A 40-year-old woman presented to our dermatology clinic for assessment of new nevi surrounded by depigmented skin, as well as ...

Key points More than 6.5 million people in Canada do not have access to a regular primary care clinician.[1][1] Health workforce challenges across the country have adversely affected primary care ...

A 6-year-old boy presents to the emergency department after a motor vehicle collision at 90 km/h. The child was properly restrained, had no loss of consciousness, and experienced 1 episode of emesis ...

Despite investment in harm-reduction initiatives, safer supply, and treatment for adult patients, the opioid overdose crisis in Canada continues. More than 18 people in Canada still die every day from ...

Background: Cancer surveillance data are essential to help understand where gaps exist and progress is being made in cancer control. We sought to summarize the expected impact of cancer in Canada in ...

Croup develops in more than 80 000 Canadian children each year, making it the second most common cause of respiratory distress in the first decade of life. [1] [1], [2] [2] It affects boys more than ...

KEY POINTS Acute aortic syndrome (AAS) is a life-threatening emergency, accounting for 1/2000 presentations of acute chest or back pain to the emergency department. [1] [1] It is a clinical spectrum ...

Evidence from a variety of cross-sectional, longitudinal and empirical studies implicate smartphone and social media use in the increase in mental distress, self-injurious behaviour and suicidality ...

Clinical practice guideline for management of osteoporosis and fracture prevention in Canada: 2023 update Pharmacotherapy for obesity management in adults: 2025 clinical practice guideline update ...

Bell palsy is an idiopathic weakness or paralysis of the face of peripheral nerve origin, with acute onset. It affects 20–30 persons per 100 000 annually, and 1 in 60 individuals will be affected over ...

We diagnosed this patient with atypical hand-foot-and-mouth disease, a manifestation of enterovirus infection that is becoming more widely recognized. 1, 2 It is most commonly characterized by ...

BACKGROUND: The Global Burden of Disease Study represents a large and systematic effort to describe the burden of diseases and injuries over the past 3 decades. We aimed to summarize the Canadian data ...