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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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Seeding Innovation in Brain Research

January 11, 2022March 25, 2022 - by Glynis Ratcliffe

How Brain Canada is offering early-career scientists an opportunity to think outside the box

Black and white photo of Mark Henick over a template of The Conversation Piece podcast featuring a mic and outlines of other mics.

Podcasts

Surrendering to our Discomfort

November 17, 2021December 15, 2021 - by Mark Henick

S3E10 of The Conversation Piece Podcast

Illustration of a man sitting on a doctor's exam table. Behind him is a network of interconnecting lines and red dots.

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

Design for Survival: How to Build a Better Trauma Bay

October 7, 2021October 7, 2021 - by Lauren McGill

In the high-pressure world of emergency medicine, a Toronto hospital finds new ways to save lives

Black and white photo of Steve Shih over a template of The Conversation Piece podcast featuring a mic and outlines of other mics.

Podcasts

Breast Cancer Awareness Month

October 6, 2021December 15, 2021 - by Steve Shih

S3E7 of The Conversation Piece Podcast

Politics / September/October 2021

One Doctor’s Fight to Provide Abortion Care in New Brunswick

August 3, 2021October 18, 2021 - by Jessica Leeder

Decades after Henry Morgentaler started offering his services, doctors are still struggling to help their patients

Illustration of a pair of lungs comprised of mini inhalers.

Health / September/October 2021

False Positive: Why Thousands of Patients May Not Have Asthma after All

July 27, 2021October 19, 2021 - by Renée Pellerin

A staggering number of people are being treated for a disease they don’t actually have

A needle surrounded by slivers of women's faces

Health

Same Vaccine, Different Effects: Why Women Are Feeling Worse after the Jab

June 29, 2021October 18, 2021 - by Laura Hensley

For decades, researchers have been conducting flawed clinical trials. The COVID-19 vaccine was no different

A doctor is trapped below a staircase while other doctors continue the climb

Health / June 2021

Even During a Pandemic, Immigrant Doctors Struggle to Find Work

May 5, 2021August 14, 2023 - by Jagdeesh Mann

Physicians trained abroad want to help with the fight against COVID-19. Why won’t Canada let them?

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How Two Doctors Are Hacking the Transplant System

Surrendering to our Discomfort

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

Design for Survival: How to Build a Better Trauma Bay

Breast Cancer Awareness Month

One Doctor’s Fight to Provide Abortion Care in New Brunswick

False Positive: Why Thousands of Patients May Not Have Asthma after All

Same Vaccine, Different Effects: Why Women Are Feeling Worse after the Jab

Even During a Pandemic, Immigrant Doctors Struggle to Find Work

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