André Picard @picardonhealth
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André Picard is the health columnist at The Globe and Mail and the author of six bestselling books. I share stories and opinion pieces from a broad range of publications. Shares are not endorsements.
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I was honoured and humbled to be invested into the Order of Canada by Her Excellency, Governor-General Mary Simon in the company of so many outstanding people. www.gg.ca/en/citations via @theglobeandmail.com #journalism
The French Secret to Healthier Eating. Making it easier to cook allows people to eat healthier, conveniently, by @juliabelluz.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/o... via @nytopinion.nytimes.com
Opinion | The French Secret to Healthier Eating
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December 14, 2025 at 4:27 PM
The French Secret to Healthier Eating. Making it easier to cook allows people to eat healthier, conveniently, by @juliabelluz.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/o... via @nytopinion.nytimes.com
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10 years of dignity for thalidomide survivors. A dangerous drug gave them a lifetime of disabilities. Hard-won compensation has made difficult days easier and more joyful – but some feel the 2015 settlement still falls short, by @erinanderssen.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/life/article...
Thalidomide survivors look back at 10 years of a more dignified life
A dangerous drug gave them a lifetime of disabilities. Hard-won compensation has made difficult days easier and more joyful – but some feel the 2015 settlement still falls short
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December 12, 2025 at 12:28 PM
10 years of dignity for thalidomide survivors. A dangerous drug gave them a lifetime of disabilities. Hard-won compensation has made difficult days easier and more joyful – but some feel the 2015 settlement still falls short, by @erinanderssen.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/life/article...
10 years of dignity for thalidomide survivors. A dangerous drug gave them a lifetime of disabilities. Hard-won compensation has made difficult days easier and more joyful – but some feel the 2015 settlement still falls short, by @erinanderssen.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/life/article...
Thalidomide survivors look back at 10 years of a more dignified life
A dangerous drug gave them a lifetime of disabilities. Hard-won compensation has made difficult days easier and more joyful – but some feel the 2015 settlement still falls short
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December 12, 2025 at 12:28 PM
10 years of dignity for thalidomide survivors. A dangerous drug gave them a lifetime of disabilities. Hard-won compensation has made difficult days easier and more joyful – but some feel the 2015 settlement still falls short, by @erinanderssen.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/life/article...
I was honoured and humbled to be invested into the Order of Canada by Her Excellency, Governor-General Mary Simon in the company of so many outstanding people. www.gg.ca/en/citations via @theglobeandmail.com #journalism
December 12, 2025 at 12:14 PM
I was honoured and humbled to be invested into the Order of Canada by Her Excellency, Governor-General Mary Simon in the company of so many outstanding people. www.gg.ca/en/citations via @theglobeandmail.com #journalism
Stimulant prescriptions for ADHD up sharply since 2015, especially among women, by @davidmcginn.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com
Stimulant prescriptions for ADHD up sharply since 2015, especially among women
Advocates say the fact women are getting treatment is good news, but there is concern some people are being misdiagnosed with the condition
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December 12, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Stimulant prescriptions for ADHD up sharply since 2015, especially among women, by @davidmcginn.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com
Quebec government and family doctors reach agreement in principle, putting contentious legislation on hold.
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Quebec government and family doctors reach agreement in principle, putting contentious legislation on hold
New deal to be presented to doctors on Friday before being put to a vote
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December 11, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Quebec government and family doctors reach agreement in principle, putting contentious legislation on hold.
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This morning, the GG will preside over an honours ceremony @ Rideau Hall celebrating new appointees to the Order of Canada and recipients of the Meritorious Service Decorations. Guest list includes filmmaker Xavier Dolan, @niknanos.bsky.social & @picardonhealth.bsky.social. Congratulations to all!
December 11, 2025 at 1:08 PM
This morning, the GG will preside over an honours ceremony @ Rideau Hall celebrating new appointees to the Order of Canada and recipients of the Meritorious Service Decorations. Guest list includes filmmaker Xavier Dolan, @niknanos.bsky.social & @picardonhealth.bsky.social. Congratulations to all!
Rise in late-stage prostate cancer raises concerns over testing. Q+A w/ @kellygrant1.bsky.social on #TheDecibel podcast.
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More prostate cancer cases diagnosed at Stage 4 in recent years, study finds
Official recommendations that discourage use of hotly debated screening test could be linked to increase, experts suggest
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December 11, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Rise in late-stage prostate cancer raises concerns over testing. Q+A w/ @kellygrant1.bsky.social on #TheDecibel podcast.
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After taking drastic steps on opioids, an Ontario city struggles to find its footing. Barrie declared a state of emergency to deal with overdose deaths and homelessness. Three months in, what have the city's efforts achieved? www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com
After taking drastic steps on opioids, an Ontario city struggles to find its footing
Barrie, Ont., declared a state of emergency to deal with overdose deaths and homelessness. Three months in, what have the city’s efforts achieved?
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December 10, 2025 at 1:41 PM
After taking drastic steps on opioids, an Ontario city struggles to find its footing. Barrie declared a state of emergency to deal with overdose deaths and homelessness. Three months in, what have the city's efforts achieved? www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com
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Will Quebec’s childcare model work in New York? Is it even still working in Quebec? It's worth examining what the province has done right and wrong in the past three decades, by @picardonhealth.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... via @theglobeandmail.com
Opinion: Will Quebec’s childcare model work in New York?
It’s worth examining what the province has done right, and wrong, in the past three decades
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December 9, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Will Quebec’s childcare model work in New York? Is it even still working in Quebec? It's worth examining what the province has done right and wrong in the past three decades, by @picardonhealth.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... via @theglobeandmail.com
Plans to lower training requirements for psychologists in Ontario worry clinicians, by @kkirkup.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com
Plans to lower training requirements for psychologists in Ontario worry clinicians
College of Psychologists and Behaviour Analysts says proposed changes would improve patient access
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December 10, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Plans to lower training requirements for psychologists in Ontario worry clinicians, by @kkirkup.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com
Should You Be Able to Ask a Doctor to Help You Die? More and more countries are legalizing medically assisted death. But, as the concept gains acceptance, there are difficult questions about who should be eligible, by @stephanienolen.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/interactive/... @nytimes.com #MAiD
Who Should Be Allowed a Medically Assisted Death?
More and more countries are legalizing medically assisted death. But even as the concept gains acceptance, there are difficult, unresolved questions about who should be eligible.
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December 9, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Should You Be Able to Ask a Doctor to Help You Die? More and more countries are legalizing medically assisted death. But, as the concept gains acceptance, there are difficult questions about who should be eligible, by @stephanienolen.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/interactive/... @nytimes.com #MAiD
Will Quebec’s childcare model work in New York? Is it even still working in Quebec? It's worth examining what the province has done right and wrong in the past three decades, by @picardonhealth.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... via @theglobeandmail.com
Opinion: Will Quebec’s childcare model work in New York?
It’s worth examining what the province has done right, and wrong, in the past three decades
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December 9, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Will Quebec’s childcare model work in New York? Is it even still working in Quebec? It's worth examining what the province has done right and wrong in the past three decades, by @picardonhealth.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... via @theglobeandmail.com
Ottawa to fast-track permanent residency for foreign doctors who have worked in Canada for more than a year over the past three years. www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art... via @theglobeandmail.com
Ottawa to fast-track foreign doctors’ permanent residency
Pathway will be opened next year for foreign physicians who have worked in Canada for more than a year over the past three years
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December 9, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Ottawa to fast-track permanent residency for foreign doctors who have worked in Canada for more than a year over the past three years. www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art... via @theglobeandmail.com
Ontario to fund hip and knee replacements at four private clinics. Province will spend $125-million over two years to add up to 20,000 orthopedic surgeries. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com
Ontario to fund hip and knee replacements at four private clinics
Ontario is spending $125-million over two years to add up to 20,000 orthopedic surgeries, Health Minister Sylvia Jones announced
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December 8, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Ontario to fund hip and knee replacements at four private clinics. Province will spend $125-million over two years to add up to 20,000 orthopedic surgeries. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com
The questions unanswered in Alberta’s health care procurement controversy. The province has called off negotiations for two private surgical facilities, but the mystery surrounding the government’s actions remains. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/edit... via @theglobeandmail.com
Globe editorial: The questions unanswered in Alberta’s health care procurement controversy
The province has called off negotiations for two private surgical facilities, but the mystery surrounding the government’s actions remains
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December 8, 2025 at 6:07 PM
The questions unanswered in Alberta’s health care procurement controversy. The province has called off negotiations for two private surgical facilities, but the mystery surrounding the government’s actions remains. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/edit... via @theglobeandmail.com
More Canadians have primary care now compared with 3 years ago, study finds. It’s estimated that 5.9 million people don’t have a family doctor or nurse practitioner, down from 6.5 million in 2022, by @kellygrant1.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com
More Canadians have primary care now compared with 3 years ago, study finds
It’s estimated that 5.9 million people don’t have a family doctor or nurse practitioner, down from 6.5 million in 2022
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December 8, 2025 at 1:28 PM
More Canadians have primary care now compared with 3 years ago, study finds. It’s estimated that 5.9 million people don’t have a family doctor or nurse practitioner, down from 6.5 million in 2022, by @kellygrant1.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com
Truth and reconciliation, 10 years later: Education got us into this mess. Will it get us out? We can't move on from the dark residential-school chapter of history until its lessons have been absorbed, by @tanyatalaga.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... via @theglobeandmail.com
Opinion: Truth and reconciliation, 10 years later: Education got us into this mess. Will it get us out?
Some Canadians may want us to move on from the dark residential-school chapter of this country’s history. But a decade after the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s final report was published, its l...
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December 7, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Truth and reconciliation, 10 years later: Education got us into this mess. Will it get us out? We can't move on from the dark residential-school chapter of history until its lessons have been absorbed, by @tanyatalaga.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... via @theglobeandmail.com
Why are diagnoses of ADHD soaring? There are no easy answers. Some say it’s overdiagnosis, others say it’s greater recognition. But it’s clear we must think about how our society is impacting human development, by Gabor Maté www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... via @theguardian.com
Why are diagnoses of ADHD soaring? There are no easy answers – but empathy is the place to start | Gabor Maté
Some say it’s overdiagnosis, others say it’s greater recognition. But it’s clear we must think about how our society is impacting human development, says author and retired physician Gabor Maté
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December 7, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Why are diagnoses of ADHD soaring? There are no easy answers. Some say it’s overdiagnosis, others say it’s greater recognition. But it’s clear we must think about how our society is impacting human development, by Gabor Maté www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... via @theguardian.com
They died because they were women.
December 6, 1989.
National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women. www.cbc.ca/montreal/fea...
December 6, 1989.
National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women. www.cbc.ca/montreal/fea...
December 6, 2025 at 3:59 PM
They died because they were women.
December 6, 1989.
National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women. www.cbc.ca/montreal/fea...
December 6, 1989.
National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women. www.cbc.ca/montreal/fea...
Panel that advises on U.S. vaccine policy votes to recommend a delay in birth dose of hepatitis B vaccine, overturning a 30-year-old policy that has contributed to a massive decline in cases of the virus, by @helenbranswell.bsky.social www.statnews.com/2025/12/05/c... via @statnews.com
CDC panel recommends delaying birth dose of hepatitis B vaccine
The CDC's ACIP panel voted to recommend delaying the birth dose of the hepatitis B vaccine, ending a policy that has reined in the virus.
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December 5, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Panel that advises on U.S. vaccine policy votes to recommend a delay in birth dose of hepatitis B vaccine, overturning a 30-year-old policy that has contributed to a massive decline in cases of the virus, by @helenbranswell.bsky.social www.statnews.com/2025/12/05/c... via @statnews.com
Liberals should get real with Canadians: Pharmacare, for now, is dead. But can you mourn something that never existed? by @robynurback.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... via @theglobeandmail.com
Opinion: Liberals should get real with Canadians: Pharmacare, for now, is dead
Perhaps Mark Carney is reluctant to admit to another election bait-and-switch
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December 5, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Liberals should get real with Canadians: Pharmacare, for now, is dead. But can you mourn something that never existed? by @robynurback.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... via @theglobeandmail.com
RFK Jr.’s Methodical Two-Decade Quest to Dismantle Vaccine Policy. U.S. health secretary has walled himself off from government scientists and empowered fellow activists to pursue his antivax agenda, by @sherylnyt.bsky.social @by-cjewett.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u... via @nytimes.com
Kennedy’s Methodical 2-Decade Quest to Dismantle Vaccine Policy
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December 4, 2025 at 4:59 PM
RFK Jr.’s Methodical Two-Decade Quest to Dismantle Vaccine Policy. U.S. health secretary has walled himself off from government scientists and empowered fellow activists to pursue his antivax agenda, by @sherylnyt.bsky.social @by-cjewett.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u... via @nytimes.com
More than half of Ontario doctors eyeing retirement in next five years, survey shows. With primary care in short supply, province tries to make family medicine more appealing, by @kellygrant1.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com @ontariosdoctors.bsky.social
More than half of Ontario doctors eyeing retirement in the next five years, survey shows
With primary care in short supply, province is trying to make family medicine more appealing
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December 4, 2025 at 3:15 AM
More than half of Ontario doctors eyeing retirement in next five years, survey shows. With primary care in short supply, province tries to make family medicine more appealing, by @kellygrant1.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com @ontariosdoctors.bsky.social
Ontario doctor ordered to pay back more than $600,000 for improperly billing for COVID-19 vaccinations argues in court for the decision to be reversed. Dr. Elaine Ma organized clinics outside her office, by @alannasmith.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com
Ontario doctor in court fighting order to repay province for improper COVID-19 vaccination billing
Dr. Elaine Ma, celebrated for helping thousands get vaccinated during the height of the pandemic, has been told to give back more than $600,000
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December 3, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Ontario doctor ordered to pay back more than $600,000 for improperly billing for COVID-19 vaccinations argues in court for the decision to be reversed. Dr. Elaine Ma organized clinics outside her office, by @alannasmith.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com