Don’t Drink the Bleach
Medical scams are bad enough in ordinary situations. During a pandemic, they can be deadly
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How Literature Can Lead to Better Health Care
Doctors face constant pressure to be resilient. Can the arts address the deeper problems that self-care can’t?
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Do Breast Cancer Screenings Do More Harm Than Good?
Doctors debate with author Renée Pellerin on the evidence of whether mammograms save lives
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How Artificial Intelligence Could Help Hospitals Save Lives
The need for better, faster diagnosis means your next ER doctor could be a robot
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The North Needs More Doctors
As a locum doctor in the Northwest Territories, I know that residents do not always get the health care they deserve
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Why Is No One Talking About Hospital-Acquired Delirium?
Every year, bad care leaves hundreds of thousands of patients with a devastating mental disorder
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The Case For Diagnosing Yourself Online
Googling our ailments is turning us into a nation of hypochondriacs. But it could also help fix an overburdened health care system
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Doctors without Science
A brief history of quackery, from leeches to ostrich eggs
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Invasive Procedure
Why sexism and lack of diversity in operating rooms needs to be scrubbed
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This Might Hurt
Archaic instruments from the attic of Montreal’s Royal Victoria Hospital
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