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Health

Nadia’s story: I was a new mom having a heart attack on a bathroom floor

Mom and SCAD survivor, Nadia, with her three beautiful children.  As September approaches, SCAD survivor Nadia shares her story, and challenges you to advocate fo…
By Nadia Lappa

The unheard voices in Canada’s fight for equitable women’s healthcare

If you haven’t read our previous story in this series, that’s a good place to start. It explores the often-overlooked crisis in women's healthcare in Canada, highlighting…
By Tudor Robins
Jane Philpott

Jane Philpott has a prescription to fix Canada’s healthcare system — and it starts with primary care

Jane Philpott, Dean of Queen's Health Sciences For many Canadians, healthcare remains a top issue — and for good reason.  While it was never perfect, the pande…
By Lisa Thibodeau
Jane Philpott
lead tampons

What the internet lead-in-tampons frenzy reminded me about being a woman  

Your tampon has lead it in.  Oh, and also arsenic, cadmium, and god knows what else. That was the message I heard loud and clear when I opened my phone earlier…
By Lisa Thibodeau
lead tampons

Canada’s women’s health crisis: Unveiling the hidden struggles

When women suffer, so does everyone around them. That’s the tagline of the Hologic Global Women’s Health Index, which, developed in collaboration with international pu…
By Tudor Robins
Curated

‘Tampon shrinkflation’ is going viral: Are tampons actually getting smaller?

https://www.glamour.com/story/tampon-shrinkflation-are-tampons-getting-smaller
Curated

Women exposed to ‘forever chemicals’ may risk shorter breastfeeding duration

https://amp.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jun/26/women-breastfeeding-forever-chemicals
Curated

Why older women are hit hardest by deadly heatwaves

https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/climate-change/why-older-women-are-hit-hardest-by-deadly-heatwaves/78907902