Background: Pay inequality related to social identity has been observed among physicians, even after accounting for hours worked and specialty. Physician identity factors, such as gender and race, may ...

A 76-year-old man on dabigatran for rate-controlled atrial fibrillation had follow-up transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) ...

Key points A 20-year-old pediatric cancer survivor presented to her local oncology centre in southwestern Ontario with right supraclavicular adenopathy. She had a history of stage IIA Hodgkin lymphoma ...

A 3-year-old girl presented to the emergency department with limping. On the morning of the presentation, she had jumped off a stair step and subsequently refused to stand. Although we did not observe ...

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Key points Canada’s health care systems are under strain, with 6.5 million people in Canada lacking a primary care provider,[1][1] which increases patient complexity and volumes and contributes to ...

A 47-year-old man who had been working as a self-employed plumber in Nara Prefecture, Japan, for about 30 years presented to the emergency department with a 2-week history of abdominal pain and ...

Walter P. Wodchis, Peter C. Austin and David A. Henry Background: Characterizing high-cost users of health care resources is essential for the development of appropriate interventions to improve the ...

Iron deficiency and iron deficiency anemia are common during pregnancy and are associated with adverse outcomes Prenatal iron deficiency occurs in more than 30% of pregnancies in Canada. 1 It has been ...

Since late 2023, new outbreaks have been reported in Bolivia, Brazil, Peru, and Cuba, including among travellers returning to Canada and the United States. [1] [1], [2] [2] Malaria, Zika, dengue, and ...

Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder: a guideline for diagnosis across the lifespan ...

A 35-year-old man presented to the dermatology department with penile ulcers. Two weeks previously, the initial ulcer had begun as a papule, progressed to a painful ulcer, and then spread. Soon after ...