Climate change is driving the emergence and re-emergence of climate-sensitive infectious diseases in Canada. Such emerging ...

Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) is a severe tick-borne infection The disease is caused by Rickettsia rickettsii and is transmitted by multiple tick species including the American dog tick, Rocky ...

Locally acquired ascariasis infections in Canada are rare, although prevalence is unknown. Contributing factors to local ...

Background:Maternal chronic conditions are implicated as risk factors for congenital anomalies, but few studies have assessed ...

May 2026 obituaries CMAJ May 11, 2026 198 (18) E709-E713; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.260674 ...

CMAJ May 11, 2026 198 (18) E709-E713; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.260674 ...

An increasing proportion of adolescents identify as transgender. Small studies have shown that the mental health of adolescents with gender dysphoria improves when they receive gender-affirming care.

Amanda Featherstone, Hannah Willms, Maria B. Ospina, Maria P. Velez, Megan Carter, Zoë R. Greenwald, Melissa Richard-Greenblatt, Sophie Yee, Jennifer Flemming and ...

Box 1: Evidence used in this review We searched MEDLINE using PubMed for English-language articles on contraception in older women published from 1957 to the end of June 2012. Details of our search ...

Background:Emergency department visits and hospital admissions for opioid toxicity are opportunities to initiate opioid agonist therapy (OAT), which reduces morbidity and mortality in patients with ...

Croup develops in more than 80 000 Canadian children each year, making it the second most common cause of respiratory distress in the first decade of life. 1, 2 It affects boys more than girls (1.4:1) ...

Background: People aged 65 years or more represent a growing group of emergency department users. We investigated whether characteristics of primary care (accessibility and continuity) are associated ...