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BEYOND LOCAL: How wide-awake diagnosis of sleep apnea could enable better surgical care, improve sleep

BEYOND LOCAL: How wide-awake diagnosis of sleep apnea could enable better surgical care, improve sleep

Obstructive sleep apnea is a common sleep disorder that often goes undiagnosed and untreated
BEYOND LOCAL: How communities can fight the stigma that isolates people with dementia

BEYOND LOCAL: How communities can fight the stigma that isolates people with dementia

Isolation and segregation create and reinforce another kind of barrier to those with dementia: stigma
ONTARIO: Province's family doctors want clear plan on their future COVID-19 vaccination role

ONTARIO: Province's family doctors want clear plan on their future COVID-19 vaccination role

Provincial officials say they hope to include more family care practitioners in the immunization campaign in an effort to reach residents still without first doses, slowly shift away from mass clinics
COVID-19: Better vaccine outreach to younger Canadians needed as first doses slow, says Tam

COVID-19: Better vaccine outreach to younger Canadians needed as first doses slow, says Tam

As of the end of June, more than 4.7 million Canadians between 12 and 39 years old had yet to get their first shot, about one-third of that entire population
OPINION: Supporting diversity in STEM would encourage innovative research

OPINION: Supporting diversity in STEM would encourage innovative research

Women from racialized communities in STEM education face the double bind of race and gender
First look at devastation for Lytton, B.C., residents who are homeless after wildfire

First look at devastation for Lytton, B.C., residents who are homeless after wildfire

Residents of devastated community return to their Fraser Canyon village for a first glimpse of what remains
OPINION: How plant-based diets could help prevent the next COVID-19

OPINION: How plant-based diets could help prevent the next COVID-19

Eating less animal proteins may help reduce the risk of future zoonotic viruses, researcher says
COVID-19: Canada monitoring 'whole slew' of variants, says chief public health officer

COVID-19: Canada monitoring 'whole slew' of variants, says chief public health officer

Latest variant of interest has popped up in Canada in small numbers, but 'it's too early to know how widespread it is or what impact it could have,' Tam says
COVID-19: Most Ontario youth experienced depression during pandemic, early data suggests

COVID-19: Most Ontario youth experienced depression during pandemic, early data suggests

More than half of 758 kids aged eight to 12, 70 per cent of 520 adolescents aged 13 to 18 reported significant depressive symptoms from February to March
OPINION: To create a better work environment after COVID-19, we must truly hear employees

OPINION: To create a better work environment after COVID-19, we must truly hear employees

While media coverage has been crucial in fuelling public discussions about the workplace, researchers say there’s a disconnect between the way media covered work issues during the pandemic and the stories workers felt were important for the public to understand