Tips for a healthy relationship

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. (1)

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...

The malls are crowded, and so is your schedule. So how do you manage expectations and keep yourself from going nuts? Here's some wisdom to help you get through all...

Caffeine not only won't sober up a drunk, it may put him in more danger, an American psychologist says in a soon-to-be published study.

A year after rehab most of the five addicts we have followed are struggling again.

Clients would have a better chance of overcoming drug and alcohol addictions if residential treatment centres offered longer programs, says the executive director of...

When it comes to hoisting a few, British Columbians are doing more than their share.

Oxycodone deaths rose fivefold in Ontario after OxyContin – the brand name of a popular version of the prescription painkiller – was introduced to the public drug...

Startling research on the brain has found that people with a history of depression actually see things differently from other people.

Anne Dranitsaris wrote a quiz  for O Magazine. Now it's rumoured that Oprah Winfrey is taking a special interest in her.

Canada must end institutionalization of mentally disabled people and invest in their quality of life by improving access to jobs and social supports, says a new...

Cindy Samulski has spent about half of her 24 years at the TTC as a subway operator.

Some called them drug dealers. Others said they enabled a terrible habit. But researchers in Montreal and Vancouver were vindicated when their controversial study...

The largest project in Canada's history to study the link between mental illness and homelessness kicks off Monday, offering hope – and a home – to more than 1,300...

The father, well-dressed and in his early 40s, sits beside a lawyer in the courtroom on the 9th floor of 393 University Ave.