White Coat, Black Art
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Pap parties, hugs and primary care for Black women
October 2, 2026 · 27 minFor Black women in Nova Scotia, getting basic health care can be a real struggle – so the Nova Scotia Sisterhood, a primary care clinic in Dartmouth, takes a different approach. Detailed intakes lead to everything from cancer screening to…
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When Canadians go abroad for surgery, who should pay?
September 25, 2026 · 27 minFarley Yuras, 74, traveled to Poland to have both knees replaced after the wait in Edmonton became unbearable. He and his wife say that because of long delays, Alberta should reimburse people who leave the country for medically necessary…
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She's a doctor with MS. Why is that a problem?
September 18, 2026 · 27 minDr. Erin Norris used to hide her multiple sclerosis to preserve her career as a rheumatologist. She was following an unspoken rule in medicine: either you practice at 100%, or you can’t practice at all. Yet one in five Canadian MDs…
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Why U.S. nurses are moving north
September 11, 2026 · 27 minMinnesota nurse Shane Tyson was frustrated by patients going without care because they couldn’t afford medication, and shaken by an ICE arrest at his hospital. Meanwhile, Canada needs nurses – and when Tyson saw B.C. was recruiting, he…
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Becoming the doctor her community needs
September 4, 2026 · 27 minGurleen Kaur Chahal is one of the inaugural students at Toronto Metropolitan University’s new Peel Region medical school, designed to serve the area’s diverse population. In this encore episode, she shares her determination to be part of…
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She left family practice. Now she’s teaching doctors to avoid burnout.
August 28, 2026 · 27 minAfter 25+ years as a family physician, Dr. Fan-Wah Mang closed her practice because she burned out. Now, she’s at Humber River Hospital in Toronto, teaching the next generation of family doctors how to avoid the pitfalls that made her…
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How a chef and a surgeon are reinventing hospital meals
August 21, 2026 · 27 minWhen Ned Bell’s wife was recovering from cancer surgery at Vancouver General Hospital, the unappetizing food she was served left a bad taste in his mouth. So the five-star chef teamed up with her surgeon to rethink patient meals. In this…
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AI conversations gone too far
August 14, 2026 · 27 minAllan Brooks tumbled down a ChatGPT rabbit hole after an innocuous question about pi. Three weeks and 7,000 prompts later, he emerged from a 300-hour spiral. In this encore episode, psychiatrist Dr. Keith Sakata, who examines the…