Health columnist André Picard is one of the most closely read pundits of the pandemic. Here, he speaks with host Shaun Francis about learning to live with COVID-19, the effects of the virus on long-term care, and what the pandemic reveals about our health-care system.

Dr. Arya Sharma is a crusader for a new, medical approach to treating obesity that takes into account just how difficult it can be for a person to lose weight and keep it off. Here, he’s interviewed by Dr. David Macklin, Medcan’s director of weight management. 

The COVID-19 vaccine prompts a lot of questions. How effective should we expect it to be? How long will its protection last? Will it be safe? In a wide-ranging interview, Medcan's Dr. Jason Abrams explains how vaccines work, debunks myths and provides context.

In the movies, few people seemed healthier than Black Panther—which is what made actor Chadwick Boseman’s death at 43 from colon cancer so surprising. So what can you do to prevent colon cancer? Guest host Dr. Peter Nord, Medcan’s chief medical officer, interviews gastroenterologist Dr. Jeff Axler to get the answers.

How should parents prepare children for back to school? How to speak to anxieties about masks and social distancing? What do you say to a child who is worried about catching the coronavirus? Or passing it on to grandparents? A child psychologist provides her tips for caregivers of schoolchildren of all ages.

How much protein do you need if you’re trying to lose weight but build muscle? What’s better—plant- or animal-based protein? Can you consume too much protein? In an interview with McMaster Prof. Stuart Phillips, guest host Leslie Beck tackles these questions and more.

The pandemic has changed how we work out. What will gyms be like in the future? And what’s the basic equipment that should be in every home gym? Guest host Stephen Salzmann discussed these topics and more with legendary strength and conditioning training expert Mike Boyle of strengthcoach.com.

Changed living and working arrangements are putting a strain on some relationships, so guest host Dr. Gina Di Giulio, Medcan’s Director of Mental Health, spoke with sexologist Jessica O’Reilly of “Sex with Dr. Jess” fame, about how to renew intimacy and return some romance to your relationship.

Lower back pain is a side effect of the pandemic—so we arranged an interview with the world authority on spine issues: Stuart McGill, the author of Back Mechanic and the founder of Backfitpro, who provides easy-to-follow advice on how to address some of the more common back problems.

Lots of people have lots of worries about catching COVID — but how is it really transmitted? To find out, guest host Dr. Peter Nord, chief medical officer of Medcan, interviews two experts: Queen’s University medical school infectious disease chair Dr. Gerald Evans, and Rutgers University virologist Dr. Emanuel Goldman.

As travel restrictions ease, what special considerations should you take the next time you find yourself on a plane? How can you mitigate infection risk when flying? To investigate, guest host Dr. Aisha Khatib interviews Dr. Vincent Poirier, a medical advisor to both Air Canada and Air Transat.

Exercising and eating well but it doesn’t make a difference? Registered dietitian Leslie Beck steps in as guest host to describe eight common calorie blunders that could be keeping you from losing weight—and provides tips on how to solve them.

Maybe you haven't been on a sports team for years. But as we embark on this pandemic-inspired societal reboot, maybe you’re thinking of taking something up. So which sport should you pursue? What's the best sport for long-term health and fitness? Host Shaun Francis investigates.

There’s an international effort to get people to download contact tracing apps. To help listeners understand why they’re so important, Eat Move Think host Shaun Francis talks to the University of Waterloo math Ph.D. candidate who pioneered the technology.

At 55, Deedee Moscoe looked around one day and realized—her life needed a reboot. Caring for her aging parents left her without any time for her career—or herself. With host Shaun Francis, Deedee explores a typically human dilemma with extraordinary honesty and humour.

By devoting so much of our attention to stopping the spread of COVID-19, with lockdowns, with physical distancing measures, by closing borders and many businesses, are we ignoring the possibility we could be harming population health in other ways?

What’s Canada’s objective for COVID-19 management? To eradicate the virus altogether? To contain it until we have a vaccine? And how does that objective affect our U.S. border strategy? Irfan Dhalla is the physician challenging policy makers to think about such issues.

Front-line COVID ER doc David Carr speaks to host Shaun Francis about the mistakes we’ve made, what it’s like to tell someone they’re infected with COVID, and the dangerous healthcare resource crunch we’re facing with flu season around the corner. 

Exercise is the most important thing you can do to help yourself cope. But the pandemic makes it difficult for us to get physical activity. We spoke with brain health expert Dr. Jennifer Heisz to hear easy-to-follow tips that use physical activity to decrease stress.

Most jurisdictions in North America are nowhere near the ideal amount of testing. To learn what’s going on, host Shaun Francis spoke to one of the most outspoken of the experts on the issue, Dr. Lauren Lapointe-Shaw, a clinical epidemiologist.