Tucked along the edge of the frigid James Bay, Moosonee stands as one of Northern Ontario’s most remote and storied communities—a place often referred to as the “Gateway to the Arctic.” While towns like Thunder Bay or Rainy River echo…
Category: Conditions
Pain is more than physical: the story your body is trying to tell
Pain is a signal. It gets our attention. It arrests, alarms, and demands we listen. C.S. Lewis wrote in the problem of pain: “God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our conscience, but shouts in our pain: it is His megaphone to rouse a de…
Pain is more than physical: the story your body is trying to tell
Pain is a signal. It gets our attention. It arrests, alarms, and demands we listen. C.S. Lewis wrote in the problem of pain: “God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our conscience, but shouts in our pain: it is His megaphone to rouse a de…
Why sleep is the missing pillar in modern health care
Sleep is not a luxury — it’s a fundamental pillar of health on par with diet and exercise. As we enter a new era of sleep, people are more aware than ever before of how rest impacts their overall health. We are at an inflection point where sleep …
How a family’s strength led to a successful kidney transplant
An excerpt from The Healthy Kidney Handbook: A Comprehensive Guide to Manage Hypertension, Control Stress, and Prevent Renal Failure, Kidney Disease, and More. A good friend and neighbor of mine is a kidney transplant survivor, and I wanted to thoughtf…
Beyond the TikTok hype: Rebuilding trust in evidence-based weight loss medicine
A woman sat nervously in front of me, eyes wide, voice low. “I saw this video on TikTok,” she said. “Now I’m not sure I want to try it.” “It” was semaglutide—one of the most transformative medications we’…
How deep transcranial magnetic stimulation is transforming mental health care
As a psychiatrist deeply committed to my patients’ well-being, there are moments etched into my memory—moments of profound suffering, struggle, and ultimately, redemption. I vividly recall Sarah (name changed for confidentiality), a 45-year-old t…
Nurses aren’t eating their young — we’re starving the profession
I know what I’m about to say is unpopular, and maybe even controversial within our field — but I need to say it. I’ve been a nurse for 18 years. I care deeply about my patients, and I care about the future of this profession. But I’m …
What if medicine had an exit interview?
They left quietly. Logged their last note. Disconnected their badge. Maybe cleared out a drawer, maybe not. And just like that, another clinician walked away from medicine. No exit interview. No debrief. No conversation about what led up to that final …
Finding healing in narrative medicine: When words replace silence
Hidden in the darkness of the heart or in the blinding headlights of the world, thoughts transformed into words seek to escape. They long to be heard, and absorbed by others. However, these words must first find the courage to be expressed, released fr…
