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Friday, July 3

Swine flu is a pandemic

After teetering on the brink of pandemic status since late May, the World Health Organization raises its alert level on the influenza A/H1N1 virus, officially designating it the world's first pandemic in more than 40 years.

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•	Breakthrough treatment for incontinence

•	My Canadian mom

•	Party time! 9 recipes for summer celebrations

•	Eat yourself sexy

•	Summer's best beauty products

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Nutrition

10 ways to eat yourself sexy

Get the skin-firming, hair-shining benefits of a healthy diet and eat your way to a sexier you.

•	Healthy meals at fast food joints and restaurants

•	Prebiotics: Good for your gut

Active Living

Canada's best hiking trails

Head into the great outdoors and spend some quality time with Mother Nature as you explore Canada's very best trails to hike.

•	The right workout shoe for you

•	Spring bike tune-up

Healthy Mind

When music is medicine

Music has long been known to "soothe the savage breast," but, increasingly, health professionals are using music to treat mental and physical ailments too: everything from depression and addiction, to MS and stroke.

•	5 medical reasons you need to stress less

•	How to stop snoring

Women's Health

Diseases that attack women differently than men

Chronic diseases and illness affect women differently than men. Find out what you should know about arthritis, heart disease, diabetes and more.

•	3 best ways to quit smoking

•	How I quit smoking: 3 ex-smokers share their successes

Prevention

Prevent sun damage to hair, face and body

New technologies behind the latest skin- and hair-protection products guard you from the sun's harmful UV rays better than ever before.

•	Swine flu declared a pandemic

•	5 natural allergy remedies

Health News

July health news: A breakthrough in incontinence treatment

Good news for the one in three women who suffer with stress urinary incontinence. A promising new surgery just may put an end to embarrassing leaks.

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