Videos available at [ Key points A 94-year-old man with parkinsonism, followed in our geriatric medicine clinic, presented for routine follow-up, during which his wife reported that he had a ...

See related guideline at Key points Arterial hypertension is the leading and most important risk factor for all-cause morbidity and mortality worldwide.[1][2] This is because high blood pressure ...

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), ...

First-person consent for organ donation after medical assistance in dying (MAiD) or withdrawal of life-sustaining measures (WLSM) should be an option in jurisdictions that allow MAiD or WLSM and ...

Did you know the Toronto Maple Leafs were originally named the Toronto St. Patricks? They once donned a bright green clover instead of the now familiar blue and white. It wasn’t until 1919, when Conn ...

Key points Canada’s health systems face many challenges. An aging population and health human resource crisis is placing them under intense pressure. Economic growth is not maintaining pace with the ...

A 50-year-old woman presented to our neurology clinic with a 7-year history of recurrent left-sided facial flushing 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 ...

New research adds to growing scientific knowledge showing the important influence of physical comorbidity on use of health care resources in mental disorders. This evidence has important implications ...

Prioritizing urgency in surgery in Canada leads to a problem of 2 wait lists: a growing wait list of urgent cases and a much larger wait list of scheduled cases that frequently become delayed past ...

DoxyPEP involves taking a single dose of oral doxycycline 200 mg within 72 hours after condomless sex (maximum dose: doxycycline 200 mg per 24 h). The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...

A 19-year-old man injured his right index finger while playing volleyball. The ball hit the tip of his finger, causing it to forcefully flex. He presented to his family physician’s clinic 2 weeks ...