Don’t Get Sick in Quebec
In a few months, I’ll no longer have a family doctor. The clinic he practises at, in my neighbourhood of Saint-Henri, in Montreal, will soon close its doors. The reason? Not enough physicians to keep...
View ArticleAntibiotics May Soon Become Useless
Infectious diseases physician Stephen Vaughan stands at a sink in Calgary’s South Health Campus wearing a surgeon’s scrubs, cap, and mask, washing up with orthopaedic surgeon Stephen Hunt. Inside the...
View ArticleYou Can’t Talk Your Way Out of Depression
At seventeen years old, I got sick. It started on my first morning back to high school. It was a bright and warm September day, but when I entered the air-conditioned school, everything suddenly...
View ArticleColonization Has Made a Taboo Out of Menstruation
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View ArticleThe Ozempic Era Is Distorting What We See as Healthy
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View ArticleThe Opioid Crisis Is Surging. We’re Still Ignoring Experts
In late February, Andrea Sereda addressed the parliamentary health committee and spoke about her work as the lead physician directing a safer supply program in London, Ontario. Safer supply refers to...
View ArticleTo Get into Medical School, I Thought I’d Have to Hide Parts of My Blackness
But then came a question I wasn’t prepared for The post To Get into Medical School, I Thought I’d Have to Hide Parts of My Blackness first appeared on The Walrus.
View ArticleMenopause Is a Pretty Damn Fine Stage of Life
The joy of aging like a “space crone” The post Menopause Is a Pretty Damn Fine Stage of Life first appeared on The Walrus.
View ArticleThe Multi-Trillion-Dollar Wellness Industry Is Making Us Sick
Alternative medicine has become a scrutiny-free wonderland for anything and everything The post The Multi-Trillion-Dollar Wellness Industry Is Making Us Sick first appeared on The Walrus.
View ArticleYour Doctor Won’t See You Now—or Ever Again
Why family medicine is dying The post Your Doctor Won’t See You Now—or Ever Again first appeared on The Walrus.
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