Shingles vaccine is recommended for all adults 50 and over and for immunocompromised people over the age of 18. niageing.ca/reports/the-... via @niageing.ca

All Canadians should be eligible for a free shingles vaccine
Canada may not have a national health care system, but we should still have coherent national policies on essential issues like vaccination, by @picardonhealth.bsky.social
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Will We Ever Understand Dementia? For his latest book, “The Vanishing Family: Love, Fate and the Quest to End Dementia,” Robert Kolker researched the history of dementia science and embedded with neurologists and geneticists. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/10/s... via @nytimes.com

‘I want to do everything I can to head off dementia’: Why demand for the shingles vaccine is soaring. Could a drug intended to prevent painful rashes also protect our brains as we get older? by @iansample.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/society/2026... via @theguardian.com

Survivants des soins intensifs: L'émission Tout terrain nous fait découvrir une initiative de soutien destinée à ceux qui ont frôlé la mort, par Éric Plouffe ici.radio-canada.ca/info/long-fo... via @radiocanada.bsky.social @cusm-muhc.bsky.social

In the face of existential threats, solidarity, not security, is the only way to protect the world. Excerpt from the new book "Ebola, Bombs and Migrants," by @drejoanneliu.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... via @theglobeandmail.com #GlobalHealth

In the age of Ozempic, Thanksgiving looks a little different: From smaller portions and recipe tweaks to earlier dinner times, people taking GLP-1s are adapting Thanksgiving traditions to their new realities, by Dakshana Bascaramurty www.theglobeandmail.com/life/style/f... via @theglobeandmail.com

What a delightful surprise to have the inimitable @picardonhealth.bsky.social share the podcast @paulvandonkelaar.bsky.social and I got to participate in on behalf of @soarproject.bsky.social. Thank you! #braininjury #intimatepartnerviolence

Et si l’on devenait les champions mondiaux… de la ménopause ? Il n’est tout simplement pas normal que la ménopause demeure aussi négligée par le système de santé public, par Marie-Ève Fournier www.lapresse.ca/actualites/c... via @lapresse.ca

The Hidden Injury: Brain Trauma, Menopause, and the Fight to Protect Women's Minds. Q+A w/ Dr. Jenny Rabin of Sunnybrook; Karen Mason and Dr. Paul van Donkelaar of SOAR on the Fifth Wave podcast. www.spreaker.com/episode/the-... via @avisfavaro.bsky.social

Refusing MAID for mental disorders will come at a terrible cost. It's politically driven cowardice in the face of controversy surrounding an individual’s Charter rights of bodily autonomy, by Jean Marmoreo www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... via @theglobeandmail.com

Obituary: L. Ian MacDonald, former Mulroney speech writer and Gazette columnist, dies at 78. MacDonald worked "right at the centre of all those important moments" in Quebec and Canadian politics, by @renebruemmer.bsky.social montrealgazette.com/news/l-ian-m... via @mtlgazette.bsky.social #journalism

You have a higher chance of getting cancer at a younger age than your parents. So what went wrong? Some change in our lifestyles and environments over a generation has caused this increased risk, by @profdevisridhar.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... via @theguardian.com

11 things we learned about Terry Fox from Run Terry Run. New documentary draws on 96 reels of previously unseen footage, by @christinepags.bsky.social www.cbc.ca/news/enterta... via @cbcnews.ca

Flu season has arrived early. It may seem like everyone is getting sick right now, but does an early flu season mean a rougher one? As Canadians gather for Thanksgiving, how worried should we be? by @alexandramaej.bsky.social www.cbc.ca/news/health/... via @cbcnews.ca

Former CEO was dismissed in part for testimony that made organization look bad, Infoway says. Michael Green has filed wrongful dismissal suit alleging he was scapegoated for failure of PrescribeIT program, by @hannay.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/business/eco... via @theglobeandmail.com

Doctors who receive gifts or payments from companies prescribe drugs more frequently: Cochrane review finds corporate offerings have a ‘harmful effect on prescribing appropriateness,’ by @tuthanhha.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com

Routine childhood vaccination coverage remains below level needed for population immunity, report finds. Coverage rates fell during the COVID-19 pandemic and have not rebounded, by @alannasmith.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com

From the archives: The unbearable lightness of Anne Carson. She has been called the most exciting English-language poet in the world, by Sarah Hampson (2000) www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/the-unb... via @theglobeandmail.com

It’s well past time for Catholic hospitals to be secularized. Medicare needs to end its uncomfortable affiliation with religious institutions that routinely deny patients essential care, by @picardonhealth.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... via @theglobeandmail.com