women's health

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.

The trick of a truly amazing lime soup is to use fresh lime juice and add it right at the end to preserve its incredible flavour.

National Cervical Cancer Awareness Week (on until October 27) is a special project of the Federation of Medical Women of Canada (FMWC) and The Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists of Canada (SOGC), designed to not only increase public consciousness, but also feature pap test clinics hosted by more than 150 healthcare professionals nationally.

Is it ever too late to quit smoking? Or is there in fact a point of no return when it comes to the damage smoking can do to one’s health?

When the book Our Bodies, Ourselves was originally released, things were very different for women's health.