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How big food companies can do more to create healthier food environments
Healthy eating is challenging in our current food environment in Canada. When delicious, attractive, unhealthy foods are promoted, priced, and...
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Binge drinking is a growing public health crisis − a neurobiologist explains how research on alcohol use disorder has shifted
Since Amy Winehouse's death in 2011, professionals have learned a great deal more about alcohol use disorder. Kevin Mazur/WireImage via...
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How cannabis and psilocybin might help some of the 50 million Americans who are experiencing chronic pain
Cannabis -- also known as marijuana -- is an ancient medicinal plant with promising new medical applications. Nancy Honey/Image Source...
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How to find more information about a drug that your doctor prescribed
You may want to know more about a new prescription drug, such as how quickly the drug was approved by...
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The health-care crisis won’t be solved without addressing the elephant in the room: Staff workload
Resiliency training and other popular staff retention approaches will not solve the problem of desperately overworked staff. (Shutterstock)Excess workload has...
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Arizona’s now-repealed abortion ban serves as a cautionary tale for reproductive health care across the US
Abortion rights supporters gather outside the Arizona Capitol building in Phoenix. AP Photo/Matt YorkWhen the Arizona Supreme Court ruled on...
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Lung cancer is the deadliest of all cancers, and screening could save many lives − if more people could access it
Lung cancer screening can save lives, but it isn't accessible to everyone at risk of developing the disease. sudok1/iStock via...
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Pharmacare’s design could further fragment and politicize Canada’s health system
Over the last several decades, prescription drugs have become critical to preventing, managing and treating health conditions, yet Canada’s health-care...
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How the nursing shortage is affecting the health-care system, patients and nurses themselves
In honour of National Nursing Week May 6-12, consider asking a nurse about their work life. Demand for nursing services...
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How does the brain think?
Thinking builds neural networks, which is why practice improves performance. Francesco Carta fotografo/Moment via Getty Images Curious Kids is a...
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