Prevent cancer with an active lifestyle

Men in the most active group of people surveyed had 13 percent less risk of developing cancer compared with the least active group, and women in the most active group had a 16 percent lower risk than their sedentary counterparts.

Iron Chef Feenie has a New Home

Which is the title Cactus Club president and CEO Richard Jaffray gave Feenie when he announced last February that Feenie was joining his senior team to help “shape the restaurants’ growth and product development, creating innovative new dishes and continuously improving long-time favourites.”

Baby Beluga infection

The calf has been put on antibiotics after an abscess was found near its tail, according to media reports.

Schools ban bottled water

“It’s ridiculous we sell bottled water in our schools when we have water fountains,” Vdovine said. “That’s why I want to see the contract. What are our obligations? Can we get out of it?”

Sixth foot found along B.C. Coast

Another human foot has washed up on a B.C. shore today, the sixth foot discovered since last August. The foot was discovered in a black running shoe in front of a campground in Campbell River by a local woman who was looking for rocks she wanted for a crafts project.

Women: drink coffee, it is good for you!

And the effect was strongest in women: those who drank two to five cups of coffee a day were up to 26 per cent less likely to die than abstainers – mainly because of a lower risk of death from heart disease.

Ten ways for those last ten pounds

Using will power to control weight is like trying to hold your breath, he says. You can do it for a while, but then the brain takes over and demands you gulp.

Child Obesity linked to diabetes and heart problems.

The researchers say the truth may prove to be worse: the recommended screening test for prediabetes may be making many children appear healthier than they really are.

Cigarettes snuff out social life

“People who stop smoking are going to become socially healthier,” says Fowler, a political science professor at the University of California, San Diego. “They’re going to have more friends and their friends are going to be better connected.”

Women: More concerned with weight than cancer

Women are more concerned about losing weight than they are about suffering from cancer, heart disease or diabetes, a survey showed.