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The Opioid Crisis Is Surging. We’re Still Ignoring Experts

August 15, 2024August 15, 2024 - by Taylor C. Noakes

The perils of prioritizing politics over public health

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The Ozempic Era Is Distorting What We See as Healthy

July 3, 2024July 3, 2024 - by KC Hoard

Fat people are constantly told they have to shed pounds. What will weight loss–inducing medicines really cost us?

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Colonization Has Made a Taboo Out of Menstruation

June 26, 2024July 29, 2024 - by Laakkuluk Williamson Bathory

My blood and how it speaks to me have become sources of my courage, my decisiveness, my quelling of self-doubt

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You Can’t Talk Your Way Out of Depression

June 25, 2024June 25, 2024 - by Misty Pratt

The best way to heal your mind is by paying attention to your body

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Health / May 2024

Antibiotics May Soon Become Useless

March 18, 2024March 18, 2024 - by Monica Kidd

Doctors are looking to an experimental treatment for help

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Don’t Get Sick in Quebec

February 21, 2024March 21, 2024 - by Toula Drimonis

What happens when a government decides to prioritize language laws over nurses and doctors?

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Family Doctors’ Burnout Is about More than Their Workload

February 8, 2024February 8, 2024 - by Samia Madwar

Many physicians believe there needs to be a reset in how they treat patients—and their own well-being

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The Lobby Group That Owns the Conversation around Assisted Deaths

January 12, 2024January 12, 2024 - by Miranda Schreiber

Dying with Dignity Canada played a huge part in the legalization of MAID. Few have the resources to oppose them

Health / March 2015 / November 2023

In-Between Days

December 23, 2023December 23, 2023 - by Teva Harrison

First in a series of comics about living with metastatic cancer

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Everyone’s ADHD Is Different

December 21, 2023December 21, 2023 - by David Wong

I’ve learned that medicine alone doesn’t do all the work that people with ADHD need

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The Opioid Crisis Is Surging. We’re Still Ignoring Experts

Colonization Has Made a Taboo Out of Menstruation

You Can’t Talk Your Way Out of Depression

Antibiotics May Soon Become Useless

Don’t Get Sick in Quebec

Family Doctors’ Burnout Is about More than Their Workload

The Lobby Group That Owns the Conversation around Assisted Deaths

In-Between Days

Everyone’s ADHD Is Different

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