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A story by Jeannine Stein at the LA Times — "Happily married? That's good news if you're undergoing bypass" — looks at the benefits that long-term coupling can have on recovery rates, especially if you're in a happy relationship.

A Nova Scotia woman (via Toronto Star) in need of bariatric surgery has reignited debate about the Canadian health care system’s timely response to obesity by writing her own mock obituary and emailing it to a handful of government and health officials.

Mothers and daughters share many things. But this news story in The Daily Telegraph about a mother and daughter about to undertake a radical new fertility surgery together takes the relationship into uncharted—some might even say miraculous—territory.

Thankfully, I have something to keep my mind off my looming doctor appointments on Monday. My very first article, in print, has finally come out and arrived at my door. And I know that I have Chatelaine.com to thank.

Empowered patient: Think this chronic illness affects only the elderly? Think again