciting advances in early diagnosis and treatments
Are Migraines and Stroke Risk Linked?
New research has shown a curious link between migraines and stroke. Here's what you need to know if you suffer...
