(Monica Harro/ Bezzy) — No one enjoys difficult conversations, but being honest with your child about your diagnosis can make a big difference.
When I was diagnosed with breast cancer, my son Christian had just turned 5.
While I was leaning over him to tuck him into bed shortly after my diagnosis, he pointed to the large bandage …
(Lesley Finlay/ The Healthy) — It’s normal for the blues to creep up from time to time in the winter, but it’s estimated that at least 10 million Americans experience what’s known as seasonal depression. One 2015 paper in the journal Depression Research and Treatment noted that seasonal depression, often …
(Heidi Godman/ Harvard Health) — There’s never a good time for back pain to strike. But there are good strategies for coping with it. If you’re among the millions of people struggling with back pain — eight out of 10 people experience it at some point in their lives, especially low back pain — you’ll want to know what to do.
The …
(University of British Columbia) — According to the Heart and Stroke Foundation, heart disease and stroke is the number one cause of premature death in Canadian women — and half of all women who experience heart attacks have their symptoms go unrecognized.
Dr. Tara Sedlak, a clinical associate professor of cardiology …
(Alice Clifford/ Independent UK) — Managing your emotions better could help to slow the ageing process, according to a new study.
Negative emotions, anxiety and depression are thought to promote the onset of neurodegenerative diseases and dementia. Scientists say that is because prolonged negative emotions can modify …
(Nathalie Slivinski/ Web MD) — It’s not uncommon for women to get the “baby blues” after giving birth. You might feel down, sad, anxious, overwhelmed, or depressed. Half or more of new mothers might go through it.
But in very rare cases, changes surrounding giving birth can bring on a very serious mental disorder called postpartum …
(Liz Braun/ Toronto Sun) — As you age, Fido can help keep you sharp.
New research from the University of Michigan has found that long-time pet owners in their mid-60s had higher cognitive scores than people of the same age group without pets.
For the Health and Retirement Study, “long-term” meant longer than five years.
“Prior …
(Ritu Chaterjee/ NPR) — Teri Hines was in her mid-40s when she started to notice that her body was changing.
Her period became irregular and more intense. “It increased in frequency, it increased in intensity and it increased in duration,” she says.
She began to have hot flashes, gained weight and her energy …
