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Nine in 10 Canadians have at least one risk factor for cardiovascular disease or stroke. Show your ticker some love with these quick, easy tips

Our fitness blogger James Fell looks at whether a near-death experience can act as a motivator for positive change.

The leading cause of death in women, the risk of heart disease increases with age. Learn the signs to watch for with this overview.

A new study published in the June 8 online issue of the Neurology tells me something I already knew, but from a different angle. Older people who don’t exercise are at a greater risk for “silent strokes” that create small brain lesions over time and lead to impaired memory, increased risk of falls, and even dementia. If you engage in moderate exercise, however, you can reduce your risk of these silent strokes by about 40 percent.

When I was in Paris in September, I spent a considerable amount of time feeling some degree of defeat over not being able to fit my North American-bottom into European-size clothes. It's now a well-worn trope that "French women don't get fat," but contrary to the self-righteous proclamations of healthy living, what I actually observed was a fairly strict regiment of cigarettes and Diet Coke.