Health Features

Homeopathic remedies reduce outdoor worries

Vancouver fundraisers profit charities and you

Journey Smith on a path to beat the odds

Hormonal health linked to open blinds and sex

Sisters honour mom's life at Brain Tumour Foundation of Canada's Spring Sprint

Jack of Hearts seeks a cure for diabetes

Hemophiliac happy to live on the active edge

July 2, 2009 - 05:40 AM

Moms bond over the write stuff

By Gail Johnson

Mothers like Penelope Hutchison found that one way of coping with the ever-changing demands of motherhood is through words.

June 25, 2009 - 05:40 AM

Homeopathic remedies reduce outdoor worries

By Sonya McLeod

Carry these homeopathic first-aid remedies with you to the great outdoors, and you can play and enjoy your summer worry-free.

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June 18, 2009 - 05:35 AM

Vancouver fundraisers profit charities and you

By Gail Johnson

From running in your undies to blissing out in Cobra pose, there’s no shortage of physically charged events on offer during the next few months to get you huffing and puffing—and helping others.

June 18, 2009 - 05:30 AM

Journey Smith on a path to beat the odds

By Charlie Smith

For nine-year-old Journey Smith, the past year has been something like a roller-coaster ride.

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June 11, 2009 - 05:40 AM

Hormonal health linked to open blinds and sex

By Gail Johnson

Keeping hormones in check is all a great balancing act.

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June 4, 2009 - 05:30 AM

Sisters honour mom's life at Brain Tumour Foundation of Canada's Spring Sprint

By Gail Johnson

Simi Johal and Bali Athwal remember the summer when their mom Bansi started having persistent, painful headaches that sometimes lasted for days.

May 28, 2009 - 05:40 AM

Jack of Hearts seeks a cure for diabetes

By Charlie Smith

Athough he’s still too young to represent his country abroad, 8-year-old Jack Stuart is doing a terrific job as the front man for the Telus Walk to Cure Diabetes.

May 28, 2009 - 05:30 AM

Pesticides lurk everywhere

By Gail Johnson

Triclosan is just one of thousands of harmful substances that are lurking in everyday products and leaching into our bodies, according to the executive director of the Toronto-based Environmental Defence.

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May 21, 2009 - 05:50 AM

Hemophiliac happy to live on the active edge

By Gail Johnson

What’s staggering about Justin Tanguay’s ability to conquer mountains—and his desire to live on the edge—is that he has hemophilia

May 14, 2009 - 06:10 AM

News Features

Julio Montaner urges expansion of HIV care to vulnerable communities

By Jessica Werb

A research proposal entitled Seek and Treat for Optimal Prevention of HIV/AIDS is attempting to drastically increase access to highly active antiretroviral therapy among vulnerable communities in B.C.

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May 7, 2009 - 06:50 AM

Provincial Election

NDP health critic Adrian Dix predicts health cuts

By Gail Johnson

B.C. Liberals say their commitment to health care is proven by their track record, while critics say that if voters go with the party’s history, the system is in trouble.

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April 30, 2009 - 06:15 AM

Fitness models tone it sexy, on-stage and off

By Pieta Woolley

For fitness models, the emphasis is on a fabulous, healthy-looking body.

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April 30, 2009 - 06:10 AM

Those funny flax seeds just might save your life

By Helen Halbert

A new book about the wonders of flax includes more than 100 recipes to help you lower your risk of heart disease and cancer.

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April 30, 2009 - 06:05 AM

Flexitarianism is on the rise

By Matthew Burrows

Flexitarians aren’t vegetarian but they eat vegetarian food a lot of the time—and their numbers are increasing.

April 30, 2009 - 06:00 AM

Michael J. Fox puts face to Parkinson's

By Rex Moore

Michael J. Fox has been the face of Parkinson's disease for years now, and the optimism and fervour he brings to his quest to find a cure for the disease have emboldened many of those who suffer in silence behind closed doors.

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