Modern gynecology was built on experiments Dr. James Marion Sims performed on enslaved African women without anesthesia, even after it existed. On the next (MIS)Treated, @namshine.bsky.social talks with Dr. Notisha Massaquoi about reckoning with his legacy. podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/m...

Homelessness is getting worse across Ontario with an estimated 85,000 people who were without a home in 2025 and nearly 2,000 encampments across the province, a new report from Ontario’s municipalities shows. www.cp24.com/news/canada/...

This January, (MIS)Treated is back with new episodes on the dark history of gynecology, gender bias in mental health, forced sterilization of Indigenous women, and why so many women get ADHD diagnoses later in life. Starts Jan. 20 with @namshine.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/m...

Tonight marked the last broadcast of PBS News Weekend for the foreseeable future. As the show signs off the air, anchor John Yang looks back at some of our top stories and highlights over the years. https://to.pbs.org/4pxYe7W

“Serious voices in this country are sounding alarm, warning that this volatile start to 2026 means that Canadians need to stare down the reality that we no longer have the luxury of pretending it’s business as usual.” www.thestar.com/politics/pol...

Jan. 16, 2025: A SpaceX Starship rocket explodes over the Caribbean. Suddenly, dozens of planes in the area must scramble to get out of a newly designated FAA "debris zone." Their passengers are now unwitting participants in a test run gone wrong. (THREAD)

CNBC launches CNBC Cures to help 30 million Americans with rare diseases

Thanks to Apple Podcasts for including (MIS)Treated in their editor's picks for Loving the Skin You're In podcasts.apple.com/ca/room/6754... Listen to all of the (MIS)Treated episodes with @namshine.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/(...

Thank you Apple Podcasts for including TVO’s (MIS)Treated in this list. It’s a thrill to be in the company of these incredible podcasts podcasts.apple.com/us/grouping/...

Breaking News: Nicolás Maduro, the ousted Venezuelan leader, said he had been “kidnapped” as he appeared before a judge and pleaded not guilty to drug trafficking and other federal charges.

“I think it needs to be easier to access gynecological care because two years, a lot can happen in two years. And that’s a ridiculous wait time.” globalnews.ca/news/1159424...

We should consider this in Toronto. Anecdotally, cold-related injuries for homeless people are rampant, but we haven't measured the scale. In my own work, I've seen people's injuries compound over multiple winters until all their fingers are gone. www.ctvnews.ca/northern-ont...

This Value Village location in Scarborough closed on Dec 13th. We drove by today and saw this. There are so many people in need but some who have so much that they can leave what they don’t want, on the sidewalk right before Christmas. And all this will probably end up in the garbage.

Journalism becomes a house of commons www.niemanlab.org/2025/12/jour...

“…three children between the ages of five and nine have died from influenza A-related complications in the Ottawa and Eastern Ontario Health Unit regions during the first two weeks of December.” www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic...

Johnson & Johnson ordered to pay $40m to women who said talc to blame for cancer

Less than 7% of federal health research funding goes towards women's health in Canada. And waittimes for gynaecological surgery are not tracked while other surgeries are. Should OB/ GYN be separated into 2 different groups? Why does the term OB/GYN “encodes a bias”?

Tiffany Felkai has Ehlers Danlos Syndrome & 15 different diagnoses because of it including Craniocervical Instability. No doctor in Ontario can perform the surgery she needs but she’s been denied an out-of-country surgery. She’s decided to pursue MAID. Look for her story on upcoming (MIS)Treated

The Wall Street Journal says this investigation led Instacart’s stock price to fall.

EXCLUSIVE: We found that Instacart is using AI algorithms to charge customers different prices for the same items. It's not just online. It's in physical grocery stores too. Our months-long investigation with @consumerreports.org and @groundwork.bsky.social found it could cost families $1200/year.

Women make up 2/3 of Alzheimer’s patients in Canada. On (MIS)Treated, @namshine.bsky.social talks to @mnrajah.bsky.social (@torontomet.bsky.social) about how menopause impacts brain health, and the need for more research.

“…some parents are scrambling to find licensed before and after school care for their children…The waitlists are putting parents in impossible situations forced to choose between their jobs and finding care for their children…” www.cp24.com/local/toront...

“..finally diagnosed with Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (hEDS), which caused the ligaments connecting her skull and spine to loosen…a condition called craniocervical instability (CCI). Doctors told Brooks that any sudden movement could cause an internal decapitation” people.com/internal-dec...

I have some characteristics of EDS I have the hypermobility just not enough for a formal diagnosis of EDS. If you haven’t heard of EDS give yourself the moment to become introduced to the condition.

70% of those diagnosed with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome are women & those with EDS are more likely to be diagnosed with Craniocervical Instability. It takes 4 to 16 years to be diagnosed with EDS. Because of how complicated both conditions are, we’re working on a miniseries on this. Look for early 2026.

Hysterectomies are the 2nd most common surgery for women behind C-Sections. They’re recommended for everything from uterine fibroids to endometriosis (which it doesn’t cure). It’s still a common surgery even though research shows that getting one too young can impact your brain health later in life.

Why EDS is more than "just loose joints" podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/w... @namshine.bsky.social

“A new report that says more than one million Ontario residents needed a food bank in the past year is "disheartening" but not surprising, says the CEO of Toronto's Daily Bread Food Bank.” www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Women make up 70% of diagnosed cases for Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome and it can take 4 to 16 years to get a diagnosis in Canada. To be diagnosed with Craniocervical Instability, Sydney had to crowdfund & travel to the states for care. Look for deeper investigation of this in 2026 on (MIS)Treated podcast.

"I believe that it's no coincidence that a condition that predominantly affects women has been so under-recognized and neglected both systemically and medically." On (MIS)Treated, @namshine.bsky.social talks to Sydney Gesualdi about EDS & Craniocervical Instability.

What is “lean PCOS”? Can you get pregnant with PCOS? Is it curable? PCOS affects millions, yet symptoms are often missed. @namshine.bsky.social talks with actor Andrea Lewis and researcher Kendall Soucie (@uwindsor.bsky.social) on (MIS)Treated about living with PCOS and the research shaping care.

“Ontario recorded the highest number of wait-list deaths: 10,634, including more than 9,100 diagnostic-scan deaths where patients died before reaching the point of receiving or being scheduled for surgery.” www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic...

"Most venture capital investors are men... And they don't want to talk about vaginas in a business setting." — Marina Gerner, author of "The Vagina Business," tells @namshine.bsky.social on (MIS)Treated. Is #femtech the answer to the underfunding of women's health and investor bias?

But how is this safe? Face recognition for children?? “The company had previously announced the age estimation tool, which is provided by a company called Persona, in July. It requires players to take a video selfie that will be used to estimate their age.“ www.cbc.ca/news/enterta...

Women in Canada spend 24% more time in ill health than men. That’s from McKinsey Health Institute’s report “Closing the women’s health gap: Canada’s $37B opportunity.” @namshine.bsky.social talks with Marie-Renée B-Lajoie about why this matters, on (MIS)Treated: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...

“I was desperate.” @evelynscott.bsky.social lived with severe pain for 15 years from endometriosis, her symptoms dismissed as "just period" pain, before having a hysterectomy — then the symptoms returned. Hear her story on (MIS)Treated with @namshine.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/m...

Double your impact this #GivingTuesday! Until Dec. 2, every dollar to @wearetvo.bsky.social is matched up to $250K. Join @namshine.bsky.social in keeping media literacy in focus with journalism, documentaries and podcasts like [MIS]Treated. Give today: givingtuesday.tvo.me

Wrapped my day with my Author Talk at Pickering Library, hosted by the incomparable @namshine.bsky.social. My heart is so full!

We don't know what causes endometriosis, there's no cure and no one medication to treat it. On the next (MIS)Treated, @namshine.bsky.social speaks to @evelynscott.bsky.social about her 15-year struggle to be diagnosed, after her symptoms were repeatedly dismissed. podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/m...

@namshine.bsky.social is doing such critical work with (MIS)Treated.

Women were excluded from clinical trials until 1997?!?

I spoke with @namshine.bsky.social on her TVO podcast (Mis)Treated about the historical lack of medical research on women and why that matters. www.tvo.org/video/why-we...

Most white colleges wouldn’t accept Black students, and Black colleges didn’t have the capacity to handle the post-war demand—by 1947, as many as 50,000 qualified Black veterans had been turned away.

This is such an important episode. It explains a lot of experiences we have living in women’s bodies.

Women were excluded from clinical trails until 1993 in the U.S. and 1997 in Canada. @namshine.bsky.social talks with @docmcohen.medsky.social (@queensuhealth.bsky.social) about excluding women has shaped medicine and harmed women’s health, on (MIS)Treated: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/w...

"My health concerns were dismissed," said Dieulita Datus at a panel hosted by @namshine.bsky.social. Nam speaks with @keariedaniel.bsky.social (Black Women's Institute for Health) about Canada’s first national health survey of Black women and girls on (MIS)Treated: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...

“A CNN review of nearly 70 pages of chats between Shamblin and the AI tool… found that the chatbot repeatedly encouraged the young man as he discussed ending his life – right up to his last moments.” www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/art...

After years of not leaving home and countless ER trips, @evelynscott.bsky.social learned her "period pain" was endometriosis. "You've been gaslit so long, you kind of feel vindicated." On a future (MIS)Treated she talks disability and her upcoming book "A Bloody Scandal" with @namshine.bsky.social

Zohran Mamdani’s opponents tried to smear him for his youth, inexperience, and leftist politics. But New Yorkers didn’t want a hardened political insider to be mayor—they wanted Zohran Mamdani.

"PCOS is really more than just a gynaecological issue." — Dr. Kendall Soucie of @uwindsor.bsky.social’s HEAL Lab on why more funding is needed and why some want a name change. On this week's (MIS)Treated with @namshine.bsky.social: youtu.be/p9EV9ErdqHY?...