Intranasal corticosteroids are safe, but local adverse effects are common One in 10 patients have local adverse effects, including burning or stinging, dryness and epistaxis. 2 Systemic adverse ...

Key points Globally, females are disproportionately affected by iron deficiency, owing to biological and socioeconomic ...

More than one in five Canadians — an estimated 6.5 million people — do not have a family physician or nurse practitioner they see regularly, according to a national survey. That’s a dramatic increase ...

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 ...

See related article at A crisis of communicable diseases is unfolding in North America, just as Canada’s health systems’ responses are being hampered by the dismantling of public health and research ...

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Background: The speed of vaccine development has been a singular achievement during the COVID-19 pandemic, although uptake has not been universal. Vaccine opponents often frame their opposition in ...

CMAJ July 02, 2025 197 (24) E688-E690; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.240772 ...

This issue of CMAJ features Brenner and colleagues’ 1 projections for cancer diagnoses in Canada in 2024. Despite overall declines in cancer incidence and mortality, population growth and aging will ...

Acetaminophen overdose remains common A billion doses of acetaminophen are taken safely each year, but 10000 people in Canada overdose on this medication annually. About one-third are hospitalized for ...

CMAJ May 20, 2025 197 (19) E524-E531; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.241755 ...

In research published in this issue of CMAJ, Mah and colleagues summarize clinicians’ experiences of providing care for patients whose presenting illness is not acute and for whom admission to ...