A 65-year-old man with hypertension, type 2 diabetes, a remote myocardial infarct, and chronic kidney disease (CKD) presents for routine follow-up with his family physician. Two years prior, the ...

Background: Although brain and heart conditions share overlapping risk factors and commonly co-occur, current cardiac and neurologic clinical guidelines are typically produced within specialty silos.

A 69-year-old man with hypertension and hyperlipidemia presented to the emergency department with exertional angina. Coronary artery catheterization demonstrated 80% stenosis in the left anterior ...

Key points Sickle cell disease (SCD) occurs when a DNA base pair substitution in the β-globin gene results in the formation of hemoglobin S, which polymerizes when deoxygenated, leading to deformation ...

Background: Cost-related prescription nonadherence is a prominent barrier that may affect health outcomes in Black ...

Canada’s civilian health system would likely bear the clinical burden of large-scale casualty events involving Canadian or allied forces, yet the country lacks a national framework to coordinate ...

Vulnerable populations — such as people in Indigenous or rural communities, people with disabilities, or those with insecure housing — face increased barriers to filing tax returns. Filing is often ...

A recent meta-analysis found that autistic individuals have a higher prevalence of these disorders (e.g., schizophrenia, schizoaffective, delusional), at 4%, than the general population, at 0.46%.[1][ ...

Background: Although severe maternal morbidity (SMM), such as severe hemorrhage and sepsis, can occur from conception to 6 weeks postpartum, most surveillance studies in Canada are restricted to ...

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