Healthcare

Busting brain myths: The evolving story of menopause hormone therapy and cognitive health
Today, experts agree that for many women who start MHT around menopause and don’t have medical reasons to avoid it, the benefits outweigh the risks, and MHT can be safely prescribed to manage menopause symptoms. Yet, several myths about MHT have persisted, including misperceptions about how it affects brain aging.
A bill back from the dead? Feds revive bill to build digitally connected health data systems for patients, providers
If passed, the legislation would establish standards that companies developing electronic medical records must follow, allowing data to be shareable between healthcare providers and across provinces and territories.

Rise up: It’s time for the healthcare system to be brave

We spent two decades digitizing medicine. Now, we must find the courage to use technology to bring the humanity back, argues Dr. Darren Larsen. Part 1 of a 5-part series.
Former hospital CEO in Nova Scotia sentenced to nine months in jail for fraud

Her conviction in September marked the second time she was convicted of defrauding the hospital where she served as CEO between 2014 and 2017.
WRITING CONTEST: 2026 Resident Voices contest for medical residents

Tell us a story! This year, the theme of the contest is Lessons in Communication, with a grand prize of a $500 Visa gift card.
Why most pharmacists are broke on paper, despite high incomes

We deserve more than spending our entire careers trading hours for pay, no matter how good that pay looks on paper. To really succeed, we must find that thing that works for us.
Medical staff leave Kashechewan First Nation as parasite contaminates water

Officials at the fly-in community on the western shore of James Bay declared a state of emergency on Jan. 4 after infrastructure damage created a public health and safety issue, with sewage creeping into people’s homes and contaminating fresh water systems.
When leadership feels heavy: Resetting for a new year

This year doesn’t need to be about doing more, but about protecting what already exists—your skills, your professionalism, your compassion and your health.
‘IMAX for babies’: Two-month-olds see the world in a more complex way than scientists thought, study suggests

A new study suggests that babies are able to distinguish between the different objects they see around them at two months old, which is earlier than scientists previously thought.
Vancouver doctor arrested for alleged sex assaults of teenage patients

Vancouver police say the charges come after a multi-year investigation beginning in March 2023.

Busting brain myths: The evolving story of menopause hormone therapy and cognitive health

A bill back from the dead? Feds revive bill to build digitally connected health data systems for patients, providers

Rise up: It’s time for the healthcare system to be brave

Former hospital CEO in Nova Scotia sentenced to nine months in jail for fraud

WRITING CONTEST: 2026 Resident Voices contest for medical residents

Why most pharmacists are broke on paper, despite high incomes

Medical staff leave Kashechewan First Nation as parasite contaminates water

When leadership feels heavy: Resetting for a new year

‘IMAX for babies’: Two-month-olds see the world in a more complex way than scientists thought, study suggests

Vancouver doctor arrested for alleged sex assaults of teenage patients