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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

People with cannabis-induced psychosis and cannabis use disorder are at high risk of schizophrenia A population-based retrospective cohort study of 9.8 million people in Ontario, Canada, found that ...

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 ...

Pressurized metered-dose (pMDI) inhalers are an important contributor to greenhouse gas emissions Hydrofluorocarbon propellants in pMDIs are responsible for roughly 0.03% of yearly global greenhouse ...

Background: The relation between emergency department opioid prescribing and subsequent harm is complex and poorly studied. We sought to quantify adverse outcomes, incremental risk, and rates of ...

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 ...

Croup develops in more than 80 000 Canadian children each year, making it the second most common cause of respiratory distress in the first decade of life. 1, 2 It affects boys more than girls (1.4:1) ...

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 ...