You’ve heard the songs. From a classic like “Dil Deewana” (Crazy Heart) to “Dil To Pagal Hai” (My Heart is Going Crazy) to something newer like “Dil Diyan Gallan” (Talking Hearts), they all talk about how the heart and mind are, you guessed it, crazy in love. While...
Just when you thought sex couldn’t get any more awesome, along comes another great reason to get it on: curing hangovers! Having sex releases oxytocin, a hormone that is thought to help control pain. According to a 2013 survey, 60 percent of people with migraine...
Think quitters never win? Think again. If you’ve kicked the cigarette habit, you know that quitting smoking is a major victory. Congratulations! If you haven’t kicked the habit—but dearly want to—there’s one quitter who has some awesome advice. David MacNeil won by...
They say that every cloud has a silver lining, but heart attacks sure seem like a stretch. Can anything positive come out of these life-threatening events? Just ask Raffy Espiritu. Since suffering a heart attack, the 43-year-old Vancouverite has picked up these easy...
I can’t help but laugh every time I see Clark Griswold’s epic meltdown in National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation. Calling his boss a “cheap, lying, no-good, rotten, low-life, snake-licking, dirt-eating, inbred, overstuffed, ignorant, blood-sucking, dog-kissing,...
As a pharmacist, educator, and writer, I’ve been getting all kinds of questions about the COVID-19 vaccine. Whether you’re wondering if the vaccine can make you sick, how it works, or who should get it, I’m here to get right to it by cutting the drama with some...
Have a gander at this list to find out which brews may be a better choice for us guys.
Like grizzly bears, Canadian guys are known to hibernate in caves (man caves, that is). Unlike grizzlies, this downtime doesn’t last all winter long. But human hibernation can last longer than it should. Just ask Nathan Grundy. A couple of years back, the...
For many Canadian guys, this bit from Toby Hargrave’s stand-up comedy routine is funny because it’s true: “I’m at that age where sometimes things hurt, and I have no idea why. If you’re 20 and you show up to work with a limp, there’s always some kind of epic adventure...
Changing one simple word in one simple question made all the difference for me. I was always kind and generous. I was always there for my wife and kids. Yet my life had gone from full and happy to crappy and chaotic. My wife of 18 years and I separated, with our kids...