Key points The health implications of exposures to the Alberta oil sands are underresearched, despite more than a decade of calls from Indigenous communities and researchers for further investigation.

Background: Consent forms have become too long and often do little to help people understand the risk elements of their participation in research, instead focusing on risk reduction for research ...

Key points Dried plasma is dehydrated, powdered human plasma. Once mixed with sterile water, the reconstituted plasma delivers essential coagulation factors necessary for hemostasis and supports ...

Key points More than a decade after the launch of Canada’s Strategy for Patient-Oriented Research (SPOR), patient engagement is increasingly expected across the health research ecosystem.

Background: Race is a social construct reflecting broader systemic forces that can affect health, including mental health. We ...

Alongside an overall decline in health care–associated infections in Canadian hospitals, infections caused by antimicrobial-resistant organisms, while low in prevalence, are rising.

An 82-year-old woman with metastatic urothelial carcinoma and hepatic metastases was admitted to hospital for profound neutropenia and general clinical deterioration. She was referred to our ...

Heat waves are associated with a 9.7% increase in mental health–related hospital presentations, and mental illness is one of the strongest predictors of heat-related deaths (odds ratio 3.61, 95% ...

The first time a patient handed me a health report generated with artificial intelligence (AI), I paused in disbelief. It wasn’t the creatinine level that unsettled me — it was the conclusion at the ...

Clinical practice guideline for management of osteoporosis and fracture prevention in Canada: 2023 update Hypertension Canada guideline for the diagnosis and treatment of hypertension in adults in ...

Before 2021, single-game sports betting was illegal in Canada; now, in 2025, advertisements for sports betting platforms punctuate screened competitive sports games without limits on their duration or ...

Walter P. Wodchis, Peter C. Austin and David A. Henry Background: Characterizing high-cost users of health care resources is essential for the development of appropriate interventions to improve the ...