Health

Dear Dr. Roach: I am a 72-year-old man. About three weeks ago, I saw my primary doctor for a checkup. Routine blood work was fine, except the results of my hemoglobin A1c, which was 5.7 per cent (a normal range is 4.8-5.6).

This is your brain on sugar — for real. Scientists have used imaging tests to show for the first time that fructose, a sugar that saturates the American diet, can trigger brain changes that may lead to overeating.

The kind of blood clot in the skull that doctors say Hillary Rodham Clinton has is relatively uncommon but can occur after an injury like the fall and concussion the secretary of state was diagnosed with earlier this month.

TORONTO - 'Tis the season for resolutions. And many of us are already busy pledging that come Jan. 1 we will do more of some things, less of others, or stop doing still other things altogether.

DR. PAUL DONOHUE and DR. KEITH ROACH Your Good Health Dear doctors: I was washing the clothes of my 17-year-old son when I found a tin of chewing tobacco. Needless to say, I was very upset. I confronted my son about it after school.

TORONTO - When "Parenthood" creator Jason Katims created the character Max Braverman — an intelligent, inscrutable, insect-obsessed youngster with Asperger's — he had in mind his own son, Sawyer, who was similarly diagnosed.

TORONTO - The federal health minister opted to let drug makers voluntarily alert doctors and pharmacists of medication shortages despite concerns from her own department that the approach could put Canada's drug supply at risk, documents show.

The Canadian Press TORONTO — When you’re entertaining over the holidays, chances are there will be a guest who’s at risk of having an allergic reaction to an ingredient contained in one of the dishes being served.

GRAFTON, Ont. - Brittany Rosenplot barely remembers the last time she was around horses. What does she recall, quite clearly, is that she was terrified. "I was really little," said 24-year-old woman.

CHICAGO - It happened after Columbine, Virginia Tech, Aurora, Colo., and now Sandy Hook: People figure there surely were signs of impending violence.