Colonization Has Made a Taboo Out of Menstruation
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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Is Africa’s Pain Black America’s Burden?
The civil rights movement improved the lives of African Americans as well as African Canadians. Conditions in Africa, meanwhile, have become increasingly dire—and are increasingly ignored
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Gabor Maté Wants to Overhaul Society
The physician and author explains what’s at the root of our deepest problems and how we can begin to heal
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Surgery Minimized My Chances of Getting Cancer. It Also Altered My Self-Image
Because of a hereditary gene mutation, I removed my breast tissue, ovaries, and fallopian tubes. I had to unlearn a lot of feelings about how I look
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Ask an Immunity Expert: What’s Next for COVID-19?
This pandemic can help us prepare for the next one, says Catherine Hankins, co-chair of Canada’s COVID-19 Immunity Task Force
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Why Was the Lyme Disease Vaccine Tossed Away?
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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How a Tourette’s Diagnosis Helped Me Understand Who I Am
I long resisted looking for the cause of my tics. Then I received a diagnosis that changed everything
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How Two Doctors Are Hacking the Transplant System
What if there were a better way to get life-saving organs to people who need them?
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The Gamification of Fitness: Are We Getting Played by Our Exercise Apps?
The video game elements often blamed for sedentary lifestyles are now being used to get people moving
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