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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Same Vaccine, Different Effects: Why Women Are Feeling Worse after the Jab
For decades, researchers have been conducting flawed clinical trials. The COVID-19 vaccine was no different
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How Big Tobacco Set the Stage for Fake News
A coordinated program of public deception that spanned four decades has become a template for modern disinformation
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What Happens to Our Brains When We Get Depressed?
The human brain, in all its complexity, is nearly impossible to model. One neuroscientist is trying anyway
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Even During a Pandemic, Immigrant Doctors Struggle to Find Work
Physicians trained abroad want to help with the fight against COVID-19. Why won’t Canada let them?
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Open Wide and Say “Ahhhh!”: Why Our Dental System Still Bites
I was broke, in agony, and out of options. Why more and more people are crowdfunding their dental bills
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Should the Right to Die Extend to People with Mental Illness?
Adam Maier-Clayton wanted to change Canada’s laws, then die under them. Instead, he was left behind
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We’re Drinking More in the Pandemic—and It’s a Problem
The alcohol industry is enjoying the profits, but public health is paying the price
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Return of the Anti-Vaxers
To those who think vaccines are harmful, COVID-19 is just another conspiracy
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