Health

Wind down after your workout with this inspiring DVD marathon.

Do you make sure to get your eight glasses of water a day? After all, it’s been touted as the way to get great skin, detox toxins, and help you lose weight. But a recent editorial in the British Medical Journal claims that your efforts may be a waste.

An interesting article in this week’s Globe and Mail discusses the genetic makeup of your typical elite marathoner.

So, several months ago I thought I might be pregnant. After 20 years of reliably timely and heavy periods — without even one other genuine scare — I was suddenly a week late. After a couple of days of panicky phone calls to my best gals and Googling "early pregnancy symptoms" while trying to determine whether I was experiencing "implantation cramps," I finally made an appointment at a women's health clinic to get a blood test and put an end to all of the highly stressful guesswork.

Been hearing a lot about salt lately? So have we. A recent review of seven studies published by The Cochrane Library failed to find a link between heart disease and cutting back on salt, and set off a flurry of stories.