Key points A 36-year-old Black woman presented to the emergency department in a coma (Glasgow Coma Scale 4) after an unwitnessed fall in the bathroom. She was healthy before the fall and had had 2 ...

Key points According to recent federal data, the number of people experiencing homelessness in Canada increased by 20% from 2018 to 2022, with 10% of those who reported being unhoused in the Census ...

A recent meta-analysis showed that, compared with the left-lateral going-to-sleep position, the supine going-to-sleep position was associated with stillbirth (adjusted odds ratio [OR] 2.63, 95% ...

See related editorial at Pregnant people with measles are at higher risk of pneumonia, hepatitis, and hospitalization and ...

Key points A 57-year-old man presented to the emergency department with back and right upper quadrant abdominal pain that progressed to painful right leg swelling over a few days. His vital signs at ...

Background: Among individuals with schizophrenia, antipsychotic medications improve performance across several cognitive and ...

See related article at In this issue of CMAJ , Science and colleagues summarize the latest information on the management of measles exposures in pregnancy and the potential complications of measles ...

An 81-year-old man presented to the emergency department after 2 episodes of uncontrollable shaking, each lasting several minutes, accompanied by a sensation of extreme cold. He and his partner stated ...

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), ...

Background: Obesity is a complex, chronic, stigmatized disease whereby abnormal or excess body fat may impair health or increase the risk of medical complications, and can reduce quality of life and ...