heart disease

Time to shape up! Exercise can help prevent everything from cancer to creaky joints. Bonus: You'll look as good as you feel

Give yourself a pep talk: You'll feel better and it might lower your stroke risk, says a study in the American Heart Association's journal Stroke.

Fact: cardiovascular disease kills more women than men in Canada. To help you beat the odds, Linda Heller reports on the latest research

In today's news: why everyone's talking about Slut Walk; can plastic surgery help bullying?; Ashley Judd's heartbreaking new memoir; global warming and mass extinction; and why working too much can raise your risk of heart disease.

Did you know that heart disease and stroke are the number one killers of women? Measha Brueggergosman, Canadian soprano and spokesperson for The Heart and Stroke Foundation's The Heart Truth campaign, explains her own health-related struggles, Becel's February heart-healthy initiative, and why all Canadian women need to starting listening to their hearts.