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When Kris Carr was 31, she was diagnosed with epithelioid hemangioendothelioma, a rare cancer, with no options for surgery, radiation, chemotherapy or a cure.

This soup is a great new way to get in your leafy greens

Career advice: The innovative artist who pioneered the thought-controlled computing company Interaxon, shares how integrating art with science helped in her success

I spent the long weekend at a friend’s house in Shropshire (try to say that one three times fast) and lounging by the pool at Shoreditch House in east London. It was three solid days of balmy sunshine and to say that the weather was unusual for late April would be a gigantic understatement. It almost never happens.

The Royal Wedding is two days away! Here are two traditional English breakfast ideas for the big day.

Have you ever made hummus before? How about swapping out the olive oil and tahini for sesame oil and sweet potato? This golden hummus recipe is a nice variation on the classic Middle Eastern chickpea dip. It still looks like hummus and smells like hummus, but the sesame and sweet potato flavours will surprise your guests.

Though most of the speculation leading up to Friday’s royal wedding has been about what Kate’s dress will look like, there has also been a substantial amount of chatter about whether the bride will wear a tiara and, if so, which one? (Yes, when you’re a royal, or about to become one, trying to decide on a tiara can be quite a chore.)

This week, I had an epiphany while watching a clip from HBO’s new backstage documentary about Lady Gaga, Monster Ball. (It airs on HBO Canada on May 7.) I realized that women waste a lot of time feeling like losers.

In a grim bit of news, it turns out that being around happy people can make unhappy people feel even worse. As reported by Tara Parker-Pope in The New York Times — "Happiest Places Post Highest Suicide Rates" — places like Denmark and Sweden score high on measures of happiness and life satisfaction but also have some of the highest rates of suicide.

Stylish living with seven kids? Find out how the Novogratz family from the popular show became one of today’s hottest lifestyle brands

A few years go, a friend of mine was rushed to the hospital with a searing pain in her chest that was so intense, she thought she was having a heart attack. It turns out she had a blood clot, a side effect from the birth-control pill that's more common in women over 35 who smoke (which she was, and she did) — one that can be fatal if it reaches your lungs.

How a woman who had always thought she could never be an athlete proved herself wrong