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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

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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A group of people walk through a park with a pond where their reflections show their skeletons and organs.
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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Health / March/April 2022

Faith and Access: The Conflict Inside Catholic Hospitals

February 23, 2022June 29, 2022 - by Wendy Glauser

Why should publicly funded hospitals get to limit access on religious grounds?

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Health / January/February 2022

Textual Healing: The Novel World of Bibliotherapy

January 7, 2022April 30, 2022 - by Katrya Bolger

How literature is helping people navigate mental health issues

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Health / Science

Understanding Minds and Bodies

December 31, 2021July 8, 2022 - by The Walrus Staff

The pandemic made many of us look more closely at our physical and mental health

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Health / January/February 2022

What Women (Still) Want

December 20, 2021April 22, 2022 - by Sarah Barmak

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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Health

Take Two Shrooms and Call Me in the Morning: The Medical Promise of Magic Mushrooms

December 1, 2021April 30, 2022 - by Brad Badelt

Psilocybin can treat depression, alcoholism, PTSD, and even cluster headaches. Why is it still illegal?

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Cover Story / December 2021 / Health

Virtual Health: Pandemic Band-Aid or Opportunity for Better Care?

November 16, 2021January 2, 2022 - by Carine Abouseif

COVID-19 forced a massive shift to phone and online consultations. With new freedoms come new frustrations

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Health

COVID-19 Vaccines for Kids and the Struggle of Pandemic Decision Making

November 10, 2021April 30, 2022 - by Natalie Stechyson

Many parents eagerly received their jabs, but some aren’t feeling the same enthusiasm for immediately vaccinating their children

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Photograph of Gabrielle Cormier near her family home in Dalhousie Junction, NB.
December 2021 / Health

New Brunswick’s Mystery Disease: Why Did the Province Shut Out Federal Experts?

October 22, 2021January 2, 2022 - by Matthew Halliday

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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