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Health

Our latest stories on health, medicine, parenting, aging, pharmacology, new developments in medical technology, and the Canadian health care system

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Health

Why We Made Fewer Memories during the Pandemic

January 25, 2023January 25, 2023 - by Jadine Ngan

Monotony and anxiety wrought havoc on our brains. Can we bounce back?

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Health

The Mental Health Crisis on the Other End of the Phone

January 20, 2023January 24, 2023 - by Inori Roy

Remote work has transformed the already challenging overnight shift for crisis hotline operators into a deeply lonely one

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Health

2022: Health Stories

December 21, 2022December 21, 2022 - by The Walrus Staff

From bibliotherapy to the urgent need to improve indoor air quality, a look at health stories big and small

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December 2022 / Health

COVID-19 Brings the Importance of Indoor Air Quality to the Forefront

November 16, 2022November 16, 2022 - by John Lorinc

Until the COVID-19 pandemic, we rarely thought about indoor air quality as a serious health threat

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Health

Finding a Father on Facebook Marketplace

November 9, 2022November 10, 2022 - by Katharine Lake Berz

Why prospective parents are turning to social media for sperm donations

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Protest signs fall like dominoes into a vaccine.
Health

Why Was the Lyme Disease Vaccine Tossed Away?

October 17, 2022October 19, 2022 - by Laura Hensley

It was pulled from the market almost immediately after it was developed in 1998. Twenty-five years later, the painful disease is on the rise

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Books / Health / November 2022

The Death Dilemma: Are Hospitals Overtreating Patients Nearing the End?

October 4, 2022October 7, 2022 - by Blair Bigham

An ER physician on the heavy costs of keeping patients alive when death is inevitable

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Health

Doctors on TikTok: The Dark Side of Medical Influencers

June 16, 2022June 16, 2022 - by Miranda Schreiber

Medical data is supposed to be confidential. But social media is threatening the privacy and dignity of patients

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Health / May 2022

How Two Doctors Are Hacking the Transplant System

April 25, 2022May 9, 2022 - by Karin Olafson

What if there were a better way to get life-saving organs to people who need them?

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Out of Office: The Case for More Paid Vacation Days

March 22, 2022January 3, 2023 - by Sheena Rossiter

The pandemic has forced us to reevaluate our relationship with work and time off

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