Textual Healing: The Novel World of Bibliotherapy
How literature is helping people navigate mental health issues
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What Women (Still) Want
The medical community has never taken women’s sexual desire seriously. Now, Gen X women are hitting menopause and demanding better
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Take Two Shrooms and Call Me in the Morning: The Medical Promise of Magic Mushrooms
Psilocybin can treat depression, alcoholism, PTSD, and even cluster headaches. Why is it still illegal?
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Virtual Health: Pandemic Band-Aid or Opportunity for Better Care?
COVID-19 forced a massive shift to phone and online consultations. With new freedoms come new frustrations
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COVID-19 Vaccines for Kids and the Struggle of Pandemic Decision Making
Many parents eagerly received their jabs, but some aren’t feeling the same enthusiasm for immediately vaccinating their children
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New Brunswick’s Mystery Disease: Why Did the Province Shut Out Federal Experts?
The provincial government’s closed-door investigation has confused experts, stoked fears, and missed an opportunity to solve a possible new brain disorder
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Design for Survival: How to Build a Better Trauma Bay
In the high-pressure world of emergency medicine, a Toronto hospital finds new ways to save lives
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All Booked Up: The Frustrations of Finding a Black Therapist
Racism’s mental health fallout is staggering. But Black Canadians aren’t finding the care they need
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False Positive: Why Thousands of Patients May Not Have Asthma after All
A staggering number of people are being treated for a disease they don’t actually have
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