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What should you do the next time the dentist tells you he or she is going to take full dental X-rays? A new study shows that just as porcupines make love very, very carefully, you should also take care to limit the amount of radiation exposure during

Dear Dr. Roach: Is it true that someone who takes antacids every day is more likely to get cancer of the esophagus? D.R. Yes, people who take antacids frequently are more likely to be diagnosed with esophageal and stomach cancer.

Standing far below ground in the grey and understandably grim bowels of the Fairmont Empress hotel, Esquimalt Nation hereditary chief Andy Thomas spreads his arms wide apart.

The thirst-quenching offer to win your weight in beer brought a number of crazed couples to the Wife Carrying Contest on a scorching Sunday afternoon in Burnaby.

SEATTLE — Down a hot hallway in a mazelike brick building on Seattle’s Capitol Hill, girls in full-length hijabs scurried past those in jean shorts and T-shirts.

The story begins with two babies. Alike in potential, a lifetime of possibilities lie ahead. It ends with two adults: a man sporting a tux and sipping champagne, and a woman in a waitress uniform, serving him oysters.

“If I were Luke Skywalker, I would deny my destiny to rule the galaxy,” the writer of this love letter proclaims, then goes on to promise his beloved to forgo immortality with Arwen (a Tolkien character) and tell the Exiles (from The Matrix) that he

Sherry Baird wanted something special to help celebrate the 53-year anniversary of the business she co-owns, Advance Collision Ltd. — and she found it in her uncle’s garage.

Dear Dr. Roach: My husband is a disabled Vietnam veteran. He was heavily exposed to Agent Orange, has PTSD, is an insulin-dependent diabetic, has had heart bypass surgery and has rheumatoid arthritis. He spends most days on the couch, sleeping.

NEW YORK — On social media and red carpets, from New York to China, hairy underarms are having a mainstream moment. Women are proudly showing off their growth on Instagram and YouTube, and it’s not just Miley Cyrus anymore.