For half a century, we have thrown everything we have at the disease, but we are no closer to curing it
Spiritual pseudoscience is everywhere on social media with promises to cure diseases. It may also be costing lives
https://thewalrus.ca/faith-healers-are-back-and-theyre-getting-rich/
Because of a hereditary gene mutation, I removed my breast tissue, ovaries, and fallopian tubes. I had to unlearn a lot of feelings about how I look
https://thewalrus.ca/surgery-minimized-my-chances-of-getting-cancer-it-also-altered-my-self-image/
S3E7 of The Conversation Piece Podcast
https://thewalrus.ca/s3e7-steve-shih-the-conversation-piece/
A coordinated program of public deception that spanned four decades has become a template for modern disinformation
https://thewalrus.ca/how-big-tobacco-set-the-stage-for-fake-news/
Not long after I started my job as a radio host, my mother told me she had tongue cancer
https://thewalrus.ca/finding-my-voice-as-my-mother-lost-hers/
When my mother was diagnosed with cancer, she didn’t want chemo. Instead, she tried every other potion under the sun
Doctors debate with author Renée Pellerin on the evidence of whether mammograms save lives
https://thewalrus.ca/do-breast-cancer-screenings-do-more-harm-than-good/
Thirty-seventh in a series of comics about living with metastatic cancer
Thirty-fifth in a series of comics about living with metastatic cancer