Health

It's no secret that more and more Canadians are overweight, but a new report shows us exactly who is gaining the most — and what some provinces could learn from their healthier neighbours.

First there is fear, then duty, then the good part, passion. Learn about the road to exercise success

A new study has found a dramatic increase in skin cancer among women under the age of 40. Though the lifetime risk of melanoma has traditionally been higher for males, "we found that women in their 20s and 30s today are 2.3 times more likely than men to be diagnosed with it," says Mayo Clinic dermatologic surgeon and lead researcher Jerry Brewer.

This past weekend, Science-ish was disappointed to read Margaret Wente’s column on health evidence, in which she opened: “Today’s health wisdom has a way of becoming tomorrow’s bunk… This may help explain why all the standard diet and exercise advice is worthless.”

Whoa, Nelly! The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found fast food serving sizes have mushroomed since the 1950s: