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CBC Radio's Dr. Brian Goldman takes listeners through the swinging doors of hospitals and doctors' offices, behind the curtain where the gurney lies.

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A unique medical team in the UK is able to treat hospitalized patients in their own homes. The team can make a diagnosis in the field, so they can offer treatment on the spot. The result? They're providing the same volume and complexity of care as a 20-bed ward, active 24/7. And it’s cheaper.
As a rapper, Bishop Brigante is no stranger to on-stage battles. Now, the 45-year-old is battling Stage 4 colon cancer, which he says was caught too late. Bishop wants Canadians to have easier access to colonoscopies and says advocacy has given him newfound purpose.
The burden of loneliness on seniors is real and well-documented. That’s why med students at McMaster University in Ontario are visiting a seniors’ home one Saturday a month… not with clipboards, but with emery boards. With manicures comes conversation – helping seniors feel less isolated, and helping med students “polish up” on their soft skills.
Receiving a cancer diagnosis and trying to weave through the health-care system can be confusing and frustrating. That’s where cancer patient navigators come in. They’re the person who takes your calls and listens when it seems like no one else will, and they’re the nurse who wants the best for their patients. They're not available to everyone in Canada — but both navigators and their patients think they should be.
Manitoba nurse Jennifer Noone was assaulted outside her hospital’s staff entrance, leaving her with a concussion and PTSD. She took the unusual step of having her assailant charged with assault. Now, she’s advocating for better protection against violence in hospitals, which nurses' unions say is on the rise. 
Dr. Kate Greenaway is devoted to providing gender-affirming care to the trans and nonbinary folks who desperately need it. But with ever-increasing wait times and a lack of funding, she’s done something she never thought she’d do: go private. And as this care falls increasingly under threat in Canada, Kit Sparrow explains how Dr. Greenaway’s clinic saved his life – even though he feels he should have never had to pay for it.
People with complex medical needs are welcome at Centretown Community Health Centre in Ottawa, one of about 120 CHCs across Canada. Teamwork by nurses, dietitians and others frees up family physicians to focus on patients, not paperwork.
When Kalpit Sharma started smoking high-THC weed several times a day, he thought he was just “living his life” as a university student. But then, he started hearing voices. Researcher Dr. Daniel Myran shares the science behind stories like Kalpit’s – and why young men are particularly at risk for concerning mental health outcomes.
Women are advocating for regular breast cancer screening to begin at age 40, pushing back against the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care guidelines that recommend starting at age 50. They’re fighting for their voices to be heard, as the taskforce reviews its guidelines.
Patients don't like waiting in a clinic or ER to get them, doctors hate writing them, and yet, some employers continue to demand sick notes for a minor illness like the flu or a cold. Now, some doctors and other health-care providers are pushing back. They say sick notes tie up an already overloaded system, arguing that more paid sick days are needed instead.
Twenty years after her daughter died, Winnipegger Elaine Stevenson is still fighting to get people better and faster treatment for eating disorders. Roughly a million Canadians have been diagnosed with an eating disorder, and as many as 15 percent will die because of it. Despite that, wait lists for treatment in Canada can be over a year, and it's not offered in every province.
When Mary Jarratt's brother, Billy, had a debilitating stroke at 58, she was thrown into the role of Power of Attorney. She had to make tough decisions about his care, the care of his teenaged son and whether to sell the family home. She wants people to know what they’re getting into when they sign up to be a POA.
Tara de Pratto donated part of her liver to a stranger, saving her life. The recipient was Farah Ali, and she and her family will never forget that act of kindness. In this second episode on living donors, we hear how Tara responded to a unique callout for a donor on social media, thanks to one woman’s passion for connecting donors with people in need. And how it led to a powerful bond between people whose paths might never have otherwise crossed.
Sherbrooke Community Centre’s intergenerational program, iGen, is unique in Canada. The long-term-care home in Saskatoon doubles as a Grade Six classroom and is helping both kids and seniors.
The Gift of Life

The Gift of Life

2023-12-2227:53

In this season of bearing gifts, it’s been said the highest form of giving is the anonymous kind. Heather Badenoch knows that very well. She donated part of her liver to a child she never met in Toronto. Now she uses her communications skills to recruit donors for people in need of an organ. In two weeks, we’ll have the story of one of the families she has helped.
B.C. family physician Dr. Stuart Bax co-founded the virtual cancer screening service CanScreenBC.com to get people checked as early as possible so they don't end up getting a cancer diagnosis too late.
The Alberta government is about to change health care like never before. It’s taking what’s been administered exclusively by Alberta Health Services and breaking it up into four independent parts: acute care, primary care, continuing care and mental health and addiction. Doctors and nurses, patients and experts are worried what this new healthcare system could look like for patient care. One health economist calls it a "train wreck."
You wouldn’t expect to find an overdose response and prevention team at a library. But Edmonton’s flagship library is going next level to take care of some of its most vulnerable citizens. They also have a team of social workers and other programs because their community needs are growing.
Dr. Maureen Mayhew didn't always want to practice medicine in Afghanistan. When Doctors Without Borders offered her a nine-month contract to work there in 2000, Mayhew initially turned it down, only accepting after careful consideration. That began an almost decade-long connection with the country, which Mayhew captures in her book, Hand on My Heart: A Canadian Doctor's Awakening in Afghanistan. Though her work there was challenging, it changed both her outlook on medicine and her relationship with herself.
30-year-old Aisha Uduman was diagnosed with a rare form of brain cancer and told her life expectancy was less than a year. But she and her family wanted more than the treatment plan her doctors could provide, so they sought out promising alternative treatments.
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Feb 22nd
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Peggy Lowe

The nurse interviewed mentions that people aren't getting vaccinat3d because there are very loud people spreading misinformation. Would love to know his thoughts on the doctors and nurses who ate part of that loud group? what do you feel, do or say when it is your own colleagues that are basically shooting you in the foot?

Oct 5th
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Penka Stoyanova

Excellent podcast! These two are amazing people!

Feb 3rd
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C W

He brought a knife to a gun fight...yet, he's still alive. This pro gun rhetoric has to stop...skip.

Jan 8th
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That one Guy

I never subscribed to this. wth?

Sep 8th
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Ron Smallwood

We adopted two brothers when they were 5 & 6. Both had FASD which I diagnosed even though they had been in foster care for over 2 years. (I studied special education in masters program). I had educational experience and credentials needed to help my sons through school. Their teachers and schools didn't have the programs or even basic understanding of their disorder. Fortunately the social problems were minor. Both are on their own now doing relatively well. I don't know how parents without my background can raise their children.

Apr 1st
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Ron Smallwood

My doctor has gone part-time and my care has improved. He is happier, rested and seems to be providing better care. I know his schedule so I can plan my appointments without any problems. If I need to come in when he isn't there, I know my records are complete and he can be reached if needed. (Often the "on call" doctor I get is one I've met before because my doctor always has a student doctor he is training.) I'm a retired college instructor. I have had a great career. My only regret is that I didn't spend more time with my kids when they were young. I'm glad my doctor is smarter than me!

Feb 23rd
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Wyatt Murdoch

some of CBC's best. can't imagine a Canada without the CBC

Dec 19th
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Laurie Landry

I continue to struggle and manage PTSD 5 years after having a stem cell transplant. It was a final intervention in a complicated 5 year ordeal with Myelofibrosis that had been caused by radiation exposure in my job as a radiation therapist several years prior. WSBC has finally placed me in an excellent rehab program in Vancouver. I am finally feeling a shift inside me that feels like happiness. It has been worth it all to still be here with my young family.

Jul 23rd
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F D

Fantastic episode! I think the point about "taking womens' pain seriously" is the key. In my experience too, complaints about abdominal pain related to menstruation are largely pooh-poohed even by otherwise excellent female physicians. Probably this is due to the systemic discrimination in medical training and research. The same is true of other female complaints, such as the impact hot flashes and other menopausal syptoms can have yet there appears to be virtually no research or awareness campaigning being done on the causes, prevention or possible treatments. I camnot imagine that if men suffered from issues which left them incapacitated by untreatable pain for 30 to 50 days per year, (like period pain can do), for decades of their lives, that it would be condidered anything short of an epidemiological crisis. Thank you for this podcast.

Mar 25th
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Kim Schellenberg

I was so surprised to hear the Dr. say this was the First M.A.I.D. he had attended. That is sad, but understandable, as this is such a private event for the family. How would it feel to have a journalist, a stranger, amongst you all at that time? There must have been a lot of discussion between all involved before this interview, this observance, could occur. I am So Proud of CBC for shining a warm & caring light on this subject, for it needs to be heard.

Jan 26th
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