As we continue our series on The Care Gap – Rethinking Women’s Health in Medicine, this fourth chapter examines a disturbing phenomenon known as medical gaslighting and how intersecting forms of discrimination (such as race, socioeconomic status, and other implicit biases), compound the challenges faced by women seeking medical care. Medical Gaslighting In 2023, the …
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In this third installment of our series, The Care Gap – Rethinking Women’s Health in Medicine, we turn our focus to pain management, an area where women unfortunately face too many challenges in getting adequate treatment. Women face a paradoxical situation in pain management: Despite overwhelming evidence demonstrating that women experience more pain and are …
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In the previous chapter of our series The Care Gap – Rethinking Women’s Health in Medicine, we discussed how current knowledge gaps in women’s health stem directly from the historical exclusion of females from both clinical and preclinical research. The consequences of these gaps extend beyond the laboratory and clinical trials, shaping women’s healthcare experiences in clinical …
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Welcome to our serialized overview of an important and often neglected subject in healthcare: the persistent lack of research and treatments for women. This multi-part series, “The Care Gap – Rethinking Women’s Health in Medicine,” reviews the history and institutional practices in medical research, diagnostics, and interventions that have resulted in patient care that …
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The 2025 Global Healthcare Innovation Summit in Ottawa may have been modest in scale, but its ambitions were anything but. Focused on Ontario and Quebec’s biotech ecosystems, the event brought together local academics, startups, and policymakers to tackle systemic hurdles—from long COVID’s lingering mysteries to the bureaucratic tangles stifling homegrown innovation. Canada’s Crossroads: Nurturing …