Opinion
by Lisa Machado

Patient Perspectives: Telling our stories is critical to improving care

As a physician, nothing will tell you more than simply asking someone how their illness impacts their lives and listening closely to their answers.

Article
by Michelle Cohen

How Hollywood’s obsession with the ‘Dry Look’ harms men and boys

Increasingly distorted male beauty standards have come to celebrate visible dehydration as a physical ideal, posing a significant physiological and psychological danger for men and boys.

Open Letter
by Canada’s Biomedical, Clinical, Research and Health-care Community

#ScienceMatters. Canadian medical, research, clinical and health-care organizations stand up for science

In Canada and around the world, science is under attack. Increasingly, clearly false health information is being normalized and it’s causing serious harm to patients, communities, public trust and health policy.

Opinion
by Matthew Cho

When patients ask about psychedelics

Over the past decade, scientific interest in psychedelics such as psilocybin and MDMA has risen, along with recreational use. This has put physicians in a difficult place – one our medical training has not prepared us for.

Opinion
by AnnMarie Churchill Marion Cooper

Rethinking mental health and substance use health solutions

What if you or someone you know needs mental health and substance use health care right now? Do you know exactly where to go to get what you need?

Opinion
by Tushar Sood

‘And the dead cannot recover’: The fatal consequences of closing Supervised Consumption Sites

Bill 223 ordered the closure of more than half of Ontario’s 17 supervised consumption sites with no equivalent replacement. For many medical students like me, this is personal.

Poetry
by Ye-Jean Park

The Non-Suturable Wounds

A poem inspired by University of Toronto medical student Ye-Jean Park's clerkship rotation.

Opinion
by Alykhan Abdulla

We can no longer afford the wrong leadership for our medical organizations

Choose leaders for what they can do, not where they come from. The right competencies will carry the profession – and the health system – forward.

Article
by Charissa Egger

The MS treatment gap: How costs and outdated policies limit care in Canada

Early, aggressive treatment can significantly improve outcomes for people living with MS. But provinces have yet to implement coverage policies that would ensure patients receive optimal care.

Opinion
by Margot Burnell

Training more doctors is a start. Let’s make sure our health system is ready for them

If we want to build a resilient, equitable health-care system, we need to reimagine how we recruit, train and retain the next generation of doctors.

Article

Why it’s important Canada accredits its own medical schools

The accreditation of Canada's medical schools only became separate fully from the U.S. in July 2025.

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