White Coat, Black Artwith Dr. Brian Goldman

To sustain Canada's health-care system, most births should be in the hands of midwives and family doctors, leaving obstetricians to attend births requiring more complex care, says Dr. Michael Klein.

Popular in Australia and England, cancer coaching is just starting to gain a toehold in Canada.

Last week, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control reported a small surge in cases of a mysterious disease in children. More than 60 cases of the polio-like illness have been confirmed in 22 U.S. states in recent weeks. Now, doctors at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto say they’re seeing cases in Canada.

Jocelyn Maffin says she was never asked about her sexual health as a young woman, and as a result she was never offered contraception, information about STIs or an HPV vaccine - omissions she believes are related to the fact that she has a disability.

Why the legalization of marijuana may make it less addictive and more myth busting

The lowdown on getting high from CBC's White Coat, Black Art.

Maggie Silver tells what happened when the U.S. Centers for Disease Control almost broke the internet with a disaster-preparedness campaign based on the zombie apocalypse.

The 200th anniversary of Frankenstein is being celebrated at Stanford University this year. Anesthesiologist Audrey Shafer tells us what the Frankenstein story can teach today's doctors.

Dr. Michael Green teaches a comics in medicine course at Penn State College. He says med students create zombie comics as a way of describing the miseries of life as a resident.

This week: The surprising intersection between the worlds of medicine and monsters.

When former nurse Elizabeth Wettlaufer murdered vulnerable patients in Ontario nursing homes, she did more than leave a trail of shock and grief behind — she exposed serious cracks in the long-term care system.

Dr. Goldman talks to Emmy Award-winning actor Alan Alda. While best known for his role on MASH, he's forged another career as an expert communicator, helping doctors relate better to patients. He also talks about his new podcast and his diagnosis of Parkinson's disease.

What do you most want to know from medical experts as Canada moves to legalize recreational cannabis?

More than half of women have dense breast tissue. The more dense it is, the more difficult it is for a mammogram to detect cancer. And even though mammograms reveal breast density, most women aren't told about it.

Looking to the tiny European nation for feedback on Canada's impending legalization. Spoiler alert: they've got serious concerns.

Dr. Brian Goldman travels to Iceland to find out how they turned around a culture of binge-drinking among youth, and discovers what we can learn from their incredible public health turnaround, just as Canada prepares to legalize cannabis.

It took a crisis in her personal life to get Dr. Shelly Dev to admit that she was burned out. Now she's challenging other doctors to come forward with their experiences.

Maggie Silver tells what happened when the U.S. Centers for Disease Control almost broke the internet with a disaster-preparedness campaign based on the zombie apocalypse.

The 200th anniversary of Frankenstein is being celebrated at Stanford University this year. Anesthesiologist Audrey Shafer tells us what the Frankenstein story can teach today's doctors.

Dr. Michael Green teaches a comics in medicine course at Penn State College. He says med students create zombie comics as a way of describing the miseries of life as a resident.