Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is characterized by partial or complete airway obstruction during sleep. Prevalence is about 1.2%. [1] [1] Adenotonsillar hypertrophy and obesity are common risk factors ...

Jacqueline M. McMillan, Elizabeth Aitken and Jayna M. Holroyd-Leduc The appropriate assessment and management of chronic insomnia is crucial. Insomnia affects quality of life and has been shown to be ...

We do a very poor job of health workforce planning in Canada, in large part because of inadequate health workforce data. Inadequate health workforce data have economic costs because poor data limit ...

In its 2015 Quality of Death Index report, the Economist Intelligence Unit ranked Canada 11th in overall quality of death and 18th in availability of palliative care services.1 For efforts to develop ...

A 77-year-old woman was referred to a geriatric day hospital with concerns about mobility and falls, pain, constipation, cognition and polypharmacy. Comorbidities included cerebrovascular disease, ...

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 ...

KEY POINTS Acute aortic syndrome (AAS) is a life-threatening emergency, accounting for 1/2000 presentations of acute chest or back pain to the emergency department. [1] [1] It is a clinical spectrum ...

Smoking marijuana can increase clearance of some drugs Smoked marijuana increases the clearance of theophylline 40%. 1 Similar findings would be expected for other drugs metabolized by CYP1A2, such as ...

Bupropion abuse is a growing public health problem Although bupropion shares some structural and pharmacologic properties with amphetamine, early research suggested the drug did not produce any ...

Background: Fragility fractures are a major health concern for older adults and can result in disability, admission to hospital and long-term care, and reduced quality of life. This Canadian Task ...

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 working to ...

Endometriosis is a common disorder that can cause pelvic pain and infertility, may involve multiple organ systems and can adversely affect quality of life. The cause of endometriosis is not fully ...