Health

Alcohol is one of those things — like coffee — that seems to have somewhat ambiguous health properties. Researchers appear to disagree about who should drink how much.

I've been sort of under the impression that things are going to get steadily better as I get older. Sure, there are the inevitable realities of the body. The elasticity in my skin will give, I'm already kind of thinking that I'm past the bikini years, and my childbearing opportunities are not eternal.

Last month, federal Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq unveiled reforms to the way the government regulates energy drinks, including a change in the classification of these caffeine-filled beverages from “natural health products” to “foods.”

Learn how to teach your kids, and yourself, to avoid eating too much candy when trick or treating makes it pile up.

For someone delivering good news, my doctor could have shown a little more enthusiasm and showmanship. Just two weeks ago I sat across the desk from him, getting the results of the genetic testing that I had done about six months earlier.