Seven days after returning from a trip to Argentina, a 21-year-old woman presented to her family physician with fever, myalgia, and a macular rash on both thighs. This constellation of symptoms raised ...

Background: In 2016, the College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia released a legally enforceable opioid prescribing practice standard for the treatment of chronic noncancer pain (CNCP); ...

Untreated chronic pain among patients with opioid use disorder (OUD) is common and is associated with poor patient outcomes. In Canada, evidence-based treatments for chronic pain are often ...

Access to health care: The effects of a provincial opioid prescribing standard on prescribing for pain in adults: an interrupted time-series analysis ...

Depuis la fin de l’année 2023, de nouvelles éclosions ont été signalées en Bolivie, au Brésil, au Pérou et à Cuba, contaminant notamment des personnes qui retournaient au Canada et aux États-Unis1, 2.

Le syndrome de l’artère poplitée piégée (SAPP) est une affection rare causée par une compression externe de l’artère poplitée, généralement due à une position anormale du muscle gastrocnémien. Le ...

J’attache les lacets de mes chaussures de course alors que l’anxiété menace de m’engloutir. Dehors, le ciel est d’un bleu de glace. La sueur coule le long de mon dos, mes pieds battent la mesure au ...

Key points A 28-year-old man with cocaine and alcohol use disorders presented to the emergency department with a 2-month history of worsening shortness of breath, orthopnea, and fatigue. His medical ...

My late father, deaf since early adulthood, introduced me to the burden of auditory loss. His severe deficit resulted from a dire combination of army service as an artilleryman in the Canadian Armed ...

See related research at Key points In December 1952, emissions from multiple sources created a thick haze in England, an event known as the Great Smog of London. [1][2] This event, which resulted in ...