Lifestyle

QUIZ: Feeling the pain of holiday strain (both mental and physical)
The holiday season provides a cornucopia of factors that increase mental and physical stress. Test your knowledge of research that looks into these factors, and ways to ease the burden.
Can’t take hormone therapy for menopause? What are other options?
Beyond lifestyle changes, some nonhormonal prescription medicines have been shown to ease menopausal symptoms.

Roommates 31 years apart in age free one another from hiding Parkinson's

And, they both spent many years after being diagnosed with Parkinson's disease trying to hide it.
Calisthenics are making a comeback. Is body weight enough to get a good workout?

You won’t find dumbbells or weight machines in the gym Sean Keogh runs. At Calisthenics Club Houston, it’s all about training with body weight.
Emetophobia: what it’s like to have a fear of vomiting

For around 2%-to-7% of the population, vomiting provokes anxiety so severe they’ll do anything to avoid it.
Prescribing (yourself) rest

I'm sleeping, nestled in my soft duvet, on a Saturday morning in June. No school, no activities. Just this. So deep a sleep I'm not even dreaming. So deep I don't hear footsteps.
4 research-backed ways to beat the winter blues in the colder months

In Canada, about 15% of the population experience the winter blues, while 2%-to-6% experience seasonal affective disorder.
Cuteness overload: NICU babies celebrate their first Halloween

Each year, preemies from neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) across North America get dressed up to celebrate their first spooky season.
Halloween night in a Canadian ER

Dr. John Crosby recounts spending Halloween at the emergency department in what he describes as the scariest night of his 78-year career.
The Blue Jays are in the World Series—Dr. David Lawrence is keeping them fit and healthy

Growing up in Toronto, Dr. David Lawrence dreamt of one day joining the Blue Jays. A quarter of a century later, his dream came true—becoming lead physician for the team.

QUIZ: Feeling the pain of holiday strain (both mental and physical)

Can’t take hormone therapy for menopause? What are other options?

Roommates 31 years apart in age free one another from hiding Parkinson's

Calisthenics are making a comeback. Is body weight enough to get a good workout?

Emetophobia: what it’s like to have a fear of vomiting

Prescribing (yourself) rest

4 research-backed ways to beat the winter blues in the colder months

Cuteness overload: NICU babies celebrate their first Halloween

Halloween night in a Canadian ER

The Blue Jays are in the World Series—Dr. David Lawrence is keeping them fit and healthy