Key points A 71-year-old arable and livestock farmer from Southwestern Ontario was transferred from a peripheral hospital to our tertiary care centre owing to an 18-month history of cognitive decline ...

Key points United States Secretary of Health Robert F. Kennedy Jr. recently dismissed all members of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, a respected body of technical experts whose ...

Background: Tobacco smoking is the leading cause of preventable disease and death in Canada. The objective of this Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care guideline is to provide primary care ...

See related article at In this issue of CMAJ , the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care presents its new guideline on interventions for tobacco smoking cessation.[1][2] Every time clinicians ...

Continuous glucose monitors can predict some imminent hypoglycemic episodes, allowing a proactive approach to treatment.3 People living with diabetes treated with basal and meal-time insulin could ...

Worldwide, 30% of people aged 65 years or older who are living in the community fall each year, and among people aged 85 years or older, this proportion increases to nearly 40%. 1, 2 Falls frequently ...

The tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) content of cannabis has roughly quintupled in the past 2 decades, from around 4% in the 2000s to more than 20% in most legal dried cannabis in Canada by 2023.[1][1] The ...

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 ...

It is with great pleasure and pride that I introduce the next 2 issues of CMAJ, which centre the health of Black people in Canada and explore anti-Black racism in Canadian health care spaces. These 2 ...

KEY POINTS Indigenous Peoples in Canada benefit from regaining access to and strengthening traditional cultural ways of life, including health and healing practices. Many Indigenous communities are ...

Background: Cancer surveillance data are essential to help understand where gaps exist and progress is being made in cancer control. We sought to summarize the expected impact of cancer in Canada in ...