I've always wondered whether or not some ER in Israel has done a study to see if there's an increased incidence of bowel obstruction...

Looking at the report that was released earlier this week by the House of Commons Standing Committee on Health, I'm saddened by their l...

That's how Penn and Teller opened up their 5th season. If you remember I blogged about the dilemma of loving the show but being scared ...

Due to the fact that we once bought 500 pedometers directly from China we still get emails about other wonderful products that various globa...

With May closing fast and with over 50 patients running their first triathlon, and with one of the great Somersault events actually named t...

With over 4.5 million views on youtube, I imagine some of you have seen this before. After a week of particularly bitter blogging, I thought...

A very simple study was published last month in the Australian journal Public Health Nutrition. 2,184 children between the age of 4-12 year...

My wife and I were cleaning the house this past weekend in preparation of showing our house. She came across this handy fridge magnet that ...

Don't trust this symbol! By way of illustrating why I'm going to ask you a few simple question. 1. Do you think that a registered d...

Last week Frito Lay rolled out their new Smart Spot endorsed (a PepsiCo marketing ploy that brands a label with a PepsiCo sponsored logo mea...

I had to sign up for a Myspace account to get this video. Now I keep getting invited to be peoples' friend even though my mypage is unde...

At least if you're in the States. Partially funded by the Centers for Disease Control a new initiative aims to help consumers make healt...

Apparently taurine, caffeine, ginseng, ginkgo biloba, inositol and D-glucuronotactone. How do I know? Well I checked out out the nutritional...

Rosie Schwartz, registered dietitian, author and nutrition columnist for the National Post, has continued her crusade to illuminate the nati...

In November 2005, I attended a Think Tank on obesity and public policy in Toronto. I was surprised that obesity and the built environment wa...

This clip has certainly made it around the net a few times. It's the world's worst burglar. Kind of a keystone burglars reality sho...

French women are about to get fatter (so are French men). I've posted in the past about the fact that despite the book that suggests t...

I've always been a salty rather than a sweet person. I came across a recipe on the internet for microwave potato chips that simply invo...

The Journal of the American Medical Association released a study today entitled, "Comparison of the Atkins, Zone, Ornish, and LEARN Die...

So I've had my Wovel now for a complete winter season and I'm now ready to provide a comprehensive review. For those of you who don...