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  • 5/21/2026

    Happy Doctors’ Day! (I guess!)

    I can’t say I’ve met any physician who seems super excited about Doctor’s Day. I got two texts—from nurses!
  • 3/27/2026

    The dumb doctor

    Mistakes are inevitable when practicing medicine, but Dr. Melissa Yuan-Innes writes that physicians should learn to give themselves more grace, as the profession is often held to impossible standards.
  • 3/23/2026

    Ensh*ttification

    Band-Aid solutions won't fix our healthcare system and will only lead to a further degradation of quality, Dr. Melissa Yuan-Innes argues.
  • 3/17/2026

    My mother and taro cake

    My mom is learning to walk again, with a walker. And I'm grieving.
  • 3/15/2026

    Quiet heroes

    Every day, we meet quiet heroes, Dr. Melissa Yuan-Innes writes, and sometimes, all it takes is a simple acknowledgement of thanks.
  • 2/25/2026

    Pain

    Dr. Melissa Yuan-Innes reflects on her experience dealing with physical pain, from the sleepless nights to the disruption of routine.
  • 2/20/2026

    Beginnings and endings

    Lessons on letting go of the past, investing in the present, and why I’m signing up for hip-hop classes while I still can.
  • 2/2/2026

    The power of half-assing it

    Dr. Melissa Yuan-Innes discusses how she learned to give herself grace when the circumstances call for cutting corners.
  • 1/19/2026

    The dildo of consequences

    Medicine is weird because we actively save people from crises. But what about the efforts to prevent the crisis in the first place?
  • 11/21/2025

    How to give bad news in 2025

    Dr. Melissa Yuan-Innes shares some tips on how to be the bearer of bad news.
  • 11/14/2025

    O Quebec

    Quebec doctors, how are you doing? I understand if you refuse to speak out because you'll be targeted afterward. However, I hear that so many of you applied for a New Brunswick medical license that the website crashed.
  • 11/13/2025

    Prescribing (yourself) rest

    I'm sleeping, nestled in my soft duvet, on a Saturday morning in June. No school, no activities. Just this. So deep a sleep I'm not even dreaming. So deep I don't hear footsteps.
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