International clinical fellows are the unsung heroes of the pandemic. But they can't access the basic workplace provisions that their Canadian colleagues enjoy.

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15.02.2024

The urgent need for mental health-care supports - Healthy Debate

By age 40, half of all Canadians will experience mental health issues. The “quality mental health care framework” could help provide needed care.

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15.02.2024

Medicine vs. Journalism? Navigating the tension between two fields - Healthy Debate

It’s no secret that medicine and journalism are often at odds. But what happens when the doctor is a journalist?

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15.02.2024

Let's Talk Period: Caring for women with bleeding disorders - Healthy Debate

We need to talk period. Period. Women with bleeding disorders need better support to know the red-flag symptoms and get a proper diagnosis.

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15.02.2024

Ontario’s mental health laws must change to protect our most vulnerable patients - Healthy Debate

Ontario’s current mental health laws create barriers for front-line physicians to treat vulnerable patients experiencing psychosis.

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15.02.2024

An update on national pharmacare, and five steps to get us there faster - Healthy Debate

Private and provincial pharmacare plans are far from perfect. But both payer groups need to better protect Canadians from ruinous drug costs.

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15.02.2024

Tackling racism in Canadian health care: University offers first master’s program in Black health - Healthy Debate

A new University of Toronto program works to eliminate discrimination and the adverse effects it has on health care for Black Canadians.

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15.02.2024

Toxic tradeoff: Disinfectants are ineffective for COVID-19 prevention and create harmful exposures - Healthy Debate

There are countless benefits to improving indoor air quality, not least of which is preventing this virus that has altered our lives.

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15.02.2024

Finding community, compassion and purpose as a smoking cessation advocate - Healthy Debate

I finally quit smoking after four decades and many health complications. Now I've become a smoking cessation advocate to help others do the same.

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15.02.2024

Please parents, mask your children as they return to school - Healthy Debate

We are sending children back to school without mask mandates knowing full-well that COVID-19 is airborne and that rates are still high.

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15.02.2024

A pandemic silver lining? Research shows drop in bullying in school and online - Healthy Debate

The pandemic may have shut down schools but new research show it also shut down both in-person and cyberbullying. And bullies are still lying low.

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15.02.2024

Malnourishment by design - Healthy Debate

Colonial attitudes and policies, now recognized as powerful social determinants of health, have led to mass hunger and preventable diseases.

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15.02.2024

In ‘Heroin,’ author lays bare the injustice and systemic racism behind Canada’s drug laws - Healthy Debate

For International Overdose Awareness Day, we sat down with Dr. Susan Boyd to discuss her latest book, Heroin: An Illustrated History.

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15.02.2024

Rethinking aging as it applies to the brain - Healthy Debate

Research from the last decade has upended much of what we thought we knew about dementia and supporting the aging brain.

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15.02.2024

Cross-country project gives patients a say in solving primary-care crisis - Healthy Debate

Dr. Tara Kiran and her team are launching OurCare, a three-phase research project that aims to provide much-needed answers to Canada’s primary care woes.

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15.02.2024

‘Thriving and flourishing’: Removing stigma and finding treatment for a diagnosis of borderline personality disorder - Healthy Debate

Borderline personality disorder is highly stigmatized. But avoiding diagnosis isn't helping those who could benefit from treatment.

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15.02.2024

A public policy dead end: The More Beds, Better Care Act - Healthy Debate

The More Beds, Better Care Act, or Bill 7, is a hotbed of ethical issues that will fail to relieve our stressed hospital system.

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15.02.2024

Lack of political will means Ontario LTC residents will continue to suffer - Healthy Debate

Ontario’s LTC nurses want to be there to provide quality care to residents. But we need the political will to make it happen.

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15.02.2024

It’s time to revise Canada’s low-risk alcohol drinking guidelines - Healthy Debate

Canadians' alcohol use has increased significantly over the past decade. It's time to update low-risk drinking guidelines set in 2011.

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15.02.2024

Can we improve health care for all with only the empty public purse? - Healthy Debate

Dr. Alykhan Abdulla discusses the knee-jerk reactions to privatization following Ontario's announcement that it would increase publicly funded surgeries at private clinics.

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15.02.2024

Pandemics as portals: What monkeypox teaches us about medical apartheid and resistance - Healthy Debate

Structural injustices have been made clear in any infectious outbreak. How we respond to monkeypox and dismantle the structural violence that allowed it to happen is up to us.

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15.02.2024

Rural health care: How to get it right - Healthy Debate

Rural Canadians have worse health outcomes than the general population and our health systems are failing them. But what if we got it right?

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15.02.2024

The need for family medicine - Healthy Debate

Canadians need family medicine that's longitudinal; patient-focused; and comprehensive. It's the foundation to health equity.

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15.02.2024

On Bill 96 and Quebec health-care - Healthy Debate

Quebec's Bill 96 could introduce more barriers to healthcare equity than it will solve by requiring medical communication be in French.

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15.02.2024

How plant-based vaccines can revolutionize the fight against infectious disease - Healthy Debate

For underdeveloped countries the cold storage of vaccines is an obstacle to achieving global health equity. Fortunately, plant-based vaccines provide a novel solution.

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15.02.2024

How to build a palliative care empire - Healthy Debate

Some may say we can’t train enough palliative physicians, but like the Imperial Commander on the Death Star, I say we "double our efforts."

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15.02.2024

Toward a national action plan to reduce stillbirths in Canada - Healthy Debate

The Canadian Collaborative for Stillbirth Prevention is calling for a national action plan to reduce the more than 3,000 stillbirths happening each year.

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15.02.2024

Move to generic methadone raises concerns - Healthy Debate

Ontario’s move away from brand name Methadose has sparked concerns the switch could negatively impact those who rely on the drug.

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15.02.2024

Tapping into the power of hope - Healthy Debate

Hope is a powerful tool. The Oneday Dreams charity offers the hope for a better quality of life to those with terminal illness.

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15.02.2024

Gallery’s ‘at-home apothecary’ exhibit holds a critical lens to the wellness industry - Healthy Debate

The at-home apothecary is a mixed-media body of work that highlights themes of physical ailment, addiction and mental health.

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15.02.2024

A day in a life of a family physician - Healthy Debate

Many believe that family medicine is about prescription renewals and providing referrals. But there is so much more to be done.

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15.02.2024

Vaccine hesitancy is reviving long dead diseases - Healthy Debate

Vaccine are perhaps the greatest public health interventions in history. But immunization coverage has been declining over the last decade.

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15.02.2024

New PSA has potential, but devil is in the capitation details - Healthy Debate

The new Physician Services Agreement modifies primary care payment structure models in Ontario, a potentially important step toward health equity. But the devil is in the details.

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15.02.2024

The Nobel Prize, and representation in science - Healthy Debate

The Nobel Prize is one of the most coveted accolades in academia, but the lack of diversity among awardees indicates that many are left out.

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‘Medical gaslighting’ harming long-COVID patients - Healthy Debate

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International fellows in the shadows: The other side of post-graduate medical education - Healthy Debate

The urgent need for mental health-care supports - Healthy Debate

Medicine vs. Journalism? Navigating the tension between two fields - Healthy Debate

Let's Talk Period: Caring for women with bleeding disorders - Healthy Debate

Ontario’s mental health laws must change to protect our most vulnerable patients - Healthy Debate

An update on national pharmacare, and five steps to get us there faster - Healthy Debate

Tackling racism in Canadian health care: University offers first master’s program in Black health - Healthy Debate

Toxic tradeoff: Disinfectants are ineffective for COVID-19 prevention and create harmful exposures - Healthy Debate

Finding community, compassion and purpose as a smoking cessation advocate - Healthy Debate

Please parents, mask your children as they return to school - Healthy Debate

A pandemic silver lining? Research shows drop in bullying in school and online - Healthy Debate

Malnourishment by design - Healthy Debate

In ‘Heroin,’ author lays bare the injustice and systemic racism behind Canada’s drug laws - Healthy Debate

Rethinking aging as it applies to the brain - Healthy Debate

Cross-country project gives patients a say in solving primary-care crisis - Healthy Debate

‘Thriving and flourishing’: Removing stigma and finding treatment for a diagnosis of borderline personality disorder - Healthy Debate

A public policy dead end: The More Beds, Better Care Act - Healthy Debate

Lack of political will means Ontario LTC residents will continue to suffer - Healthy Debate

It’s time to revise Canada’s low-risk alcohol drinking guidelines - Healthy Debate

Can we improve health care for all with only the empty public purse? - Healthy Debate

Pandemics as portals: What monkeypox teaches us about medical apartheid and resistance - Healthy Debate

Rural health care: How to get it right - Healthy Debate

The need for family medicine - Healthy Debate

On Bill 96 and Quebec health-care - Healthy Debate

How plant-based vaccines can revolutionize the fight against infectious disease - Healthy Debate

How to build a palliative care empire - Healthy Debate

Toward a national action plan to reduce stillbirths in Canada - Healthy Debate

Move to generic methadone raises concerns - Healthy Debate

Tapping into the power of hope - Healthy Debate

Gallery’s ‘at-home apothecary’ exhibit holds a critical lens to the wellness industry - Healthy Debate

A day in a life of a family physician - Healthy Debate

Vaccine hesitancy is reviving long dead diseases - Healthy Debate

New PSA has potential, but devil is in the capitation details - Healthy Debate

The Nobel Prize, and representation in science - Healthy Debate

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