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Canada must explore use of psychedelics in mental-health treatment

by Paula Arab | Mar 3, 2022 | FREE content, Health, Science | 0

HEALTH: Mushrooms show long-term benefits in those who suffer from depression (FREE)

Turning your sense of failure into success

by Faith Wood | Aug 2, 2021 | Life, PREMIUM content | 0

LIFE: Believing you can’t do something won’t get problems solved. Find a way if you truly want a happy life (PREMIUM)

Alberta’s vaping bill fails to protect children, youth

by Juliet Guichon | Jun 12, 2020 | Eye on Alberta, FREE content, Health, Life | 0

JULIET GUICHON: The industry will now be popping champagne: no Alberta nicotine cap, no flavour ban

Why COVID-19 could make the overdose epidemic worse

by Special to Troy Media | May 30, 2020 | FREE content, Health, Life, Science | 0

HEALTH: Social isolation can be deadly for people struggling with addictions, says University of Alberta expert

You’ll never find a better excuse to quit smoking than COVID-19

by Juliet Guichon | Mar 31, 2020 | FREE content, Health, Life | 0

JULIET GUICHON: Recent wake-up calls began when a Chinese article reported smoking increased the risk of becoming sicker by 14 times

Canada mishandling mental illness crisis

by Susan Martinuk | Mar 27, 2020 | Eye on Newfoundland, Eye on Ontario, Eye on Saskatchewan, FREE content, Health | 0

SUSAN MARTINUK: Thousands of patients are on wait lists. Meanwhile, the human and economic costs of mental illness keep rising

Booze can trip up psychiatric diagnosis

by Dr. Paul Latimer | Mar 11, 2020 | Health, Life, PREMIUM content | 0

DR. PAL LATIMER: When intoxicated, people often exhibit signs that can resemble psychiatric conditions

Community-based programs can help reduce male suicide

by John Oliffe | Jan 10, 2020 | FREE content, Health | 0

JOHN OLIFFE and BRITNEY DENNISON: In Canada, men account for three out of every four suicides – with seven men dying by suicide every day – but our support programs fall short (FREE membership content)

Turning the tide on the harm of opioids

by Wendy Levinson | Dec 19, 2019 | FREE content, Health | 0

WENDY LEVINSON and LAURENT MARCOUX: Doctors must discuss pain management options with patients and not jump to the prescription pad for a quick fix (FREE membership content)

We must fight crime at its social roots

by Anil Anand | Dec 13, 2019 | Crime, Eye on Manitoba, FREE content, Politics/Law | 0

ANIL ANAND: The rash of liquor store robberies in Winnipeg says more about underlying social problems than it does about the effectiveness of police

Poverty, homelessness must be tackled by business

by David Fuller | Dec 6, 2019 | Business, Life, PREMIUM content | 0

BUSINESS: Not only does work help financially but it empowers people to take control of their lives and rise above poverty

The war on drugs must be fought at addiction’s social roots

by Anil Anand | Oct 30, 2019 | Health, Politics/Law, PREMIUM content | 0

ANIL ANAND: The answer to addiction will not be found in the industries of incarceration and prescription (PREMIUM content/Not yet a PREMIUM member? $19)