Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchWhy an ER doctor spoke up — and sued
B.C. emergency room physician Dr. Kaitlin Stockton took the rare step of suing her regional health authority, alleging her job was threatened after s…
4 months, 1 week ago
Desperate measures: Behind Quebec’s unprecedented healthcare reforms
Quebec family doctors have struck a tentative agreement with the province, but Dr. Marina Lagodich has made up her mind. When the CAQ government rush…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Testicles outrank ovaries—and other reasons women wait so long for gynecologic surgery
Ottawa family physician Dr. Nili Kaplan-Myrth faced a long wait for surgery after post-menopausal bleeding, and has seen her patients endure the same…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
The air rescue team reinventing first responder support
Miles Randell, an advanced care paramedic, is trying to do something different for frontline health-care workers who need a supportive work environme…
5 months ago
This Vancouver hospital is transforming addiction treatment
Dr. Paxton Bach has spent years trying to help people navigate a broken system. Inconsistent approaches to withdrawal management, long wait times for…
5 months, 1 week ago
ENCORE: Virtual doctors for real ERs
Like many of Canada’s rural and remote communities, Mackenzie, B.C.’s hospital struggles to staff the ER. But once a week, a doctor hundreds of kilom…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
How to make a health-care complaint and get results
When care at a hospital or clinic falls short for you or a loved one, how do you raise concerns that get results? We asked listeners for stories abou…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
Diabetes care on wheels
Until recently, Jeremy Auger’s diabetes was unstable. Then he met endocrinologist Dr. David Campbell and the team with the diabetes mobile clinic in …
6 months ago
One in three Canadians is obese, and it’s not about willpower
Obesity has more than tripled in Canada since 1981. In their new book “Food Intelligence,” Canadian co-authors Julia Belluz and Kevin Hall - an award…
6 months, 1 week ago
BONUS: He was censored by the U.S. government. What that means for food research
More with Kevin Hall! Until recently, Hall was the U.S. National Institutes of Health’s key researcher on the connection between ultra-processed food…
6 months, 1 week ago