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‘I shouldn’t be feeling suicidal every month’: Searching for answers for women with premenstrual dysphoric disorder
Whether it comes with relief, confusion, anger or sadness, a correct diagnosis of PMDD can be lifesaving. However, after ...
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Barriers to Paxlovid are exacerbating our health inequities
Access to Paxlovid has become increasingly challenging. Canada needs to do a better job at making it more accessible to those ...
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MAiD’s vanishing slippery slope
New data on MAiD sheds much needed light on a topic so broiled in hysteria to seem like some sort of deranged game of ...
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We don’t pay donors for blood plasma. But is that the right approach?
Any debate about whether to enhance the domestic supply of blood plasma by allowing payments to donors should consider these ...
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New Year’s resolutions from health-care professionals: Advocate, avoid burnout and remember to love
At a daunting time in health care, we wanted to know what health-care experts have on their personal resolutions list for ...
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Canada’s health charities must prioritize trust and transparency
An Investigative Journalism Bureau (IJB) investigation, published December 15, has revealed questionable practices – and ...
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Janet Kushner-Kow
Dr. Janet Kushner-Kow is the physician program director of elder care at Providence Health Care and division head of geriatric medicine at the University of British Columbia. Any debate about whether ...
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And under the tree, a family doctor for all
It isn’t visions of sugar plums that are dancing in the heads of health professionals this holiday season. Accessible health care for all is the gift they hope to find under their tree, with maybe a ...
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How The Grinch stole family medicine: A tale of Ontario’s health crisis
It began, not with a whisper, but a groan that echoed across my clinic and the community I serve. Like a green, scheming miser, the Grinch of health care – festooned in a slew of government ...
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Stephanie Aleluya
Stephanie is a 17 year old student from Toronto, Canada. After high school she plans on pursuing a career in the medical field. She enjoys working with acrylic, oil and watercolour paint and has ...