André Picard
@picardonhealth
André Picard is the health columnist at The Globe and Mail and author of "NEGLECTED NO MORE". I tweet about public health, health policy, and journalism.
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Mental illness, violent offences: B.C.'s health solutions are failing its citizens, say experts in wake of latest deadly stranger attack in downtown Vancouver, by loriculbert vancouversun.com/health/mentall… via The Vancouver Sun #MentalHealth
Une rentrée « préoccupante » en matière de sécurité routière. Deux enfants ont été happés en l’espace de quelques heures jeudi dans les rues de Montréal, par Henri Ouellette-Vézina lapresse.ca/actualites/gra… via @lp_lapresse Piétons Québec #VisionZero
Does Yoshua Bengio regret helping to create #AI? The Université de Montréal computer scientist explains why he’s worried about the rapidly developing technology, and how it could be reined in. Q+A by Matt Galloway cbc.ca/listen/live-ra… via @cbcnews
« J’ai appelé ça l’entrepôt de patients ! » -- Une femme de 83 ans a vécu l’horreur, passant deux mois à l’hôpital, privée de toute stimulation, faute de place en CHSLD, par Marie-Eve Cousineau lapresse.ca/actualites/san… via @lp_lapresse
Flush toilets🚽coming to B.C. construction sites. A long-demanded improvement to work conditions will soon become a reality. It’s being welcomed by unions and bosses, but questions about rollout remain, by Liam Britten cbc.ca/player/play/vi… via @cbcnews #NoPlaceToGo
We each have a Nazi in us. We need to understand the psychological roots of authoritarianism. The amygdala, a tiny almond-shaped brain structure that mediates fear, is larger in people with more rightwing views, by Dr. Gabor Maté theguardian.com/commentisfree/… via The Guardian #neuroscience
6 Mistakes New Runners🏃♀️Make. #Running experts and coaches share their best advice for avoiding these common pitfalls, by Talya Minsberg nytimes.com/2024/09/05/wel… via NYTimes Well
Time to Say Goodbye to the #BMI? The body mass index has long been criticized as a flawed indicator of health. A replacement has been gaining support: the body roundness index, by Roni Rabin nytimes.com/2024/09/06/hea… via @NYThealth #obesity
Caring for #aging parents can strain everyone’s finances. Plan now. There is a long-term care crisis, and we’ve done little to address the high cost, by Michelle Singletary washingtonpost.com/business/2024/… via The Washington Post Canadian Centre for Caregiving Excellence #eldercare #caregiving
How a bat🦇disease may have led to the death of more than 1,000 kids. A new study in the journal Science found the decline of bats in the U.S. had come at a deadly cost to humans, by Dino Grandoni washingtonpost.com/climate-enviro… via The Washington Post
Why #AI poses an existential danger to humanity by Yuval Noah Harari, author of "Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI." theglobeandmail.com/opinion/articl… via Globe Opinion
Ontario reports first human case of #rabies since 1967. One person hospitalized after being exposed in northern Ontario, likely from contact with bat.🦇 theglobeandmail.com/canada/article… via The Globe and Mail
Cathy Merrick, Grand Chief of the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs, dies after collapsing outside courthouse while talking to reporters. theglobeandmail.com/canada/article… via The Globe and Mail Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs
Female athletes keep getting killed in Kenya. Olympic runner Rebecca Cheptegei is the 3rd elite female athlete murdered by a partner since 2021. Advocates blame an epidemic of gender-based violence, by Sheena Goodyear cbc.ca/radio/asithapp… via As It Happens #femicide