Key points A 68-year-old woman presented to the emergency department of a rural hospital in southern Alberta 1 hour after acute onset of speech difficulties and weakness in her right upper and lower ...

Background: The factors involved in the association between obstetric trauma and the race of the birthing parent are uncertain. We sought to assess the association between race and obstetric trauma, ...

By law, employers — including hospital and academic leaders — must reasonably accommodate employees’ religious beliefs and practices.[1][1] These must be considered when scheduling, planning events, ...

Abdel-Rahman and colleagues highlighted important challenges facing the oncology workforce.[1][1] Advances in targeted therapies and immunotherapies have improved patient survival and increased demand ...

D-dimer testing is useful for excluding venous thromboembolism (VTE), where a low D-dimer level helps exclude deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE).[1][1] However, elevated levels are ...

Help-seeking for gambling problems following expansion of Ontario’s online gambling market and legalization of single-event sports betting ...

Background: Online gambling and sports betting have recently been legalized and expanded in North America. We aimed to evaluate long-term changes in the frequency of gambling-related helpline contacts ...

A 49-year-old man who had sex with men presented to our emergency department with a 2-month history of perianal and buttock ulcers. He had poorly controlled HIV owing to interrupted treatment, and he ...

Key points A 4-year-old boy presented to our urgent ophthalmology clinic for photophobia and persistent eye rubbing. He had been born at 39 weeks via Cesarean delivery, without complications. Prenatal ...

Key points The government of Alberta recently announced legislative changes allowing patients to self-refer and pay out of pocket for diagnostic and testing services covered by publicly funded health ...

Cost-effectiveness of sodium–glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors and glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists for patients with high cardiovascular risk and type 2 diabetes in Canada ...