Mind & Body

New research in mice explains the alcohol gender imbalance.

Episode #9: The psychology of video games

A telomere study exemplifies why mental health is simply health.

Some doctors are even prescribing outdoor time

When the long-awaited warm sunny weather arrived in Toronto over the weekend, hundreds flocked to Trinity Bellwoods Park in the city’s west end.

Amid the coronavirus pandemic we are being warned of a “second wave” of mental health problems that threatens to overrun an already weakened mental health service.

We asked five experts whether it’s OK to drink coffee while pregnant.

Your alarm goes off and it’s time to start another day. What’s your first step? Perhaps making a cup of coffee? You may want to consider a brisk walk instead.

The COVID-19 pandemic produced a run on the things people need to produce their own food at home, including vegetable seedlings, seeds and chooks.

We don’t know about you, but we’re ready to travel. And that typically means flying.

During a pandemic, people can be stressed and fearful for their lives and the lives of those they love. Research has shown that where there is a bond between human and animal, the presence of a non-human companion — especially a dog — decreases psychological arousal and stress, and creates physiological changes that make us feel better.

All being well, restrictions will continue to be lifted in the weeks and months to come, allowing us slowly to return to some kind of “normal." This is good news for the economy and employment, and will hopefully help ease the high levels of distress and mental health problems our community has been experiencing during the pandemic.

When it comes to losing weight, people often want know the best way to shed excess pounds – and there’s no shortage of fad diets or fitness crazes claiming to have the “secret” to fat loss.

People who cycled to work had the lowest risk of disease and death overall.

From churchgoers to nursery school children, video calls, conferences and quizzes have become a lifeline at this time.

Rational optimism may be the antidote to chronic stress.

Coronavirus has ignited a sense of "skin hunger." Scientists explain how the pandemic might reshape how we think about touch in the first place.

It seems complicated, but let's break it down.

Millions of cells, protecting you