Martha Porado

Editor, Canadian Healthcare Network

Author Profile

Martha Porado is a Toronto-based award-winning reporter and editor specializing in healthcare, science, business and political journalism. She is the editor of the Canadian Healthcare Network, prior to which she was the managing editor of the Medical Post and Pharmacy Practice + Business.

Her previous roles include associate editor of Benefits Canada magazine, where she specialized in institutional investment news. Her byline can also be found in many other Canadian publications, including Advisor’s Edge, Investment Executive, the Canadian Investment Review, Canadian Insurance Top Broker, Canadian Grocer, Now Magazine and the now defunct Vice. Prior to focusing on print and digital publishing, she worked at BNN Bloomberg’s downtown Toronto newsroom as a broadcast associate and production coordinator for live news broadcasts. She fondly remembers screening call-in questions for its popular Market Call program.

When she is not editing copy on new clinical research or putting together tomorrow’s Doctor Daily newsletter, she can be found watering her ceiling-scraping houseplants, driving around with antique furniture peeking out of her hatchback, or bragging about how she’s definitely seen more movies than you have.

ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR

6/9/2026
POLL: Patients asking more about generic GLP-1s?
Have you noticed an uptick in patient questions about these drugs with all this chatter about them becoming cheaper?

Martha Porado
6/9/2026
POLL: Doctor, do you smoke?
Cigarettes are making a comeback—with Gen Z taking the lead. Research from as recently as 2021 found 21% of physicians smoke. Do you?

Martha Porado
6/7/2026
Shingles vaccine: biological effects beyond prevention?
In adults aged 70 and over, shingles vaccination is associated with certain markers of biological aging. These results are consistent at the molecular level, but without evidence of clinical impact.

Martha Porado
6/7/2026
How to guide patients toward affordable and effective choices for sun protection
A new study suggests directing them toward less expensive sunscreens and encouraging them to wear protective clothing and a hat.

Martha Porado
6/7/2026
Childhood eczema: The AAD outlines an expanded treatment options
The first pediatric guidelines from the American Academy of Dermatology include 27 recommendations on atopic dermatitis. They confirm the arrival of new treatment options, without relegating basic therapies to a secondary role.

Martha Porado
6/6/2026
It's always been personal
I did not want my understanding of pharmacy to be limited to one country or one healthcare system.

Martha Porado
6/3/2026
New federal AI strategy looks to close ‘adoption gap,’ build public trust
Announcing the government’s new AI strategy in Toronto on Thursday, Prime Minister Mark Carney said ‘globally, Canada ranks near the bottom of countries in AI training, in literacy and trust.’

Martha Porado
6/3/2026
SMART-GO launches prescription delivery service—new $5 option aims to fill gap as Sherbrooke pharmacy closes
The pending loss of the pharmacy has created concern throughout the district, particularly among seniors, who make up a large portion of the area’s population and often rely on local access to prescription services.

Martha Porado
6/1/2026
RCMP investigating motive in Saskatchewan shooting near health clinic that left 1 dead, 1 injured
Dr. John-Michael Stevens, who has provided services at the clinic for nine years, said staff—and the community at large—are shaken.

Martha Porado
5/31/2026
Stem cells have potent potential for diabetes treatment
Lab-grown cells have different genetics from the patient, so the patient’s immune system attacks the transplanted cells as ‘non-self.’ Researchers and physicians are hoping to overcome this problem by using induced pluripotent stem cells that carry the patient’s own DNA.

Martha Porado