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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Doctors on TikTok: The Dark Side of Medical Influencers
Medical data is supposed to be confidential. But social media is threatening the privacy and dignity of patients
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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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Faith and Access: The Conflict inside Catholic Hospitals
Why should publicly funded hospitals get to limit access on religious grounds?
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Take Two Shrooms and Call Me in the Morning: The Medical Promise of Magic Mushrooms
Psilocybin can treat depression, alcoholism, PTSD, and even cluster headaches. Why is it still illegal?
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Design for Survival: How to Build a Better Trauma Bay
In the high-pressure world of emergency medicine, a Toronto hospital finds new ways to save lives
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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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When Is It Ethical to Test New Treatments for COVID-19?
The challenges of treating a virus that has forced doctors to learn on the job
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Don’t Drink the Bleach
Medical scams are bad enough in ordinary situations. During a pandemic, they can be deadly
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