Background: Survivors of cancer in adolescence and young adulthood are at increased risk for subsequent primary neoplasms, but studies using Canadian data are limited. We sought to quantify the risk ...

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 ...

A 16-year-old adolescent boy presented to the emergency department after a noncontact injury to his right leg during a basketball game. He reported landing with excessive internal rotation in knee ...

Endometrial polyps are found in as many as 40% of females 1 – 3 The incidence may be underestimated as many polyps remain asymptomatic and naturally regress in almost one-third of patients (27%). 1 – ...

Access to health care: Inuit experiences of and expertise on the 21st-century tuberculosis epidemic in Nunavik, Quebec: a qualitative community-based participatory study ...

Key points A 69-year-old man presented to a dermatology clinic with a 1-day history of a painful erythematous rash. Four days ...

See related article at Key points In this issue of CMAJ , Geboe and colleagues present the results of a qualitative community-based participatory study of Inuit experiences of the ongoing epidemic of ...

Marco L.A. Sivilotti, Mark C. Yarema and David N. Juurlink ...

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.

Problems related to poor diet quality are prevalent in Canada, particularly among Canadians with a lower social position, and these differences are referred to as dietary inequities. Health Canada’s ...

Blood pressure normally peaks three to six days postpartum in both normotensive women and those with previous hypertension. [1] [1], [2] [2] Pain, drugs (e.g., nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs ...

Cognitive impairment occurs in 34% to 65% of people with MS,[1][1] with an elevated prevalence in those with disease of many years’ duration, heightened physical disability, and progressive illness ...