A 74-year-old man presented to our orthopedic department with pain and swelling in his right hand after falling down a mountainside and landing on his outstretched hand that day. On initial ...
KEY POINTS Rural health care systems in Canada are overextended and understaffed. Despite rural generalism thriving in some areas of the country, evidence suggests that, as a whole, rural generalist ...
Access to health care: Management of opioid use disorder: 2024 update to the national clinical practice guideline ...
The 2023 Osteoporosis Canada guideline suggests bone mass density (BMD) testing for men without Fracture Risk Assessment Tool (FRAX) risk factors, starting at age 70 years.[1][1] Figure 1 states ...
In Canada, an estimated 5400 deaths attributable to AMR occurred in 2018.1 By 2050, 40% of infections will be resistant to first-line antimicrobials.1 The pan-Canadian action plan on AMR has outlined ...
It started with horrific headaches and loss of coordination when I was in medical school. I cornered a staff neurologist on his lunch break and begged him to have a look at me. He undoubtedly saw yet ...
The syndrome of thrombocytopenia, anasarca, reticulin fibrosis, renal dysfunction, organomegaly (TAFRO) is a rare subtype of idiopathic multicentric Castleman disease. This syndrome should be ...
Solutions are needed in Canada to meet the health care needs of the growing number of adults with complex genetic neurodevelopmental conditions who have aged out of pediatric systems into adult ...
Access to health care: Emergency department use before cancer diagnosis in Ontario, Canada: a population-based study ...