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 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 ...

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

After reading Panagiotoglou and colleagues’ research article on the effects of a provincial opioid prescribing standard on prescribing for pain in adults, the question that comes to my mind is, who is ...

Innovations: Access to health care: Real-Time Virtual Support: a network of virtual care for rural, remote, First Nations, and pan-provincial communities in British Columbia ...

KEY POINTS The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has fundamentally changed society and the delivery of health care in Canada. Given that much health care is delivered by residents, ...