💡Emily Foucault

Access to our health records shouldn’t be controversial. “Transparency and dignity are not competing goals. They are mutually reinforcing.” 👉 My latest piece in @HealthyDebate on @myopennotes and mental health care: 🔗healthydebate.ca/2026/03/topic/… @CAMHnews

"I enjoyed my time in the U.S. but it definitely feels like a moment for Canada right now." Dr. Chris Noel, Head & Neck Surgical Oncologist and Microvascular Surgeon at UHN, was recruited from Ohio through the Canada Leads program. Read more @UPI: upi.com/Top_News/US/20…

@hjluks Interesting. After my hysterectomy for adenomyosis, I asked my surgeon if a tendon in my hip or leg had been cut because of the relief. She laughed and said no. My periods caused that same radiating leg pain. A reminder of the need for a whole-body approach.

Most lateral hip pain isn't a structural disaster. It's a tendon that wasn't prepared for the demands placed on it. Build that preparation, and most people return to everything they care about. Full breakdown — diagnosis, what to avoid, and the exact exercises to rebuild capacity: howardluksmd.substack.com/p/why-the-outs…

Pain on the outside of your hip is one of the most common problems I see in my practice. Walkers get it. Runners get it. People who've never been to a gym get it. For decades, we called it bursitis and injected it. We were treating the wrong thing.

Access to our health records shouldn’t be controversial. “Transparency and dignity are not competing goals. They are mutually reinforcing.” My latest in @HealthyDebate on @myopennotes and mental health care healthydebate.ca/2026/03/topic/… Have you ever had trouble accessing your records?

Wow, this is amazing progress that "we" collectively worked hard to achieve! Neurologic and psychiatric manifestations of MCAS are numerous, but are very rarely talked about in psychiatry or neurology. Our 2 recent papers on the topic are below: sciencedirect.com/science/articl… mdpi.com/2075-4426/13/1… #BrainHealth @AANmember #MedTwitter #Neurology #Psychiatry

🥳Proud to share our poster “Developing the CAMH Clear & Inclusive Writing Guidelines: An example of co-creation & meaningful engagement” WON the Best Status Only Faculty Poster Award at #DWED2026 Grateful to the collaborative team. @CAMHnews @UofTPsych psychiatry.utoronto.ca/event/donald-w…

Co-writing @CAMHnews Clear and Inclusive Writing Guide has been a profoundly meaningful project. Grateful to @HealthyDebate for publishing our co-produced article.Words have power & this piece shares how we’re working to shift culture through inclusive, patient-informed language.

The MCAS care crisis: Canada can’t afford to look away healthydebate.ca/2025/10/topic/…

🗣️ My latest piece in @HealthyDebate is out: “The MCAS care crisis: Canada can’t afford to look away.” 🚨 Thousands of Canadians with Mast Cell Activation Syndrome are being left without care. It’s time for urgent action. 🔗 healthydebate.ca/2025/10/topic/…

Grateful to share my story with @yahoolife about my journey through decades of pain, being dismissed and finally getting a hysterectomy. 🔗 Read the full interview here ➡ tinyurl.com/2hx3d26u @SinaiHealth #menopause #womenshealth #adenomyosis

We recently interviewed Dr. Larry Afrin, a prominent physician-scientist and one of the world's authorities on mast cell disorders. Here are 4 surprising things we learned about MCAS...🧵

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@TourCNTower Millions are suffering in silence. It’s time to change that. 🔗 emilyfoucault.com/post/mcas2025 #MCASAwareness #InvisibleIllness #mcas

Tonight the #CNTower will be lit purple for Mast Cell Activation Syndrome Awareness Day / Ce soir, la #TourCN sera illuminée en violet pour la Journée de sensibilisation au syndrome d'activation mastocytaire

Millions are suffering in silence. It’s time to change that. 🔗 emilyfoucault.com/post/mcas2025 #MCASAwareness #InvisibleIllness #mcas #mastcell

Millions are suffering in silence. It’s time to change that. 🔗 emilyfoucault.com/post/mcas2025 #MCASAwareness #InvisibleIllness #mcas

🟣 Today is International Mastocytosis & MCAS Awareness Day. 💜 Tonight, the @TourCNTower, @NiagaraFalls, @TheCalgaryTower, @TELUS_Spark will shine purple for a condition that remains vastly under-recognized — Mast Cell Activation Syndrome (MCAS).

@AdvancedTweaker @ka1tIyn11 Curious, what is your HRV level? Understanding it fluctuates just curious…

@ka1tIyn11 I mean, there are no formally approved meds for persistent EBV reactivation. Repurposing TDF/TAF is a bit experimental, but there's some research on it like pnas.org/doi/abs/10.107… TAF is stronger than TDF, but they both work. Since I'm already on it, I might as well just try.

Switching over from Truvada to Descovy for 3 months as a trial run post-Pemgarda. I have very high EBV antibodies and possible recent reactivation, along with symptoms that match low-level activation effects. TAF Tenofovir is more effective for EBV than TDF. Let's see how this goes!

@GeorgeSpringer you’ve got something to work for! 🐎 Tarps off photoshoot for charity would be awesome @BlueJays @TPSMounted 👏 #WANTITALL

🔬Most people think mast cells are only involved in allergies or rare conditions like MCAS or mastocytosis. That’s incorrect. Research shows mast cells are active in many diseases, including neurodegenerative, autoimmune, infectious, heart, gut, and mental health conditions🧵

@elonmusk The future of AI and the limitations will be our imagination 🎭

It’s awesome! Try doing it with your younger kids or nephews/nieces in “Speak” mode and watch the flow of imagination. They will love it!