heart disease

Rogers family donates $130 million to heart research

The single largest monetary gift in Canadian history will bring together researchers and scientists from Sick Kids, UHN and U of T

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Ronald Alan Sept, 1946-2012

Heart disease ran in the family; he had survived three heart attacks, and a heart transplant

Sitting is the new smoking

Maclean’s archives: Here’s science writer Kate Lunau with health news you won’t want to sit down for

On the evils of wheat, why it is so addictive, and how shunning it will make you skinny

On the evils of wheat

Dr. William Davis on why it is so addictive, and how shunning it will make you skinny

Is the war on salt justified?

‘Science-ish’ considers the evidence

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Gene Stone in conversation

On what to eat to avoid catching colds, herbs that work, and being a human guinea pig

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Boomers are far less fit than their parents were

Not that they’re inclined to believe it

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How to act after your heart attack

For night terrors on business trips, call the hotel front desk and don’t flaunt your meds

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Growing a new heart

The quest to use the body’s own cells to fix a damaged heart

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Men and women differ at heart

Women often downplay their risks and symptoms. So do some men around them.