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Tue, 21 May 2013 00:43:05 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/03/a-matter-of-postal-codes-2/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/03/a-matter-of-postal-codes-2/#comments Sun, 03 Mar 2013 11:00:00 +0000 Ken MacQueen http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=355236 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/03/a-matter-of-postal-codes-2/feed/ 0 Groundbreaking study looks at life and death by neighbourhood http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/22/big-data-bad-science-on-sterioids/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/22/big-data-bad-science-on-sterioids/#comments Fri, 22 Feb 2013 21:02:42 +0000 Julia Belluz http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=352998 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/22/big-data-bad-science-on-sterioids/feed/ 0 Experts struggle with how to tell the signal from the noise http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/09/cleaning-out-your-bodys-closet/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/09/cleaning-out-your-bodys-closet/#comments Sat, 09 Feb 2013 12:00:00 +0000 Julia De Laurentiis Johnson http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=347420 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/09/cleaning-out-your-bodys-closet/feed/ 0 Juice-only detoxes are a growing trend -- much to the alarm of health practitioners http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/01/how-did-anti-vaccine-campaigner-jenny-mccarthy-earn-a-platform-at-an-fundraiser-for-cancer-care/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/01/how-did-anti-vaccine-campaigner-jenny-mccarthy-earn-a-platform-at-an-fundraiser-for-cancer-care/#comments Fri, 01 Feb 2013 14:55:28 +0000 Julia Belluz http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=345246 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/01/how-did-anti-vaccine-campaigner-jenny-mccarthy-earn-a-platform-at-an-fundraiser-for-cancer-care/feed/ 0 The anti-vaccine crusader has just been dropped from an Ottawa fundraiser. Science-ish asks why she was there in the first place http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/28/nothing-to-sneeze-at-2/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/28/nothing-to-sneeze-at-2/#comments Mon, 28 Jan 2013 19:00:00 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=341272 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/28/nothing-to-sneeze-at-2/feed/ 0 Kleenex 'sneeze shield' tissues cost 12 times as much as a regular box http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/21/lean-mean-twitter-machines/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/21/lean-mean-twitter-machines/#comments Mon, 21 Jan 2013 20:00:00 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=337999 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/21/lean-mean-twitter-machines/feed/ 0 The social network can help you lose weight, but are you willing to be honest with your followers? http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/17/what-is-known-and-not-known-about-your-flu-medication/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/17/what-is-known-and-not-known-about-your-flu-medication/#comments Thu, 17 Jan 2013 16:20:55 +0000 Julia Belluz http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=337525 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/17/what-is-known-and-not-known-about-your-flu-medication/feed/ 0 Julia Belluz explains why Canada's emergency stockpile of Tamiflu comes as no relief http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/15/global-disease-the-top-15-risk-factors/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/15/global-disease-the-top-15-risk-factors/#comments Sat, 15 Dec 2012 13:43:22 +0000 Amanda Shendruk http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=328597 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/15/global-disease-the-top-15-risk-factors/feed/ 0 High blood pressure, smoking, alcohol use, air pollution ... Amanda Shendruk on the latest from the Lancet http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/14/the-most-outrageous-attacks-on-science-2012/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/14/the-most-outrageous-attacks-on-science-2012/#comments Fri, 14 Dec 2012 15:48:08 +0000 Julia Belluz http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=327182 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/14/the-most-outrageous-attacks-on-science-2012/feed/ 0 Julia Belluz on Dr. Oz and coffee-related health claims http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/06/which-vitamins-and-supplements-actually-work/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/06/which-vitamins-and-supplements-actually-work/#comments Thu, 06 Dec 2012 17:02:13 +0000 Julia Belluz http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=323849 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/06/which-vitamins-and-supplements-actually-work/feed/ 0 St. John's wort makes the cut, but stop wasting your money on raspberry ketones http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/03/macleans-exclusive-canadas-first-class-action-lawsuit-involving-birth-defects-allegedly-caused-by-anti-depressents-gets-the-red-light/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/03/macleans-exclusive-canadas-first-class-action-lawsuit-involving-birth-defects-allegedly-caused-by-anti-depressents-gets-the-red-light/#comments Mon, 03 Dec 2012 21:38:58 +0000 Anne Kingston http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=322929 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/03/macleans-exclusive-canadas-first-class-action-lawsuit-involving-birth-defects-allegedly-caused-by-anti-depressents-gets-the-red-light/feed/ 0 Maclean's exclusive: Anne Kingston on today's ruling from the B.C. Supreme Court http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/30/the-13-biggest-health-and-science-questions-facing-the-nation/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/30/the-13-biggest-health-and-science-questions-facing-the-nation/#comments Fri, 30 Nov 2012 15:52:21 +0000 Julia Belluz http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=321371 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/30/the-13-biggest-health-and-science-questions-facing-the-nation/feed/ 0 A Science-ish questionnaire put to our Federal Health Minister and two Health Critics http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/30/uncut-replies-from-the-science-ish-questionnaire/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/30/uncut-replies-from-the-science-ish-questionnaire/#comments Fri, 30 Nov 2012 15:50:04 +0000 Julia Belluz http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=321820 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/30/uncut-replies-from-the-science-ish-questionnaire/feed/ 0 From the Hon. Leona Aglukkaq, the Hon. Hedy Fry and the Hon. Libby Davies http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/23/the-senates-ccsvi-sideshow/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/23/the-senates-ccsvi-sideshow/#comments Fri, 23 Nov 2012 21:51:32 +0000 Anne Kingston http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=318414 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/23/the-senates-ccsvi-sideshow/feed/ 0 Did you miss The Senate's CCSVI sideshow? Read this http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/20/canadas-drug-problems/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/20/canadas-drug-problems/#comments Wed, 21 Nov 2012 03:37:23 +0000 Erica Alini http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=316771 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/20/canadas-drug-problems/feed/ 0 Opioid addiction, transparency, clinical trials, post-marketing surveillance, Pharmacare http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/20/a-route-to-recovery/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/20/a-route-to-recovery/#comments Tue, 20 Nov 2012 20:40:01 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=314733 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/20/a-route-to-recovery/feed/ 0 William Moyers was plucked from the point of no return because his family never gave up http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/20/a-national-embarrassment-2/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/20/a-national-embarrassment-2/#comments Tue, 20 Nov 2012 10:10:01 +0000 Anne Kingston http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=314669 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/20/a-national-embarrassment-2/feed/ 0 Why does Canada trail U.S. and EU in protecting citizens from dangerous meds? http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/14/burger-please-and-a-glass-of-beaujolais/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/14/burger-please-and-a-glass-of-beaujolais/#comments Wed, 14 Nov 2012 18:30:01 +0000 Kate Lunau http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=312500 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/14/burger-please-and-a-glass-of-beaujolais/feed/ 0 How to survive the restaurant meal’s health horrors: slow down http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/13/the-medical-lottery/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/13/the-medical-lottery/#comments Tue, 13 Nov 2012 17:42:01 +0000 Julia Belluz http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=312502 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/13/the-medical-lottery/feed/ 0 A look at the highest and lowest rates of surgery in the country http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/13/its-not-all-in-your-genes/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/13/its-not-all-in-your-genes/#comments Tue, 13 Nov 2012 12:00:01 +0000 Ken MacQueen http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=312504 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/13/its-not-all-in-your-genes/feed/ 0 The largest study of centenarians in the world can teach the rest of us about living longer, healthier lives http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/12/the-wealth-health-paradox/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/12/the-wealth-health-paradox/#comments Mon, 12 Nov 2012 15:52:01 +0000 Anne Kingston http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=312498 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/12/the-wealth-health-paradox/feed/ 0 The new health-wealth paradox http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/27/thirty-seven-and-counting/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/27/thirty-seven-and-counting/#comments Sat, 27 Oct 2012 12:00:01 +0000 Kate Lunau http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=306882 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/27/thirty-seven-and-counting/feed/ 0 The harsh reality of women's fertility decline http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/11/a-conspiracy-to-lower-birth-rates/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/11/a-conspiracy-to-lower-birth-rates/#comments Thu, 11 Oct 2012 18:56:41 +0000 Julia Belluz http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=300780 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/11/a-conspiracy-to-lower-birth-rates/feed/ 0 Science-ish looks at the news terrifying soon-to-be parents http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/04/science-ish-takes-your-vaccine-questions/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/04/science-ish-takes-your-vaccine-questions/#comments Thu, 04 Oct 2012 22:50:39 +0000 Erica Alini http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=300170 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/04/science-ish-takes-your-vaccine-questions/feed/ 0 You ask, we'll get you the answers http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/04/do-surgical-checklists-save-lives-yes-or-no-check-one/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/04/do-surgical-checklists-save-lives-yes-or-no-check-one/#comments Thu, 04 Oct 2012 15:59:33 +0000 Erica Alini http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=298904 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/04/do-surgical-checklists-save-lives-yes-or-no-check-one/feed/ 0 Science-ish looks at the evidence on doctors ticking boxes http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/27/fat-but-fit/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/27/fat-but-fit/#comments Thu, 27 Sep 2012 17:00:01 +0000 Kate Lunau http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=295295 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/27/fat-but-fit/feed/ 0 Surprisingly, some obese people seem to be as metabolically healthy as their normal-weight peers http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/26/did-doctor-warnings-reduce-car-crashes/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/26/did-doctor-warnings-reduce-car-crashes/#comments Wed, 26 Sep 2012 21:54:20 +0000 Erica Alini http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=296784 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/26/did-doctor-warnings-reduce-car-crashes/feed/ 0 Science-ish puts a media release under the microscope http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/26/hunger-games/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/26/hunger-games/#comments Wed, 26 Sep 2012 15:50:01 +0000 Ken MacQueen http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=295301 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/26/hunger-games/feed/ 0 Eating less, a lot less, may not be the secret to a long life after all http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/25/better-than-steroids/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/25/better-than-steroids/#comments Tue, 25 Sep 2012 15:33:01 +0000 Ken MacQueen http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=295299 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/25/better-than-steroids/feed/ 0 Stanford University's cooling glove speeds recovery and improves athletic performance drastically http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/24/a-ticking-time-bomb/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/24/a-ticking-time-bomb/#comments Mon, 24 Sep 2012 15:40:01 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=295297 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/24/a-ticking-time-bomb/feed/ 0 One man’s frank account of how heart problems sent him into a physical and psychological free fall http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/18/is-facebook-really-helping-to-solve-the-donor-crisis/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/18/is-facebook-really-helping-to-solve-the-donor-crisis/#comments Tue, 18 Sep 2012 21:02:04 +0000 Erica Alini http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=294866 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/18/is-facebook-really-helping-to-solve-the-donor-crisis/feed/ 0 As the donor tool comes to Canada, Science-ish investigates http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/14/are-we-in-for-another-doctor-exodus-to-the-u-s/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/14/are-we-in-for-another-doctor-exodus-to-the-u-s/#comments Fri, 14 Sep 2012 18:52:38 +0000 Erica Alini http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=293692 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/14/are-we-in-for-another-doctor-exodus-to-the-u-s/feed/ 0 Science-ish looks at the evidence on what it takes for a Canadian MD to leave http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/08/14/sir-michael-marmot-on-why-all-matters-are-health-matters/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/08/14/sir-michael-marmot-on-why-all-matters-are-health-matters/#comments Tue, 14 Aug 2012 21:39:35 +0000 Erica Alini http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=283766 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/08/14/sir-michael-marmot-on-why-all-matters-are-health-matters/feed/ 0 Q&A: How social inequalities affect health and the limits of doctors' ability to fight illness http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/08/13/as-cma-meets-in-yellowknife-incoming-president-tackles-health-inequality/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/08/13/as-cma-meets-in-yellowknife-incoming-president-tackles-health-inequality/#comments Mon, 13 Aug 2012 14:20:23 +0000 Julia Belluz http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=283418 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/08/13/as-cma-meets-in-yellowknife-incoming-president-tackles-health-inequality/feed/ 0 Q&A: Dr. Anna Reid talks to Julia Belluz about inequality, the status of physicians and the need for the federal government to join the conversation http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/08/09/a-science-ish-guide-to-self-diagnosis-on-the-web/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/08/09/a-science-ish-guide-to-self-diagnosis-on-the-web/#comments Thu, 09 Aug 2012 14:32:51 +0000 Erica Alini http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=281968 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/08/09/a-science-ish-guide-to-self-diagnosis-on-the-web/feed/ 0 Dr. Google needn't scare you for nothing http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/08/02/can-mass-hiv-testing-really-end-aids/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/08/02/can-mass-hiv-testing-really-end-aids/#comments Thu, 02 Aug 2012 18:20:54 +0000 Julia Belluz http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=279451 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/08/02/can-mass-hiv-testing-really-end-aids/feed/ 0 Science-ish examine's B.C.'s proposal http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/07/27/the-link-between-the-taliban-polio-and-you/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/07/27/the-link-between-the-taliban-polio-and-you/#comments Fri, 27 Jul 2012 21:10:23 +0000 Erica Alini http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=276733 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/07/27/the-link-between-the-taliban-polio-and-you/feed/ 0 A Science-ish Q&A, plus our INFOGRAPHIC showing how the disease could spread again in Canada http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/07/19/should-we-make-surgeons-get-tested-for-hiv-hep-b-and-hep-c/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/07/19/should-we-make-surgeons-get-tested-for-hiv-hep-b-and-hep-c/#comments Thu, 19 Jul 2012 13:00:15 +0000 Erica Alini http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=275051 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/07/19/should-we-make-surgeons-get-tested-for-hiv-hep-b-and-hep-c/feed/ 0 Science-ish looks at the evidence on infected doctors http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/07/19/when-a-doctor-has-hep-c/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/07/19/when-a-doctor-has-hep-c/#comments Thu, 19 Jul 2012 10:53:01 +0000 Julia Belluz http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=273604 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/07/19/when-a-doctor-has-hep-c/feed/ 0 Fear of transmission from physician to patient has some regulators taking no chances http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/07/11/consumerism-affected-by-menstrual-cycle/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/07/11/consumerism-affected-by-menstrual-cycle/#comments Wed, 11 Jul 2012 18:26:39 +0000 Scaachi Koul http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=273255 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/07/11/consumerism-affected-by-menstrual-cycle/feed/ 0 Study shows women may eat more and gussy themselves up at certain times of the month http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/06/25/the-silent-treatment-how-canada-has-failed-ms-sufferers/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/06/25/the-silent-treatment-how-canada-has-failed-ms-sufferers/#comments Mon, 25 Jun 2012 21:29:19 +0000 Anne Kingston http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=268911 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/06/25/the-silent-treatment-how-canada-has-failed-ms-sufferers/feed/ 0 Internal documents show why Canada has not kept its promise to accelerate contentious clinical trials for MS http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/06/15/does-how-we-pay-health-care-workers-affect-how-they-treat-us/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/06/15/does-how-we-pay-health-care-workers-affect-how-they-treat-us/#comments Fri, 15 Jun 2012 15:06:45 +0000 Erica Alini http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=267611 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/06/15/does-how-we-pay-health-care-workers-affect-how-they-treat-us/feed/ 0 Science-ish looks at the evidence on pay models and health care http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/06/08/caitlin-cronenbergs-pop-up-photo-exhibit-exposes-truths-about-ms/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/06/08/caitlin-cronenbergs-pop-up-photo-exhibit-exposes-truths-about-ms/#comments Fri, 08 Jun 2012 20:16:58 +0000 Anne Kingston http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=262705 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/06/08/caitlin-cronenbergs-pop-up-photo-exhibit-exposes-truths-about-ms/feed/ 0 The dream-like images were commissioned by a PR firm that represents Novartis Canada, makers of a controversial MS drug http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/06/07/fighting-scary-vaccine-stories-with-scarier-ones/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/06/07/fighting-scary-vaccine-stories-with-scarier-ones/#comments Thu, 07 Jun 2012 21:11:43 +0000 Erica Alini http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=264814 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/06/07/fighting-scary-vaccine-stories-with-scarier-ones/feed/ 0 Skepticism over shots is making doctors more PR savvy http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/31/lessons-from-a-year-of-science-ish/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/31/lessons-from-a-year-of-science-ish/#comments Thu, 31 May 2012 22:28:44 +0000 Erica Alini http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=262703 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/31/lessons-from-a-year-of-science-ish/feed/ 0 Mind the gap between research and reporting