A recent article in Healthy Debate rightly drew attention to the fragmentation of Canada’s health information environment and to the burden this can place on patients, clinicians, public health and ...

Peripheral neuropathy, the chronic nerve illness caused by conditions such as diabetes, cancer, infections and autoimmune diseases, was thought to be completely irreversible. But recent case studies ...

The “dog days of summer” offer Canadians time to disconnect from a harried life and an opportunity to reflect before reacting ...

This year marks the 40th anniversary of the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion, one of the most influential public health documents ever written. Adopted by delegates from 38 countries at the World ...

We promised Canadians we would watch their future doctors learn. For decades, we haven’t. AI won’t replace preceptors, but it may finally help us keep that promise.

In May, Ontario’s Auditor General released a special report on the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the Ontario government, including medical “AI scribes” that are increasingly being used by ...

A few weeks ago, my 6-year-old son developed a fever, severe abdominal pain and repeated vomiting in the middle of the night. Concerned, my husband and I brought him to the emergency department at ...

When I went through medical school, I recall learning little to nothing on topics such as disability, ableism and accessibility in health care. Then one day, near the end of my family medicine ...

There is a quiet pattern anyone who has worked behind a pharmacy counter for any length of time can recognize. The patient showing signs of distress. The patient disclosing struggles with making ends ...

Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) is a preventable disability, yet it remains a persistent public health challenge for Canada. Prevention efforts – which focus on individual behaviour change, ...

As an Obstetrician-Gynecologist, and as a member of the Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada (SOCG), I have had the opportunity to see the development of a law on forced sterilization ...