Living

Who ever coined the phrase ‘bummer summer’ clearly never endured one of Canada’s forty-below winters. While the snowy season has its distinctive beauties, by mid-February it’s hard to find anything to appreciate about winter.

In fact, if your worries are keeping you up at night taking time to think about the blessings in your life may help you nod off, or so says a recent paper published in the academic journal Applied Psychology: Health and Wellbeing (via Women’s Health).

A broken heart isn’t just a convenient metaphor for acute emotional pain; it’s a wholly inexplicable medical phenomenon. Even more curious than the condition itself, however, is one U.S. doctor’s discovery that women appear to be more susceptible to their hearts breaking than men.

Celebrity diet secrets fuel a thousand magazine headlines on a weekly basis, but which boldface names are flouting the worst advice when it comes to your health?

But spilling the beans online, though tempting, may not be such a wise idea, especially if you’re going through a separation or divorce. As a recent post on the Globe and Mail site reveals, social media pages— from Facebook to online dating profiles—are starting to serve as evidence in divorce cases.