Martha Porado

Editor, Canadian Healthcare Network

Author Profile

Martha Porado is a Toronto-based award-winning reporter and editor specializing in healthcare, science, business and political journalism. She is the editor of the Canadian Healthcare Network, prior to which she was the managing editor of the Medical Post and Pharmacy Practice + Business.

Her previous roles include associate editor of Benefits Canada magazine, where she specialized in institutional investment news. Her byline can also be found in many other Canadian publications, including Advisor’s Edge, Investment Executive, the Canadian Investment Review, Canadian Insurance Top Broker, Canadian Grocer, Now Magazine and the now defunct Vice. Prior to focusing on print and digital publishing, she worked at BNN Bloomberg’s downtown Toronto newsroom as a broadcast associate and production coordinator for live news broadcasts. She fondly remembers screening call-in questions for its popular Market Call program.

When she is not editing copy on new clinical research or putting together tomorrow’s Doctor Daily newsletter, she can be found watering her ceiling-scraping houseplants, driving around with antique furniture peeking out of her hatchback, or bragging about how she’s definitely seen more movies than you have.

ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR

5/28/2026
Do we share with our patients?
Dr. J.P. Sutherland dives into the complex question of whether disclosing personal information about yourself can ever be an effective part of treating a patient.

Martha Porado
5/26/2026
Act one: But isn’t this normal?
I thought my life after fully recovering from an eating disorder would be smooth.

Martha Porado
5/26/2026
What if mental health wasn't just about what's wrong?
How do we describe what constitutes well-being? In a consensus study published in Nature Mental Health, an international team proposes a first taxonomy of ‘positive mental health,’ a way of thinking about it that goes beyond simply the absence of symptoms.

Martha Porado
5/25/2026
Travellers coming from Ebola-affected regions will have to isolate for 21 days
The World Health Organization’s director-general says an outbreak of a rare type of Ebola is outpacing response efforts, with more than 900 suspected cases and more than 220 deaths.

Martha Porado
5/24/2026
Gabapentinoids: What is the risk of drug poisoning?
A new study suggests that patients are at increased risk of drug toxicity even before treatment begins, at the start of treatment, and when combined with benzodiazepines and opioids.

Martha Porado
5/21/2026
What if doctors had to take a cognitive test after the age of 70?
In the U.S., some hospitals require cognitive assessments for clinicians above a certain age to renew their privileges. The figures are intriguing, but the model raises questions of validity and fairness. In Quebec, the Collège des médecins du Québec is relying on other mechanisms.

Martha Porado
5/21/2026
NACI update: A new tool to protect infants from RSV
The National Advisory Committee on Immunization recommends adding clesrovimab to the arsenal of preventive measures against respiratory syncytial virus in infants and young children. This monoclonal antibody was approved by Health Canada in February 2026.

Martha Porado
5/21/2026
My journey back to self
I didn’t come to Canada to start over but that’s exactly what happened!

Martha Porado
5/21/2026
Inflammatory bowel disease: Who is most at risk of colorectal cancer?
The patient records included in the study cover more than 60 years of colorectal cancer screening.

Martha Porado
5/20/2026
What Canadian aid workers face in the Ebola outbreak ravaging the Congo
An outbreak of Ebola was declared in the DRC less than a week ago. It's likely already spread to 600 people and led to almost 140 deaths.

Martha Porado