By Lambeth Hochwald When New York Times blogger Mark Bittman attacked McDonald’s oatmeal — an innocent-sounding healthy menu offering — f...

A common New Year's resolution is to get in shape and drop a few pounds, but a new review of published studies suggests that people who are carrying a...

REYKJAVIK, Iceland - Call her the girl with no name.A 15-year-old is suing the Icelandic state for the right to legally use the name given to her by h...

Every year I set out to read 52 books. Then, at the end of the year, I put them all together in a list to (a) hopefully give some suggestions for stuff to read and (b) remember what it was I read. Look for the asterisks for the books that I thought were truly great.

The new year is about a new you, but sometimes you need to look outside for some inspiration. Seeing how others have dreamt big, overcome obstacles an...

It’s a tough world for the fat-lover these days. While certain fats are good fats that we should make room in our diets for, most of the time, fat i...

There are plenty of articles out there about how to get fit in 2013. But what should those of us who are already fit be doing to improve our fitne...

Do you make a resolution every year but fail to commit to it? A big factor in getting you onto the resolution road to success is to make a course of a...

Do you dread setting resolutions for the new year? It’s no wonder you do — since resolutions often revolve around goals that we find particularly ...

We've all heard about the relationships certain colours might have with how we feel — red walls, for example, apparently make people hungry, while y...

The new year for many of us brings with it many resolutions: ones that hang over our own heads as the calendar gets closer to Dec 31. So you didn’t ...

One of the best ways to not be so miserable about winter is to get out and play some winter sports. Snowshoeing, skiing or even a winter hike through ...

When you live in Canada, you have to accept that much of our time is spent living with cold temperatures and lots of snow and ice. Rather than go stra...

As First Nations Chief Theresa Spence wages her politically motivated hunger strike from an island in the Ottawa River, her body is gradually feeling ...

When undertaking a life change like a New Year’s resolution, it always helps to be inspired. Sometimes inspiration comes in the gentle nudge of a go...

There’s no question that we live in a society of “too much.” We’re drowning in a sea of too much stuff, as evidenced by TV shows like “Hoard...

Quebec City will have to find another way to dispose of Christmas trees next year because the province will no longer allow municipalities to burn the...

TORONTO - Canadian women should start being routinely screened for cervical cancer at a later age than previously recommended and do it less frequentl...

Breastfeeding might seem like the most natural thing in the world for a mother, but for many, it can be one of the great frustrations of new parenthoo...

For some, the 1990s feel as though they were mere minutes ago — a time when the Berlin Wall had just come crumbling down, Bill Clinton rocked the Wh...

We all have it: That pile of books on our nightstands, or that stack of magazines threatening to take over the coffee table — or even all those star...