An 8-year-old boy presented to the dermatology department with a 2-month history of progressive, patchy alopecia on the scalp ...

The routine MMR immunization series consists of 2 doses: the first is administered at age 12–15 months, and the second after 18 months, generally given at school entry (age 4–6 yr). Before travel, ...

Leaving emergency departments without completing treatment among First Nations and non–First Nations patients in Alberta: a mixed-methods study ...

Leaving emergency departments without completing treatment among First Nations and non–First Nations patients in Alberta: a mixed-methods study ...

KEY POINTS Death is certain, but its timing and context are not. One of the most important missions of medicine and public health is to prevent premature deaths. Recent initiatives have shown that stu ...

Background: The drug toxicity crisis continues to accelerate across Canada, with rapid increases in opioid-related harms following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. We sought to describe trends in ...

Diagnosis of hyperemesis gravidarum can be made in the first 16 weeks of pregnancy when a person has nausea and vomiting, at least 1 of which is severe, impairing sufficient intake and affecting tasks ...

Rates of use of e-cigarettes that contain nicotine (“vaping”) by adolescents in Canada continue to be among the highest in the world1 In the Canadian Student Tobacco, Alcohol and Drugs Survey ...

People say time freezes when you immigrate. My parents were rural farmers in Vietnam before becoming refugees of the war. They settled down with thousands of others like them in Little Saigon, a ...

Inclusion body myositis is an idiopathic inflammatory myopathy. Whether its cause is primarily autoimmune or degenerative is debated. Its prevalence is 18 per 100 000 people, higher than ...