New Medicine is a more involved, integrated approach to healthcare. Moira Gardener shows you how to build your New Medicine toolkit.
Softening, Engaging the Funny Bone and Expressing Gratitude: Three Friends’ Recipes for Dealing with Prostate Cancer
Three men. Three diagnoses of advanced prostate cancer. One message of gratitude. Three men in my life who I care about a lot have recently been diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer. Each is relatively young, none of them know each other, but they have all managed to embrace their circumstances and express amazing perspective and […]
A Night in the ER
A medical doctor used to think parents were slightly neurotic about their children’s symptoms until he had a child of his own and had to rush his own baby girl to the emergency room one night.
Life as a Medical Examiner
By turns tragic, fascinating, humourous and horrifying, the life of a Medical Examiner is never dull as former Medical Examiner George Burden reveals.
Lost Dreams of Motherhood
Three weeks after experiencing a miscarriage I have found that there is a deep silence surrounding the issue of pregnancy loss. In an attempt to fill the void I am sharing my own story in the hope that it will help others in their own journeys through grief and loss. Miscarriage is surprisingly common and yet the experience remains shrouded in mystery and misconceptions. Speaking out and shattering the silence is my own first step towards recovery.
Diary of a Disaster: 6 Months in the Gulf
In her “Diary of a Disaster: 6 Months in the Gulf”, Riki Ott, PhD discusses what it’s like to respond to an environmental and democratic crisis—and where we go from here.
Too Soon and Too Often: A GP Reflects on Cancer Diagnoses
Over the last six months I’ve diagnosed more cancer than in the previous five years. In one instance, a brother and sister, both in their 70s, were diagnosed with lung cancer within days of one another. Both were smokers (despite my frequent admonitions to quit) and both seemed unsurprised with the diagnosis. A third sister was just diagnosed with metastatic colon cancer and then the youngest sister, a diabetic, ended up in the CCU with a heart attack.
The Story of the “Toe-Twister”
An almost forgotten Canadian doctor was the pioneer of reflexology in North America.
Seeing the Light: A Message from My Grandmother?
When Steve Goldberg wakes up one night to see a surreal sparkling light in front of his eyes, it turns out to be an urgent wake-up call. He knows he has to get help — pronto!
Cholera: Ancient Threat, Modern Tragedy
Twelve suspected voodoo practitioners were secondary casualties of Haiti’s cholera epidemic when an angry mob hacked them to death, believing the outbreak to be the result of evil magic. Medical doctor George Burden take a look at cholera and its deadly toll today and through the ages.
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