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White Coat Black Art People living in small towns — from business workers to local paramedics — hope that spreading awareness can also help dispel the stigma of drug use and hopefully avoid a worst-case scenario, like the crisis in Belleville, Ont., that left 23 people dead in just 48Continue Reading

White Coat Black Art26:30The toll of cannabis-induced psychosis When Kalpit Sharma started smoking cannabis, he thought it was just part of “living his life” as a university student. After all, he had been told that the drug was relatively harmless. That all changed in the summer of 2021, when he startedContinue Reading

Kit Sparrow was faced with two options when he sought out gender-affirming care: wait months for a specialist appointment, or pay out of pocket for a privately run, virtual service. The Ontario-based accessibility-technology engineer had spent years trying to understand his gender identity. Last March, he decided to visit hisContinue Reading

The Dose24:29How can I manage chronic back pain? Millions of people around the world suffer from chronic back pain everyday, often not knowing if they’ll ever recover. Pain specialist Dr. Brenda Lau offers advice on how you can manage chronic back pain, as well as some of the newer treatmentContinue Reading

White Coat Black Art Patients hate having to ask for them. Doctors don’t like writing them. And, increasingly, health-care providers are taking a stand against them. Employees with a cold or other common illness better served staying home and resting, experts say Some doctors and other health-care providers are pushingContinue Reading

White Coat Black Art26:30What this woman wants you to know about power of attorney When Dr. Mary Jarratt’s brother, Billy Jarratt, asked in 2018 if he could designate her as power of attorney in the event something should happen to him, she thought little of it.  Billy’s wife had justContinue Reading

White Coat Black Art A handful of new virtual cancer screening programs in British Columbia are connecting people who don’t have a family doctor with potentially life-saving treatment they may otherwise be missing out on. Virtual service connects people without a family doctor to potentially life-saving tests Jonathan Ore ·Continue Reading

The Dose23:52How do I know if I have undiagnosed adult ADHD? Edmonton resident Nikki Houde was 41 when she was formally diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). In November 2021, the middle school success coach was working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic, often finding her concentration drifting during video meetings,Continue Reading

White Coat Black Art It’s easy to use busy lives as excuses to skip workouts, but short bursts of intense physical activity can be a way to increase your daily movement to get the health benefits — without necessarily increasing the amount of time you spend working out.  Most peopleContinue Reading