Health

Discover the latest health news, along with practical tips on how to adopt a healthy lifestyle by improving your diet and moving more. From proven home remedies to advice on managing and preventing chronic health conditions, we’ll keep you looking and feeling your best.

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How to Choose the Right Sunglasses

With more UV rays filtering through nowadays, it's more important than ever to ensure your glasses are protecting your peepers....


4 Advances in Depression

From different types of therapy, tried and true medication and new treatments, research is offering hope for people battling depression....


6 Tips for Taking Medicines Safely

Medicine is helpful when taken correctly. Here are 6 quick tips for making sure you get the health benefits from...


4 Self-Defeating Habits to Avoid

It's something that many people tend to do-put themselves down without even knowing it. Read up on four common self-defeating...


How to Fight Energy Vampires

We've all dealt with people who put a strain on us emotionally. Read on to find out how to handle...


Tyra’s 6 Get-Real Beauty Secrets

You don't need to spend a fortune to look supermodel chic. Former supermodel, talk show host, and business mogul


How to Freshen Your Breath

How should you freshen your breath? Forget fancy mouthwashes and mini-mints. Keep your mouth clean with a healthy diet...


3 Things Moms-to-Be Should Avoid

Pregnancy is an exciting time in a woman's life, but it's also a time to take extra-special care of yourself-for...

3 Great Canadian Victories at the Winter Olympics

The world's now focused on Vancouver for the 2010 Winter Games. Canada has had many great Olympic moments in the...


10 Ways to Breathe Easier

If you want to be able to blow out all the candles on your cake when you're 75 (assuming your...


Get Fit at Work

You can get really stiff sitting in front of your computer all day long. Banish aches and pains with these...


4 Secrets for Healthy Hair and Nails

The secret to healthy-looking hair and nails is hiding out somewhere in your home. You just have to put those...


Natural Mood Boosters

Find out which natural remedies you can turn to to strengthen your immune system and counter depression, anxiety and other...


5 Signs Canadians are Getting Fatter

If there was any question that the average Canadian's daily habits have had a negative effect on their overall health,...


3 Foods to Help Control ADHD

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is one of the most controversial health conditions of our day, one that's long on...


Treatment for Oily Hair

Does it look like someone put Vaseline in your hair? Are you weighed down by the weight of it? First,...


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6 Foods to Control PMS

When PMS symptoms make their presence known, just about any method to reduce them is welcomed. Here, we help you...

Avoid Dollar-Store Health Pitfalls

Carlos Oliveira of Peterborough has found some great bargains at the dollar store: tissue paper, gift bags, tape. But he...


4 Tips for Healthy Nails

Some people really look after their nails, while others couldn't care less. Whether or not you're the manicure type, though,...


3 Activities You Should Try

Find out how these fun activites can be beneficial to your health.


4 Ways to Treat Erectile Dysfunction

Nearly 1 in 5 men ages 20 and up has had erectile dysfunction. Here are four expert solutions to one...


5 Ways to Get Rid of Ingrown Hairs

If we didn't shave, we'd have far fewer problems with ingrown hairs. But for men who don't wish to resemble...


Five Reasons to Go to the ER

Most of us would rather avoid a trip to the emergency room, but some circumstances entirely justify heading to the...

DIY Fitness

Modern tools and devices may save us minutes, but they can literally take years off our lives by stealing opportunities...


9 Ways to Better Manage Your Medicines

We may be a nation of pill poppers, but we don't always take our medicine properly. We don't take it...


4 Ways to Treat Psoriasis

There are good days and bad days, and if you're troubled with psoriasis you know the difference only too well.


Test Your Concentration

Do you pay attention to how you concentrate? Try these brain teasers and find out what your results say about...


What to Eat for Whiter Teeth

We all want the whitest teeth possible. Here are the foods to eat to get them.


How to Eliminate Fatigue

If you're struggling just to stay awake, life is passing by and you can't keep up with it, willpower won't...