Key points A 36-year-old Black woman presented to the emergency department in a coma (Glasgow Coma Scale 4) after an unwitnessed fall in the bathroom. She was healthy before the fall and had had 2 ...

Key points According to recent federal data, the number of people experiencing homelessness in Canada increased by 20% from 2018 to 2022, with 10% of those who reported being unhoused in the Census ...

A recent meta-analysis showed that, compared with the left-lateral going-to-sleep position, the supine going-to-sleep position was associated with stillbirth (adjusted odds ratio [OR] 2.63, 95% ...

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Key points A 57-year-old man presented to the emergency department with back and right upper quadrant abdominal pain that progressed to painful right leg swelling over a few days. His vital signs at ...

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Background: Long wait times for scheduled surgery are a major problem in Canadian health systems. We sought to determine the extent to which single-entry referral models (next available consultation), ...

Background: Obesity is a complex, chronic, stigmatized disease whereby abnormal or excess body fat may impair health or increase the risk of medical complications, and can reduce quality of life and ...

Patients are categorized as being at low, intermediate, or high risk of falling after screening Older adults with 1 of the following are deemed high risk (70% risk of ≥ 1 falls in the next year): 2 or ...

Background: Although clinical trials involving psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy have not observed short-term increases in the risk of death, limited data exist on mortality associated with ...