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Written for Mediaplanet’s Women’s Health campaign published in Maclean’s magazine in March 2016. In the age of hand sanitizer and antibiotics, many avoid bacteria in order to stay healthy, but research indicates that not all bacteria are bad. “A probiotic is actually a substance made by a microorganism including bacteria and even fungi,” says Dr. Marla Shapiro, an […]
Written for Mediaplanet’s Women’s Health campaign published in Maclean’s magazine in March 2016. The parasitic infection, caused by an organism called Trichomonas vaginalis, is more common than chlamydia and gonorrhea combined. In the U.S., an estimated 3.7 million people have trichomoniasis, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, but only 30 percent of patients will show signs of […]
Written for Mediaplanet’s Women’s Health campaign published in Maclean’s magazine in March 2016. In 2013, Alison Salinas was in the prime of her life. The 32-year-old public relations professional had just started her own company and was looking forward to what the future held. When she went in for a doctor’s appointment on Halloween that year — following […]
Written for Mediaplanet’s industry/labour awareness campaign. Published in Maclean’s magazine in December 2015. In 2001, after working in a lumber store for more than a decade, Andrea Coulson was struggling to build the life she wanted for her young family. “The hours were crazy; it was always nights and weekends for minimal pay,” says Coulson, a […]
Written for Mediaplanet’s Women in Technology campaign. Published in print inside the Maclean’s on October 12, 2015. When Microsoft software development engineer Dr. Jenna Butler first started exploring computer science, she did not expect it to reroute her career path. Her passion was studying cancer, but she didn’t see how computers could connect to that pursuit. While doing her […]
Written for Mediaplanet’s Women in Technology campaign. Published in print inside the Maclean’s on October 12, 2015. Technology is rapidly evolving, but the low number of women in computer science and engineering remains stagnant and experts say that this could have major implications for the future. “Computing is at the heart of everything,” says Dr. Telle Whitney, CEO of […]
Ishani Nath 