See related article at This issue of CMAJ features research on sex- and gender-based harassment and discrimination perpetrated by physicians in Canada over a recent 5-year period.[1][2] Lithgow and ...
A 67-year-old woman with known bronchiectasis presents with 2 days of worsening dyspnea and cough productive of 2 tablespoons of green sputum streaked with blood. She reports struggling to walk 1 city ...
Key points The use of conversational generative artificial intelligence (AI) systems, or chatbots, is on the rise, particularly among youth. In a recent US-based survey, 72% of 1060 youth aged 13 to ...
Background: Survivors of cancer in adolescence and young adulthood are at increased risk for subsequent primary neoplasms, ...
Background: The post-acute burden of health care use after SARS-CoV-2 infection is unknown. We sought to quantify the post-acute burden of health care use after SARS-CoV-2 infection among ...
Background: Cancer is the leading cause of death and has major health and economic impacts on people in Canada. We sought to provide updated estimates of cancer incidence and mortality to highlight ...
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 ...
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease refers to a spectrum of diseases from hepatic steatosis to NASH, a condition where fat accumulation causes inflammation and hepatocyte injury leading to cirrhosis. [1] ...
Primary ovarian insufficiency (POI) affects 1% of reproductive-aged women In POI, ovarian follicles become depleted or dysfunctional in people younger than 40 years. Risk factors include family ...
Background: The response of Canada’s research community to the COVID-19 pandemic provides a unique opportunity to examine the country’s clinical health research ecosystem. We sought to describe ...
Isopropanol toxicity is common Isopropanol exposure, the second most common alcohol-related call to poison centres, 1 occurs when isopropanol is ingested with or as a substitute to ethanol.
A 67-year-old man with a history of type 2 diabetes, diabetic peripheral neuropathy, and hypertension presents to the emergency department with a skin ulceration on the bottom of his great toe ...