Life

My grandmother, who lived to be 92, always said the key to her good health was that whenever possible, she ate cabbage. Now if that isn’t a motto worth needlepointing, I don’t what is … But Grandma was onto something.

Nutty, buttery root vegetable can be used in soup, mash and even cake

Dear Dr. Roach: After 50-plus years with the same set of dentures, my husband decided to get new ones. The old ones were so worn they would no longer chew food effectively.

Dear Dr. Roach: I am a post-menopausal woman (12 years since my last cycle). Last month, I had a light period that lasted more than a week. I have seen my gynecologist, who sent me for a pelvic ultrasound and a transvaginal ultrasound.

Anyone looking at joining a disciplined fitness program to run or walk the Times Colonist 10K on April 26 are finding lots of company and camaraderie close at hand as official training clinics start on Saturday and continue next week.

Kidney transplant patient Ken Merkley has one regret — not asking his six brothers and sisters to give him one of their kidneys. “Don’t be like I was,” Merkley advises renal patients with failed kidneys.

Vancouver’s Kitsilano Beach became a chilly location for a pious swim on Sunday.

Here are some of the 100 or more medical conditions that have been associated with decreased blood levels of vitamin D: arthritis, asthma, colon cancer, emphysema, dementia, depression, diabetes, coronary heart disease, fibromyalgia, hypertension, in

In the fall of 2010, cholera arrived in Haiti like the hydra from Greek mythology. For every patient Dr. Denold Milsoit treated, two more would be carried in. Thousands would succumb to its poisonous bite.

Trial and error led to cooking fish in 90-second bursts to avoid explosions