Background: Ground-level falls are common among older adults and are the most frequent cause of traumatic intracranial bleeding. The aim of this study was to derive a clinical decision rule that ...

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% ...

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 ...

Footnotes. Competing interests: None declared. This article has been peer reviewed. Contributors: All of the authors contributed to the conception and design of the work, drafted the manuscript, ...

Bell palsy is an idiopathic weakness or paralysis of the face of peripheral nerve origin, with acute onset. It affects 20–30 persons per 100 000 annually, and 1 in 60 individuals will be affected over ...

Hypertension Canada guideline for the diagnosis and treatment of hypertension in adults in primary care Clinical practice guideline for management of osteoporosis and fracture prevention in Canada: ...

On the surface it is an innocent world: Christopher Robin, living in a beautiful forest surrounded by his loyal animal friends. Generations of readers of A.A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh stories have ...

Access to health care: Effect of single-entry referral models and team-based care on wait times for hip and knee joint replacement in Ontario: a simulation study ...

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 ...

In Canada, an estimated 5400 deaths attributable to AMR occurred in 2018.[1][1] By 2050, 40% of infections will be resistant to first-line antimicrobials.[1][1] The pan-Canadian action plan on AMR has ...