After an Ontario court approved a $32.5 billion big tobacco settlement, one question looms large – why has Ontario been ...

We are told health care in Canada is equal for everyone. But it is not. What you get depends on where you live.

Despite claims from U.S. officials like RFK Jr., studies have found no relationship between IQ and community water ...

As the Canadian government awaits a court ruling on its ban on single-use plastics, Kenya offers a real-life illustration of ...

The topic of disability is taught, albeit in a limited way, in our medical schools. Yet, one essential element remains ...

The health-care community is actively involved in advocacy in a number of areas, including physical activity, climate change and equity. However, it is strangely silent when it comes to transportation ...

That is the number of potential peer-reviewers I had to approach for a paper in a top mental health and addiction journal I ...

I can recall clearly the first day that each of my three children walked to and from school on their own. I worried about whether they would get there without mishap. But I took for granted that, once ...

In the case of our co-author, we can’t know if a better understanding of delirium for both his family and treatment team would have changed the course of her grandfather’s end-of-life. He may still ...

There is no doubt the Alternative Level of Care (ALC) issue in Ontario hospitals needs prompt attention. Bill 7, the More Beds, Better Care Act, 2022, was pushed through the legislature in 13 days.

In the four years I accompanied my wife Suzanne as she endured the diagnoses and treatment for breast cancer, the most shocking moment came just five days before she died. Suzanne had collapsed at ...