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by Abrar Ahmed

Closing safe injection sites is not a solution

"My psychiatry professor did not celebrate her patient’s drinking. She recognized it for what it was: a coping mechanism that kept her patient alive long enough to seek help. Supervised consumption sites are similar in that sense. They are not the end of the story."

Opinion
by Christine Leong

Pharmacists are often the first to see mental health issues. They should be trained to respond

Mental Health First Aid training could strengthen pharmacists' ability to assist patients in distress and could serve as a vital first touch point for patient care.

Acting out: Physicians in the theatre

Opinion
by Glen Bandiera Alexis Milligan

Expertise waiting in the wings: Including the arts into the centre of care

The arts can have a pivotal role to play in alleviating burnout amongst medical professionals.

Opinion
by Pragna Desai

Developing a new model – professional arts intersecting with gerontology

The narrative around aging has been focused almost entirely on “decline management." But a compelling shift is happening as we recognize that the later chapters of life are not just about preservation, but about creative expansion.

Opinion
by Maha Kamil

Androgenetic alopecia is more than just a ‘cosmetic’ issue

Hair loss is routinely classified in medicine as cosmetic – a matter of appearance rather than medical consequence. But that description is not neutral. It determines how seriously a condition is taken, how much funding it receives and how urgently effective treatments are pursued.

Opinion
by Ronald Chow Max Jiang Shaheeda Ahmed

When the rescuer becomes the patient: Reflections on accidental high-energy defibrillation during Code Blue

As physicians, we go to work each day with the intent to provide patient care and help others. Frankly, some days are better than others. But we don’t expect to get injured at work and urgently become patient ourselves.

Opinion
by Katie Dorman

CSC policy change endangers health and lives in correctional facilities

The alarming number of overdose deaths in Canadian correctional facilities warrant an urgent, multi-faceted response from the federal government.

Opinion
by Larry W. Chambers

Blood tests for Alzheimer’s are here – but Canada isn’t ready

Blood‑based biomarkers offer a real opportunity to improve dementia care – but only if we redesign our systems to use them wisely.

Opinion
by Lawrence Loh

Summer’s almost here. Are you still upset about changing to daylight saving time?

Spring and summer moves between daylight and standard time represents a compromise. It’s about health across the months, not just in the immediate moment of the change.

Opinion
by Margot Burnell

Beyond burnout: Why a thriving medical profession is essential for patient care

If we are serious about fixing health care in Canada, physician wellness can’t be an afterthought. It must be part of the cure.

Opinion
by Jan Pezarro Christian Finley

Shamed to death: How stigma, not science, is killing Canadians with lung cancer

Lung cancer screening should be available to everyone at risk, regardless of where they live or the source of their illness. 

Opinion
by Mehdi Aloosh

From bombed refineries to empty fridges: A faraway war raises health concerns at home

When the Middle East burns, Canadians feel the heat in our gas tanks, grocery bills, clinic waitlists and therapy rooms. Global crises may not stay global; they can become local.

Opinion
by Joe Vipond Dick Zoutman Kashif Pirzada

Hantavirus outbreak shows we haven’t learned the lesson of SARS-1 or COVID-19

It’s happening again. Not a global pandemic but the minimizing of airborne precautions for an event with human-to-human transmission of a deadly respiratory virus possibly spread by airborne transmission.

Opinion
by Devina Wadhwa

The words we use: Mental health literacy is expanding but not always improving

We have more language than ever to describe mental health, but not always more clarity about what those words mean.

Opinion
by Élise Boulanger Neb Kovacina Marwa Ilali Claire Grillet Héloïse Moulart

From burden to blueprint: Clinicians and patients as co-architects of primary care’s digital future 

Clinicians and patients are not simply users to be consulted. They are indispensable partners – co-architects of a digital transformation that serves care, not the other way around.

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