health
The Year Ahead: Our Guide To 2024
Our annual look at what’s coming your way this year
Longevity expert Peter Attia can help you cheat death—for a while
“We have it better than the king of England did 500 years ago! I think about that when I’m distressed about the insignificance of my life, and that, in 30 or 40 years, I’ll be dead.”
I love being an ER doctor—but the patient load is crushing
Physician Andrew Battison is one of 190 doctors asking the Alberta government to increase support for health care
What it was like to fight a colossal East Coast wildfire
“In my memory, we have never had an incident on this large of a scale.”
How the wildfires are affecting our health
“We’re designed to fight bacteria and viruses. We can’t do smoke.”
Canadians with mental disorders shouldn’t be excluded from requesting MAID
I’m a psychiatrist who’s worked on the topic of MAID and mental disorders for years. People with these disorders should be able to request MAID—just like all other Canadians.
Here’s why Ozempic is popular for the wrong reasons
Many Canadians want to use the drug as a quick fix for weight loss. What about the people who actually need it?
My Prediction: We’re due for another global health emergency
COVID wasn’t the last large-scale outbreak. The next one is right around the corner.
The Year Ahead: Our Guide To 2023
The people, places, events and ideas that will define the year ahead
The Year Ahead: Health in 2023
The future of ER’s, the next viral pathogen and COVID long-haulers shape health-care in the year to come
A doctor in one of Canada’s long-COVID clinics on the real dangers of the diagnosis
“I’ve seen marathon runners who can’t walk a block without being short of breath”
How to fix our broken health care system
Dr. Andrew Boozary dissects proposed solutions like privatization and prescribes a new approach to delivering health care across Canada