Canadian provinces have supercharged their efforts to recruit U.S. health-care workers, taking advantage of the political tumult down south.
Moving forward, making informed consent truly informed – rooted in both equity and accessibility – needs to be a priority, not just an ideal.
In medicine, service and skill are not opposing forces. They’re inseparable. One without the other leads to harm. Together, service and skills just might help us heal.
After an Ontario court approved a $32.5 billion big tobacco settlement, one question looms large – why has Ontario been silent on its plans for its share of this money?
We are told health care in Canada is equal for everyone. But it is not. Particularly for patients with neuromuscular diseases, what you get depends on where you live.
Despite claims from U.S. officials like RFK Jr., studies have found no relationship between IQ and community water fluoridation.
Peer-review may not be over, but the era of exploitative, opaque and corporatized gatekeeping should be.
As the Canadian government awaits a court ruling on its ban on single-use plastics, Kenya offers a real-life illustration of the severe yet overlooked impact of plastic pollution far from global headlines.
AI and NLP applications are promising adjunctive tools that will help reduce administrative burden and burnout and enhance delivery of patient-centered care for all Canadians.
The topic of disability is taught, albeit in a limited way, in our medical schools. Yet, one essential element remains glaringly underrepresented: accessibility.
Rates of burnout among emergency physicians are still on the rise. Here's how some experts are managing the stresses of the job.
On May 13, Prime Minister Carney announced his new cabinet of 28 cabinet ministers and 10 secretaries of states, yet incredibly left Canadians with disabilities without any overt representation.
IVR, a type of simulation that uses virtual spaces and characters rather than physical and human resources, could be the future of medical training.
People across Canada have told us what they want in a better primary care system. This survey will help us understand how far we’ve come – and what still needs to change to make their vision a reality.
The current contraceptive landscape places a disproportionate amount of physical and mental burden for pregnancy prevention on women. But what about men?
This series is a deep dive into the lives and working conditions of health-care professionals across Canada. It includes six profiles that explore the challenges, triumphs and priorities not only of our the health-care system as a whole, but of the workers who support it.
In partnership with AMS Healthcare, Healthy Debate is publishing a series of solutions-focused articles on emerging technologies and their potential for transformational change in our health-care system.
"Togethering" is the term for how we live out our vision of how we care for our families together. "Family" can mean the traditional nuclear family across generations, modern-day chosen families, friends and neighbours. This series explores how modern families are navigating their own version of "Togethering." These three articles are the first instalments of a 10-part series examining the intersection of housing, aging and caregiving.
In partnership with AMS Healthcare, Healthy Debate is publishing a series of solutions-focused articles examining gaps in our health-care system.