An 86-year-old man presented to the emergency department with fever, headache, nuchal rigidity, and restricted neck rotation that developed 2 weeks after tooth extractions. He had received cefcapene ...

The tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) content of cannabis has roughly quintupled in the past 2 decades, from around 4% in the 2000s to more than 20% in most legal dried cannabis in Canada by 2023.[1][1] The ...

See related article at When I tell the story of my son’s birth, people are often surprised that I am not angry with the physician who wielded the forceps at his delivery, asphyxiating him and causing ...

Key points Canada’s health systems are stressed with increasing demands for health care and services. The causes of this stress are multifactorial and include an aging population and a health ...

Background: Subclinical hypothyroidism has been linked to adverse renal outcomes, but it is unknown whether treatment of subclinical hypothyroidism reduces the risk of these adverse outcomes. We ...

Key points The provision of health care is hard and, understandably, clinicians struggle. Beyond meaningful health care interactions, clinicians must also integrate large volumes of demographic, ...

Care should include explicit statements affirming patient choice. Clinicians with faith-based objections should provide timely, tolerant referral; judgmental or obstructive care may result in ...

Points clés La navigation bénévole offre un soutien supplémentaire aux personnes atteintes d’une maladie limitant l’espérance de vie qui vivent à domicile. Les navigateurs et navigatrices bénévoles ...

After reading Panagiotoglou and colleagues’ research article on the effects of a provincial opioid prescribing standard on prescribing for pain in adults, the question that comes to my mind is, who is ...

Une pompe à baclofène intrathécale (PBI) sert à traiter la spasticité des membres inférieurs, principalement chez les personnes atteintes de sclérose en plaques, de paralysie cérébrale ou d’une lésion ...