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April is the Canadian Cancer Society's Daffodil Month, raising awareness and funds for cancer and cancer treatments. One of those treatments is stem cell transplants.

Attending a wedding in the upcoming months? Looking for that special something to complement your outfit? Well, here at Chatelaine we've been hit with royal wedding fever, and have deemed extravagant hats (à la Kate Middleton) the perfect accessory.

Recently, my husband and I have been going through the expensive and incredibly labour-intensive process of renewing our UK visas. We are eligible through a complicated "special skills" (or skillz, like the kids say) program that requires us to jump through a series of smaller and smaller hoops. Hoops we could bypass completely if one of our parents or grandparents had been born in England. I'm proud to be Canadian but what I wouldn't give right now for a Liverpudlian grandfather.

Instructions Tip Crepes keep well in a warm (low-temp) oven, covered until ready to serve. Or cool and layer with wax paper and...

A recent story in the Guardian — "Ideas for modern living: Napping, The art and pleasure of 40 winks" by Simon J. Williams — got me thinking about one of the simplest pleasures in life: an afternoon nap.

The Internet is a strange place in which to spend one’s leisure time. It encourages both curiosity and perversity, and sometimes I don’t know where the one begins and the other ends.

Here are a few things to keep in mind the next time you go shopping for sports bras — get a great fit that's both comfortable and supportive!

The Herbed chicken meatballs with spaghetti dish would definitely impress my parents. My mother would love the simple yet flavourful tomato and wine pasta sauce, while my father would dig right into the meatballs and likely not say a word until after his second helping. (Correction: it would likely be three words, “What’s for dessert?”)

I can’t believe that I’m negotiating sex. Please don’t take this the wrong way. Things couldn’t possibly be going any better with my boyfriend. But I’m going to make a sweeping generalization, and say that most men want more sex than women.

Nine women share with us the most memorable words of wisdom they ever got from their moms

Nearly a third of children in North America are overweight or obese. But it’s difficult for doctors to tell which of these kids also have insulin resistance, which makes them much more likely to develop diabetes and heart disease in the future.

At long last, the royal wedding list has been leaked, and the thing people are talking about most is how weird – and unsavoury – some of the guests invited by Prince Charles are.