Health & Wellness

What to Know About Shingles, a Painful Infection that Vaccination Can Prevent

By Arushan Arulnamby, Toronto Metropolitan University and Samir Kumar Sinha, Toronto Metropolitan University   NBA star Tyrese Haliburton was recently diagnosed with shingles. The news drew attention to an illness that many people rarely talk about but is far more…

Look After Your Hearing

By Jacqueline Simoneau   For most people, hearing diminishes with age, but you can take steps to delay the process…

A Guide to the Dairy Aisle

The supermarket’s dairy section offers more and more options these days, but how do you decide which to choose? By…

5 Tips to Avoid Procrastination

Why procrastination isn’t laziness – it’s rigid thinking that your brain can unlearn By Annemieke Apergis-Schoute, Queen Mary University of London…

Healthy Aging Through Diet

Older adults who follow healthy diets accumulate chronic diseases more slowly – new study   By Adrián Carballo Casla, Karolinska…

Are Consumer DNA Tests Lifesavers?

Wendy Haaf answers your questions about health, nutrition, and well-being   Could a direct-to-consumer (DTC) genetic test such as 23andME…