It’s time for better COVID-19 policy from our health authorities and politicians in Canada. We need it.

Medical influencers on social media: Using Instagram to market products like scrubs and detox teas is unethical and medicine needs policies against it.

Medicine sees itself as progressive when it comes to gender equity. But women's experiences in the field suggest there is a long way to go.

Despite the incredible anxiety the Saudi residents must be feeling, many have continued working 26-hour overnight shifts to help ease the transition.

Amid the discussion and recognition of the vital role residents play in our healthcare system, little has been said about the 26-hour shifts they are required to work.

Working in palliative care with children brings many sad moments. But there are happy ones, too, especially when finding ways to help patients and families focus on living.

The Minden ED closure serves as a timely wake-up call on how our hospitals are governed. It's our responsibility to demand better.

Navigating the medical profession has been a painful and difficult journey. How far have we come in ensuring that women can thrive within the system?

In order to be part of a real move toward reconciliation, land acknowledgements must reflect a genuine relationship with Indigenous communities in the area. And they have to be part of a bigger...

The Ontario government’s plan to invest $260 million and hire 4,000 staff within a year in the long-term care sector is, simply put, misguided.

Climate change and scientific meetings: Flying across the ocean for a one-day meeting should be an embarrassment. not a status symbol.

My wife Suzanne had done everything she could to prepare for her death. But without access to palliative care, we were not prepared for her final days.

Long Covid Syndrome has no known treatments. We must support the individuals who suffer from it and prevent its spread by implementing a ZeroCOVID policy.

André Picard is a health reporter and columnist at the Globe and Mail, where he has been a staff writer since 1987.

In medicine, we know that stress uncovers problems that may have existed all along.Take, for example, patients with occasional chest pains and shortness of breath. They may be sent for stress tests...

As COVID-19 vaccine distribution plans and prioritization roll out across Canada, people with developmental disabilities, their families, support workers and community agencies have been asking: What...

The COVID-19 pandemic may bring about much-needed answers for the more than 600,000 Canadians living with a condition known as ME/CFS.

Ontario cuts to public health and social programs are built around the idea that we get what we deserve in life. We don't.

Too many patients are overmedicated, undertreated, or sent home from hospital without an appropriate follow-up plan, all because of a lack of communication between hospital staff and family physici...

We are not hyper-rational beings who make decisions based on facts. Instead, we too often fall prey to misinformation from innumerable cultural, social and psychological forces that shape the...

There are countless benefits to improving indoor air quality, not least of which is preventing this virus that has altered our lives.

Uncertainty in medicine: What it's like when doctors can't provide the diagnoses and treatments patients desperately need.

Immunity debt is an attractive concept. But there is little evidence that it's causing the resurgence in pediatric respiratory infections.

As it becomes clear that COVID-19 will be with us for a year or longer, the role family doctors play in preventing and managing chronic health conditions like diabetes and heart disease will be...

Conrad is a standardized patient, helping to train health care providers: "I feel like I am doing something for society. Helping students get better at what they do."

Ontario has a shortage of psychiatrists, but the real emergency is people's inability to access the mental health services they need.

I do not think that you would benefit from “resuscitation” or “life support.” Unlike your other doctors, however, I can be forced to provide them.

While research shows Canada’s ER doctors made it through the first COVID-19 wave relatively unscathed, concern is heightening as a second wave arrives.

What's most important in primary care? OurCare survey results highlight that an ongoing relationship between a clinician and patient is key.

A blanket of misinformation has enveloped every corner of this pandemic. Endorsements of pseudoscientific cures have resulted in public confusion, death and financial loss. Conspiratorial origin...

Frailty is a common cause of death, and it can cause grievous and irremediable pain and suffering. But we still struggle to see how it makes people eligible for MAID.

Since Canada approved our first COVID-19 vaccine, our attention has been focused on ensuring adequate vaccine supply, figuring out distribution and storage and deciding who gets it first. There’s...

A new University of Toronto program works to eliminate discrimination and the adverse effects it has on health care for Black Canadians.

We have an intervention that has the potential to make a meaningful impact on maternal and infant health. So I ask, what are we waiting for?

Medical students need to learn to be professional, polite, respectful and serious. But they also need to learn to be funny.

Bedside rounds are what rounds originally meant, but these days physicians spend very little time in direct patient care. What does this mean for medicine?