Life

It’s the time of year when many Canadians may be experiencing the post-holiday blahs: back at work after being off, disgruntled about the gloomy weather and fretting over looming credit-card bills following excessive shopping during the season.

One morning on the snowboard. One afternoon in the ER. One day of vacation shot. Slopes contraindicated, the boy in the wrist cast melts into despair: How will he fill 24 level hours? Then rescue arrives.

Dear Dr. Roach: I am a 75-year-old man who recently experienced three episodes of lightheadedness. After testing, my cardiologist determined that these were not likely to be cardiac in origin.

Standing in front of his enormous, custom-made meat smoker, Jack Timmons is a happy man.

Consider yourself forewarned. Do not try this experiment in the winter. Well, at least not in your kitchen. And, actually, never inside your home, regardless of the season. This is strictly an outdoors kind of thing.

Why would any sane person drink 10 cokes a day for one month? I recently asked George Prior, a Los Angeles resident and father of two children, this question.

Within minutes of the Haiti earthquake in 2010, Claude Cuillerier risked his life entering collapsed buildings, digging survivors from the rubble with a car jack.

Dear Dr. Roach: I had a very frustrating experience getting a prescription filled.

Let’s be honest about New Year’s Eve. Once you’ve reached a certain age, celebrating stops being about partying and starts being all about hunkering down with a movie and comfort food on the couch. There is no shame in admitting this.

Start small. Start with one or two realistic goals. Just start. Fitness and activity experts say the key to achieving success in that post-holiday fitness plan is to keep it simple.