Key points Canada’s health systems are stressed with increasing demands for health care and services. The causes of this stress are multifactorial and include an aging population and a health ...

Background: Subclinical hypothyroidism has been linked to adverse renal outcomes, but it is unknown whether treatment of subclinical hypothyroidism reduces the risk of these adverse outcomes. We ...

Key points The provision of health care is hard and, understandably, clinicians struggle. Beyond meaningful health care interactions, clinicians must also integrate large volumes of demographic, ...

Care should include explicit statements affirming patient choice. Clinicians with faith-based objections should provide timely, tolerant referral; judgmental or obstructive care may result in ...

Key points Health data are critical to health systems in Canada, but the potential of these data to be accessed and used by foreign entities for surveillance purposes without consent is concerning.

Sarah Khan, Jason Brophy, Fatima Kakkar, Nancy Nashid, Laura Sauve, Rupeena Purewal and Ari Bitnun ...

Accessibility adaptations like online booking and virtual consultations can reduce care avoidance observed in autistic people. Access to accurate diagnoses and better health outcomes can be supported ...

A 43-year-old man presents requesting screening for sexually transmitted infections (STIs). His medical history is remarkable for systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), and he is currently receiving no ...

A pregnant, primiparous 32-year-old woman at 28 weeks’ gestation presented for a routine prenatal visit. Blood work showed thrombocytopenia with platelet count of 60 (reference range 130–380) × 109/L.