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What to Ask Before Surgery
You’ll be a lot more relaxed going into an operation if you’re not worrying about whether the operation is really a good idea By Wendy Haaf Your doctor tells you...
What to Ask Before Surgery
You’ll be a lot more relaxed going into an operation if you’re not worrying about whether the operation is really a good idea By Wendy Haaf Your doctor tells you...
Dolly Parton Makes an A Cappella...
By Lola Augustine Brown If you were lucky enough to see Dolly Parton as she made her way across Canada recently, you probably sang along as she belted out “Jolene,”...
Dolly Parton Makes an A Cappella...
By Lola Augustine Brown If you were lucky enough to see Dolly Parton as she made her way across Canada recently, you probably sang along as she belted out “Jolene,”...
Soda May Raise Heart Failure Risk
By Wendy Haaf More not-so-sweet news about sugary soda: two servings a day may increase your risk for heart failure. Researchers tracked 42,400 Swedish men aged 45 to 79 who...
Soda May Raise Heart Failure Risk
By Wendy Haaf More not-so-sweet news about sugary soda: two servings a day may increase your risk for heart failure. Researchers tracked 42,400 Swedish men aged 45 to 79 who...
Exercise Fights Alcohol-Related ...
By Lola Augustine Brown Drinkers who exercise for the recommended 2½ hours a week can reduce their risk of dying from alcohol-related disease and cancers according to research published in...
Exercise Fights Alcohol-Related ...
By Lola Augustine Brown Drinkers who exercise for the recommended 2½ hours a week can reduce their risk of dying from alcohol-related disease and cancers according to research published in...
Just Get Walking
By Wendy Haaf Photo: iStock. Speed or distance? Both are effective goals when walking to reduce your risk for heart disease. Researchers followed for 10 years a group of 4,207...
Just Get Walking
By Wendy Haaf Photo: iStock. Speed or distance? Both are effective goals when walking to reduce your risk for heart disease. Researchers followed for 10 years a group of 4,207...
More boomers than teens use pot
By Lola Augustine Brown The Center for Disease Control and Prevention has released research showing that since 2002, marijuana use among those aged 55 to 64 has gone up by...
More boomers than teens use pot
By Lola Augustine Brown The Center for Disease Control and Prevention has released research showing that since 2002, marijuana use among those aged 55 to 64 has gone up by...
Health Canada Tells Makers of Ac...
By Lola Augustine Brown Many of us think little of taking acetaminophen products when we have a headache or for other niggling aches and pains, but Health Canada is warning...
Health Canada Tells Makers of Ac...
By Lola Augustine Brown Many of us think little of taking acetaminophen products when we have a headache or for other niggling aches and pains, but Health Canada is warning...
How to Tell Good Debt From Bad
Debt can work against you—or it can work for you By Olev Edur Debt. It’s become a dirty word in recent years, with regular headlines announcing that Canadians, including...
How to Tell Good Debt From Bad
Debt can work against you—or it can work for you By Olev Edur Debt. It’s become a dirty word in recent years, with regular headlines announcing that Canadians, including...
Having a life online helps senio...
By Lola Augustine Brown Photo: iStock. An article published in the most recent Journal of Aging and Health reports that when older people are given training in the use of the...
Having a life online helps senio...
By Lola Augustine Brown Photo: iStock. An article published in the most recent Journal of Aging and Health reports that when older people are given training in the use of the...
Doing Less Is Best When It Comes...
By Lola Augustine Brown Men with prostate cancer may do better not being treated, says a study just published by the New England Journal of Medicine. The study looked at...
Doing Less Is Best When It Comes...
By Lola Augustine Brown Men with prostate cancer may do better not being treated, says a study just published by the New England Journal of Medicine. The study looked at...
Is It Time for a New Computer?
By Olev Edur Your computer shuts down in the middle of routine tasks; files and programs take ages to load; and then even stranger things start to happen: all signs...
Is It Time for a New Computer?
By Olev Edur Your computer shuts down in the middle of routine tasks; files and programs take ages to load; and then even stranger things start to happen: all signs...
Older and Wiser? Maybe. Older an...
By Lola Augustine Brown It’s easy to assume that young people are happier than seniors, who have to deal with the aches and pains of age and the financial stress...
Older and Wiser? Maybe. Older an...
By Lola Augustine Brown It’s easy to assume that young people are happier than seniors, who have to deal with the aches and pains of age and the financial stress...