A meta-analysis of 20 000 people from the general population who were patch tested confirmed a 20% prevalence of contact allergy, with nickel being the most common allergen (11.4%).1 Prevalence is ...

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Cytisine is not a new drug. Cytisine has been safely used in eastern Europe for smoking cessation since the 1960s.1, 3 Its generic structure renders market exclusivity difficult, and its low selling ...

International examples of Indigenous-led health partnerships have also incorporated traditional Indigenous knowledge and culture. The Nuka System of Care, for example, respectfully designed in ...

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 ...

When central venous access cannot be established delivering vasopressors via peripheral catheters is acceptable. Administration of vasopressors through peripheral venous catheters has traditionally ...

Box 1: Evidence used in this review. We drew on the international guideline on the management of polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) published by the European Society of Human Reproduction and ...

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KEY POINTS The 2023 recipient of the Canadian Medical Association’s Dr. Ashok Muzumdar Memorial Award for Physicians with Disabilities is Dr. Jessica Dunkley.[1][1] One of the first Deaf physicians to ...

What is the burden of endometriosis? Endometriosis is estimated to affect about 10% of women of reproductive age, and an unknown number of gender-diverse people.1 It is one of the most prevalent ...

KEY POINTS The coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic has laid bare some of the ways in which social structures lead to inequalities in health. It has also revealed Canada’s poor infrastructure for ...

Health care workers logged more overtime in the second year of the pandemic than any time in the past decade. More than one in five health care workers logged overtime in 2021, according to the ...