Healthy Living

Breast Cancer awareness is one of the leading charitable causes in Canada and the Movember phenomenon has done wonders for both awareness and research of prostate cancer. What many may not know, though, is that colon cancer is currently the second deadliest form of the disease – which is exactly why Colon Cancer Awareness Month (March) and the Canadian Partnership Against Cancer are encouraging Canadians, young and old, to start thinking about how to keep their colons healthy

We started the workweek off at Toronto’s TD Tower with no other than The Great One himself, Wayne Gretzky, as the iconic hockey legend offered insight on spending, saving and planning for retirement in a half-hour discussion with Lee Bennett, Senior Vice President at TD Waterhouse Financial Planning

If you’re like me, you’ve made a New Year’s resolution to get back to the gym, to eat healthy and to start training for the Spartan Race. (Ok, maybe not that last part.) If you’re like me, you started out with morning vegetable juices and afternoon gym classes only to find that the routine is getting old fast. Yoga is too spiritual, pilates is too repetitive, and spinning is, well, spinning. Enter R Gym

Typical teenage angst leads many young people to develop the habit of nail biting, but did you know that approximately 25% of people carry this issue into early adult life? Whether due to anxiety, nervousness, boredom, or other deep-rooted issues, nail biting continues to be a common problem amongst young professionals

It’s now mid month, are you still on the “Dry January” wagon? As we work toward our goal of hitting that 31-day mark, and making the most of our clear heads and well-rested bodies, here are some tips for getting through those tough and thirsty days

New Year’s resolutions weigh on your mind, as does a sluggish feeling that, let’s be honest, directly correlates to the amount of festive cheer you ingested over the past few weeks. A post-holiday cleanse might be just the thing you need to shake that feeling and face the year with a fresh start

Come on ladies (and some of you boys, too), we all know that we are guilty of it sometimes: not bothering to remove our makeup before going to bed. Dr. Anatoli Freiman, dermatologist and Medical Director of the Toronto Dermatology Centre, chatted with us to explain why facial cleansing should be an important part of every (especially those who wear makeup) YP’s overall wellness routine

It’s our experience that staying even moderately active is one of the better ways to feel grounded and healthy while travelling. And so, when I recently found myself in Toronto for work, I decided to put this recommendation into practice and try the classes at Union Studio

As we transition from our twenties to our thirties, we young professionals may start to notice a new little wrinkle here, small spot there, or other emerging visible signs of our evolution into full-blown adulthood. There's plenty of so called "solutions," but ZO is one of the few with an emphasis on skin health