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 ...

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% ...

See related editorial at Pregnant people with measles are at higher risk of pneumonia, hepatitis, and hospitalization and have a 10-fold higher risk of death than those who are not pregnant.[1][2] ...

Key points A 57-year-old man presented to the emergency department with back and right upper quadrant abdominal pain that progressed to painful right leg swelling over a few days. His vital signs at ...

Background: Among individuals with schizophrenia, antipsychotic medications improve performance across several cognitive and ...

See related article at In this issue of CMAJ , Science and colleagues summarize the latest information on the management of measles exposures in pregnancy and the potential complications of measles ...

Key points A 36-year-old Black woman presented to the emergency department in a coma (Glasgow Coma Scale 4) after an ...

Recognizing that CMAJ Practice articles are intended to be brief and succinct, the recently published article on sudden sensorineural hearing loss1 (SSNHL) is notable in its omission of an important ...

Background: Although clinical trials involving psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy have not observed short-term increases in the risk of death, limited data exist on mortality associated with ...

Jane S. Thornton, William N. Morley and Samir K. Sinha Physical activity is a modifiable risk factor for more than 30 chronic conditions relevant to the older adult; 150 minutes per week of moderate ...

Background: Needle exchange programs are effective public health interventions that reduce blood-borne infections, including hepatitis C, and injection-related infections. We sought to assess the ...