Health

Time for some good news for Canadian women needing regular mammograms: Health Canada recently approved the Sectra MicroDose Mammography machines, which provide the highest image resolution with just half the radiation.

April of 2009 was a pivotal month for Robin Mather. Within a week, the Chicago Tribune food writer was hit with a wicked one-two punch. One, her husband of 12 years wanted a divorce. Two, she was being laid off. And while in her new book, The Feast Nearby, in which she shares how she ultimately learned to land on her feet again and live on $40 a week, her story had me wondering: how do you find happiness when the ground just shifts beneath your life like that?

"You can never know when or how you'll die. You can only choose how you'll live." — Leanne Coppen

Losing weight is one thing — but keeping it off can often be another issue entirely. To help ensure all the hard work pays (and stays) off, we’ve put together some simple ways to manage your weight.

Since the disease is the leading cause of cancer death in women under 50, a diagnosis can be particularly hard to swallow for younger women.