Brodie abscesses commonly form in the epiphyseal region and, when they involve the growth plate, late complications such as ...

Among the 5 serogroups of Neisseria meningitidis, serogroup B causes the highest incidence of invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) in Canada 1, 2 Invasive meningococcal disease causes meningococcemia ...

Bleeding can be life-threatening Lethal post-tonsillectomy hemorrhage has been reported at a rate of 7 per 100 000 operations overall and 117 per 100 000 operations among children with complex chronic ...

Accumulating evidence shows that anti-Black racism negatively affects the health and well-being of Black populations in Canada. The heterogeneity of experiences of anti-Black racism in health care in ...

CMAJ has been made aware of an error that occurred in the Nov. 22, 2011, issue.1 The article stated that Irma LeVasseur was awarded an honorary doctorate from ...

Colorectal cancer is the second most common cause of cancer-related death in men and the third most common in women; 1 the lifetime probabilities of dying from colorectal cancer among men and women ...

This anthology of prose and poetry of some 100 Canadian authors including Drs. David Goldbloom, Shane Neilson, Allan Peterkin and Monica Kidd, has been specially curated and includes a study guide. It ...

Recommendation The Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care recommends against instrument-based depression screening using a questionnaire with cut-off score to distinguish “screen positive” and ...

Use of Health State Utility Values in Cost-Utility Analyses of Selected Infectious Diseases in Aging Populations: A Systematic Review and Critical Appraisal Estimating the cost-effectiveness of ...

Management of patients living with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) requires specialized multidisciplinary holistic care. Disease-modifying pharmacologic therapies to treat ALS include riluzole and ...

Pressurized metered-dose (pMDI) inhalers are an important contributor to greenhouse gas emissions Hydrofluorocarbon propellants in pMDIs are responsible for roughly 0.03% of yearly global greenhouse ...

BACKGROUND: Only a few population-based studies have examined the association between glucocorticoids and hypertension, with inconsistent results. We aimed to investigate the effect of oral ...