Background: Current screening tools for harmful alcohol consumption have fallen out of step with recent guidance on the health risks of alcohol. To address this gap, the Canadian Research Initiative ...

Whipple disease is a rare infection caused by Tropheryma whipplei that most often presents with a triad of weight loss, ...

(FGM/C) affects more than 230 million females of all ages worldwide, including an estimated 58 000 in Canada1 The World ...

This issue of CMAJ features the updated Canadian guideline on screening for high-risk drinking and alcohol use disorder, ...

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Background:The COVID-19 pandemic affected the epidemiology of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). We sought to describe ...

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) ...

Endometrial polyps are found in as many as 40% of females 1 – 3 The incidence may be underestimated as many polyps remain asymptomatic and naturally regress in almost one-third of patients (27%). 1 – ...

Colorectal cancer is the second most common cause of cancer-related death in men and the third most common in women; 1 the lifetime probabilities of dying from colorectal cancer among men and women ...

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 ...

Anorexia nervosa is a potentially life-threatening eating disorder Up to 0.3% of males will receive a diagnosis of anorexia nervosa in their lifetime. 1 Affected males have a 6-times higher mortality ...

Ben Geboe, Glenda Sandy, Daphne Tooktoo, Sophie Tukalak, Stephanie Law, Shirley White-Dupuis, Qiallak Nappaaluk, Nellie Aliqu, Eva Quananack, Maggie Emudluk, Larry Watt, Pasa Mangiok, Anna Dunn-Suen, ...