From ob/gyn Stephanie Ferguson, MD (and Robert Steiner fellow '24): What pelvic floor dysfunction means—and why you shouldn’t be ashamed about the symptoms that come along with it chatelaine.com/health/pelvic-…

This is the last business feature from me for a while. I'm going to be helping out with the Star's expanding and ambitious opinion section for the next bit. That means I AM LOOKING FOR PITCHES. Op/eds, essays, voice-driven opinion, weird stuff, I want to hear your ideas.

let's get those PITCHES out writers!

info & links in thread 🧵🚨

An essay I dropped today about sex in Alice Munro’s short stories. She’s dirtier than you think 😘🖤 thestar.com/entertainment/…

A promising discovery in ALS research from former CIHR President, Dr. Michael Strong, and team Western University! 👏

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We've always diagnosed some cancers in the ED, but when the numbers go up across the country it's a clear signal of problems elsewhere in the system. And a need for streamlined and urgent follow up options. CAEP

I'm thrilled to see this first-person essay from SAIT Journalism student Carolina Avendano Duque published at CBC Calgary. It's a wonderful and brave story that Carolina wrote for Mother's day. Please put aside a few minutes to read it. @sait cbc.ca/news/canada/fi…

Important story from ⁦Jason Markusoff⁩ and ⁦Joel Dryden⁩ cbc.ca/news/canada/ca…

Netanyahu's penchant for softball interviews in English (and hiding from Israeli journalists) is legendary but this is a whole new level, honestly just embarrassing for a wartime prime minister to sit down for an hour with... Dr. Phil

Breast cancer screening should start at age 40, Canadian Cancer Society says. ctvnews.ca/health/breast-…

This evening, Israeli residents set fire twice to the perimeter of the UNRWA Headquarters in occupied East Jerusalem.

This took place while UNRWA and other UN Agencies’ staff were on the compound.
While there were no casualties among our staff, the fire caused extensive damage

So many thoughts. Alberta's 'fixed election' legislation has been altered so many times over the years to suit the government in power, it's basically meaningless at this point. #ableg 1/

This year's Pulitzer Prizes show the changing face of journalism — for the first time ever, more online news sites produced Pulitzer finalists than newspapers did. niemanlab.org/2024/05/this-y…

Congratulations to Hannah Dreier of The New York Times for winning the 2024 #PulitzerPrize in investigative reporting. (She also won the 2024 Goldsmith Prize from Shorenstein Center.) Read about her excellent series and how she conducted it:
journalistsresource.org/media/migrant-…

This is the most well-deserved #PulitzerPrize that I can think of in recent memory. It went to @ProPublica for reporting on ethical conflicts among some US Supreme Court justices, especially Clarence Thomas.

Another dark day for journalism here. And there have been many haaretz.com/israel-news/20…

SCOOP: The Alberta gov said its renewables pause came after a request from the Alberta Electric System Operator, but emails show the operator’s top official found the plan ‘very troubling’ and was ‘not comfortable’ supporting it. @drewpanderson reports
thenarwhal.ca/alberta-renewa…

How to Die in Good Health: Dhruv Khullar takes on Peter Attia and his unproven recommendations. newyorker.com/magazine/2024/…

Congrats to the wonderful Dafna Izenberg, whose name is everywhere on the NMA list because she's a brilliant editor AND writer.