Condoms and wastewater testing: How public health is handling FIFA World Cup
As Toronto and Vancouver play host to the international soccer tournament, public health officials have been preparing for the influx of peo...
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20 of 63 episodesA camel, a fractured pelvis, and a travel insurance lesson
Carol Ann McDevitt spent two years looking forward to a trip to Egypt. But an accident on a camel ride completely changed her travel plans a...
The power of an exercise prescription
Calgary nurse and primary care behavioural health provider Rachel Fynn prescribes exercise as medicine. Through Alberta's Prescription to Ge...
Inside the Halifax hospital scanning for weapons
AI-powered weapons detectors now scan everyone entering the Halifax Infirmary, screening out everything from box-cutters to homemade throwin...
The permanent birth control surgery that may lower ovarian cancer risk
There's a surgery to remove the fallopian tubes as a permanent method of birth control that could also reduce a woman's risk of the most com...
Colorectal cancer's surprising Canadian hero
Canadians under 50 are twice as likely as prior generations to get colorectal cancer. In this encore episode, we met up with battle rapper B...
The rare disease treatment gap
Three million Canadians live with a rare disease, but many still struggle to get treatment. Jeremy Harany was diagnosed as a child with hypo...
The nurse practitioners who saved a clinic
So many Canadian small towns have lost their only doctor. But when this happened in Wembley, Alberta, two nurse practitioners stepped in tha...
Terry O'Reilly rates hospital ads
Canadian hospitals are increasingly relying on donor dollars to make up for government funding cuts. And from Ryan Reynolds’ lol-worthy “bra...
"We're number 2!" Why a Canadian hospital is boasting
Healthcare institutions rarely brag, but Toronto’s University Health Network is proudly advertising itself as the world’s #2 hospital and “C...
How Germany gets hip, knee surgeries done faster than Canada
Canadians in some provinces can wait years for a new hip or knee. In Germany, it can take just weeks. Transplanted Canadian Elizabeth Sandom...
ENCORE: Saving elderly patients from the hazards of the ER
It may seem counterintuitive, but hospital ERs can be risky for elderly patients, as the chaotic environment can quickly lead to delirium an...
Psilocybin is changing minds. Will it soon change the law?
“Pistol” Pete Pearson took ‘magic mushrooms’ illegally to ease his end-of-life distress, and is angry that Health Canada denied him access t...
Pistol Pete's psilocybin trip
"Pistol" Pete Pearson underwent psilocybin-assisted psychotherapy to ease his end-of-life distress, and calls it a game-changer. Rather than...
Psilocybin and accepting death
Pete Pearson, 74, is not ready to die. He was diagnosed six years ago with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, which has an average survival rate...
The demand for Canadian surrogates
Leanna Scott has always gone out of her way to help others — which is why she decided to become a surrogate. She carried a child for a coupl...
Lung cancer isn’t just for smokers
Lung cancer is Canada’s deadliest cancer—and about one in four cases now occur in people who have never smoked. Toronto father Winhan Wong k...
Unmasking AuDHD
Growing up, Mykayla Whitmarsh was told to make eye contact, sit still and laugh at friends’ jokes. Now 24, she’s part of a growing group of...
He was approved for MAID — but died waiting in a Catholic hospital
William Hume knew he was dying, which is why he applied and was approved for medical assistance in dying (MAID). But in his final days, his...
ENCORE: Primary care for all: Lessons from Denmark
Millions of Canadians are without a family doctor or nurse practitioner in Canada. But Denmark, a country where 98 per cent of its populatio...