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

8/4/2026
From student to preceptor: Being on the other side of experiential rotations
Looking back on my pharmacy school days, I remember my experiential rotations all too well.

Martha Porado
8/4/2026
Can I get a witness? B.C. PharmaCare clarifies policies for PAs, methadone
The province is clarifying which healthcare professionals can do what and when to be eligible for these fees.

Martha Porado
8/3/2026
Beyond funding: Why Alberta should start preserving the stories behind pharmacy care now
As I reflected on the new new Pharmacy Funding Framework agreement, I found myself thinking about a different challenge.

Martha Porado
7/30/2026
The chart
Difficult. Hostile. Uncooperative. Missed appointments.

Martha Porado
7/30/2026
Pinky promise
Tears streamed down my face. There was a dim light somewhere in the distance—faint and flickering. I could see it, and I was desperate to reach it. But my body would not move; it lay unresponsive, as if it no longer belonged to me.

Martha Porado
7/30/2026
Jane Doe: More than just a name
A small but significant error fumbles an important patient interaction.

Martha Porado
7/30/2026
Better blood pressure: One family doctor’s attempt to make hypertension follow-up simpler for patients (and for the clinic)
Here is a familiar primary care moment: a patient comes in for something else, their blood pressure is high, and suddenly everyone has homework.

Martha Porado
7/29/2026
A key point FPs need to watch for in patients using GLP-1s
A family physician’s perspective on diagnostic pitfalls and practical considerations.

Martha Porado
7/29/2026
Announcing the winners of our 2026 Resident Voices contest
Effective communication is an integral skill in medicine, which is why I was so impressed by the quality of the submissions we received for the Resident Voices contest.

Martha Porado
7/28/2026
A refresher on today’s HIV treatment landscape
What still needs improvement as Manitoba declares a public health emergency?

Martha Porado
7/28/2026
New research explains what’s behind these hugely common statin side effects
McMaster researchers say the next step is to block the cause of these side effects without compromising the benefits of the drug.

Martha Porado
7/23/2026
Studies have yet to rule out any single possibility
I just encountered a glorious example of failed rhetoric as folks decried a change to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website. A fun game we like to play in this brave new world where science can mean whatever you want.

Martha Porado