André Picard

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.

[André Picard @picardonhealth]

I've been posting daily to Twitter for almost 15 years -- a curated feed of health news from around the world.
Now I'm done.
Going forward, I will only post stories I write myself, with few exceptions.
Thank you for having followed @picardonhealth. 🇨🇦

[Tyler Black, MD @tylerblack32]

Would encourage to "read this article and not react, not "react and then not read the article."

[André Picard @picardonhealth]

@raghu_venugopal The faces of MAID: A decade after medical assistance in dying became legal in Canada, family and friends of people who chose to die tell the stories of their loved ones. https://t.co/ih94OyoTbI via @globeandmail

[André Picard @picardonhealth]

The faces of MAID: A decade after medical assistance in dying became legal in Canada, family and friends of people who chose to die tell the stories of their loved ones, by @kkirkup @MikePHager https://t.co/ih94OyoTbI via @globeandmail

[André Picard @picardonhealth]

In the first 10 years of MAID, more than 100,000 Canadians have averted unnecessary suffering at end-of-life. That's cause for celebration. Assisted death has become a significant ritual, not a 'slippery slope,' by @picardonhealth https://t.co/fAL7bBUHaA via @GlobeDebate

[Raghu Venugopal MD @raghu_venugopal]

"Life has not been cheapened by MAID. Dignity, choice, and bodily autonomy have all been bolstered". André Picard honours Canadians who have been spared unnecessary suffering at the foreseeable end of life. @picardonhealth
https://t.co/i9XTvnVA0S

[Dickie Fox @DickieFox]

“Death by System: How an Older Adult Died a Preventable Death While Government Followed the Rules.” via @picardonhealth @globeandmail https://t.co/lAUPNHpfWA

[NeglectedNoMore @NeglectedNo]

What one dementia patient’s tragic, preventable death tells us about the health system’s failings. A lack of investment in preventing problems invariably leads to an endless series of costly crises, NB Advocate warns, by @picardonhealth https://t.co/BTSYxGKvub via @GlobeDebate

[André Picard @picardonhealth]

What one dementia patient’s tragic, preventable death tells us about the health system’s failings. A lack of investment in preventing problems invariably leads to an endless series of costly crises, NB Advocate warns, by @picardonhealth https://t.co/ac7cMggqYL via @GlobeDebate

[Raghu Venugopal MD @raghu_venugopal]

ER "chair care" is on the rise. ER doctors report cases like the ones below. Like Dr. Drummond I attest ER chair care is on the rise.
1-bowel obstruction needing emergent surgery
2-a mother having a miscarriage
3-bony pain from widespread metastasis
4-opening abdomen as a complication of surgery
5-a patient waiting shocking of their heart for arrhythmia
6-confused elderly patients whose family is holding them down from running away
7-a patient with URTI symptoms from a family with COVID beside patients with cancer and from nursing homes
8-an elderly patient with a bowel obstruction
9-an elderly patient with brain bleeding after a fall
10-an elderly patient with a fall and broken spine
11-a patient with STEMI awaiting transfer to the cath lab for emergent opening of their heart vessels
12-a dislocated shoulder
13-a dislocated elbow
14-a patient after brain surgery with confusion and unable to walk
15-a patient with a new brain cancer that can't walk safely
16-a patient who spent 40+ hours in a chair @CAEP_Docs @alandrummond2 @NightShiftMD @picardonhealth

[NeglectedNoMore @NeglectedNo]

Building an age-friendly and dementia-friendly society. Q+A w/ @picardonhealth, author of the book "Neglected No More," by BJ Doyle on the Caring For Changes podcast. https://t.co/uhJKrVY95Y

[Dickie Fox @DickieFox]

“Last year, Canada’s most populous city experienced a record 29 heat warnings, double the number in 2024. This year, the number could be even higher.” via @picardonhealth @globeandmail https://t.co/tsRYXCPC1G

[André Picard @picardonhealth]

We protect apartment dwellers from the cold. So why not the heat? Canadian cities need maximum-temperature rules in place for homes as part of the response to climate change, by @picardonhealth
https://t.co/d9aUbIeONa via @GlobeDebate

[André Picard @picardonhealth]

NHL forward Claude Lemieux won four Stanley Cups by any means necessary.
Even if you don't care about hockey, or the subject, read this piece. It's a masterclass on obituary writing from the incomparable @tomhawthorn https://t.co/IF1UNltyYz via @globeandmail #journalism

[André Picard @picardonhealth]

Why are we so mad? The author of "The Outrage Cure" has some ideas. @AlikaMD examines how online discourse has turned people's anger to outrage and what will bring us back to civility. https://t.co/H4x7SaONQj via @globebooks

[André Picard @picardonhealth]


Should we care about far away outbreaks of infectious disease like Ebola and hantavirus? by @picardonhealth https://t.co/fCGHw1KvDQ via @GlobeDebate

[Raghu Venugopal MD @raghu_venugopal]

You know you're working in the ER when you need police and security at the bedside for 30% of the patients you see on a shift.

[André Picard @picardonhealth]

What financial and political price will Quebec pay for its digital transformation? by @picardonhealth https://t.co/4kTd9LRV30 via @GlobeDebate

[André Picard @picardonhealth]

Letters to editor: ‘MAID … public policy should not be driven by the assumption that people with disabilities are incapable of making deeply personal decisions about their own suffering, dignity and demise’
https://t.co/v6cDBmQgNC https://t.co/SqciyEokkf
https://t.co/lbE6qo97xO

[André Picard @picardonhealth]

Ottawa needs to stop saying it’s not ready for the expansion of MAID, and actually get ready. Patients with irremediable mental illness should be allowed to die with dignity, but guardrails are needed, by @picardonhealth https://t.co/k9gBrU1d9u via @GlobeDebate

[Dr. Peter A Singer, OC @PeterASinger]

I visited @culturelab_pod with @KRonellenfitsch and @gabederoche to talk GLP1s.

It was a helluva a lot of fun. Check it out https://t.co/5FZun0GXYT

We discussed GLP-1 cultural shifts: from lifestyle to longevity drugs and from government cost to investment.

I spoke about my recent fiscal analysis that found Canada could make $72 BILLION net fiscal surplus by 2050 using a well structured GLP-1 programme. https://t.co/3hL73KwuMc…

I gave shout outs at the end to @DanielJDrucker @picardonhealth and @natashaloder

[Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @CanHealthwatch]

Ottawa needs to stop saying it's not ready for the expansion of MAID, and actually get ready https://t.co/onGAZBNsYW ⦸ @picardonhealth @globeandmail
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