The mean drunk theory

Is there any truth to the stereotype that bigger men make meaner drunks?

Think a month-long trip across Asia will make you happier than a relaxing day in a nearby B & B? Well, let's just say that both you and your bank account can...

Tiger Woods, who recently admitted to multiple extramarital affairs, said he is receiving treatment. David Duchovny, who plays a sex-obsessed professor on the TV...

Michael Callahan remembers being lined up at Huronia Regional Centre and whacked with a wooden club for failing to pass inspections.

Mark Stolarski is getting ready for his first art exhibition and, in his excitement, has been producing one painting a day.

While the world saw him as a successful comic actor and writer, Rick Green was painfully aware of his exhausting struggles – his distractibility, the unfinished work... (3)

Gary Greenberg knows depression.

Imagine getting a promotion and being publicly praised by the boss for your hard work. On the way home, do you buy a fancy watch or comfy couch? (8)

A 10-year examination of nearly 2,000 Canadians finds a connection between positive attitude and less heart disease.

DAYTON, Ohio—Childhood depression seems like a contradictory phrase. Isn’t childhood and adolescence generally a carefree time without significant...

A study that examined more than 7,000 people links boredom with bad habits and early death.

A popular antidepressant eradicates the benefits of life-saving breast cancer drug tamoxifen, a new Ontario study shows.

The young man fidgets, running his hands along the top of his legs and shifting his long frame to find a comfortable position in his plastic chair.

When it comes to a healthy relationship, some biological facts can help you build one. Here's what you should know before you get hitched:

A study published in Pediatrics finds that ambidextrous children may be more likely to have scholastic problems and ADHD

David Duchovny and Tiger Woods. Sex addiction has entered the public lexicon.
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Tiger Woods was never the sort of athlete to get involved with social issues, not like Muhammad Ali protesting the Vietnam War or Martina Navratilova championing...

Two years ago, Patrick O'Hara was a panhandler addicted to OxyContin who was living on Toronto's streets, estranged from his mother.

Getting out and doing things is the best way to lift spirits on what's known as the most depressing day of the year.

Glen Spielmans was watching TV one night when a commercial for the antidepressant Cymbalta came on.

Regardless of whether you’re the CEO or the guy parking his car, you are happiest and at your best on Saturday. And by Sunday, you’re miserable.

Some structures exert a mysterious and powerful hold on the severely depressed. Officials in San Francisco are debating a barrier on the Golden Gate Bridge to thwart...

Problem drinkers cut their booze intake by nearly a third after taking a simple online test, new research by the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health in Toronto...

Anyone who quit smoking as a new year's resolution is probably going through a rough period now, dealing with cravings, and more cravings, and a whole host of...

The cheapest vodka on the Russian market more than doubled in price Friday as the government took on rampant alcoholism.

Here are 10 things you can do to set the stage for better emotional health in the New Year. (2)

The effects of daily cannabis use on teenage brains is worse than originally thought, and the long-term effects appear to be irreversible, new research from McGill...

The funny thing about your heart not being in your job is that your job finds a way to affect your heart anyway. When researchers looked at men who felt unfairly...

A decade-long decline in teens' use of pot has stalled and some teen attitudes on how harmful marijuana can be may be softening, according to a federal survey on...