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A pregnant, primiparous 32-year-old woman at 28 weeks’ gestation presented for a routine prenatal visit. Blood work showed thrombocytopenia with platelet count of 60 (reference range 130–380) × 109/L.

Postviral olfactory dysfunction is a diagnosis of exclusion Clinical evaluation should incorporate a thorough history and physical examination that includes anterior rhinoscopy. If symptoms do not ...

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 ...

KEY POINTS Correctional populations are characterized by disproportionately elevated levels of chronic diseases, including substance use and mental health disorders. In contexts of the present drug ...

Most acute community-acquired infections can be treated with 5–7 days of antibiotics More than 130 RCTs across 22 infectious conditions have shown that shorter courses of antibiotics are equivalent, ...

Background: Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccines could reduce disease burden and costs in older Canadian adults, but vaccination program cost-effectiveness is unknown. We evaluated the ...

Exposure to wildfire smoke is associated with adverse health outcomes Wildfire seasons are getting longer and more severe in Canada. Wildfire smoke caused 710 emergency department visits for ...

Cervical cancer is almost entirely preventable and is curable if detected early. In related research, Pataky and colleagues model strategies for the elimination of cervical cancer in British Columbia ...

In the Canadian Student Tobacco, Alcohol and Drugs Survey 2021–2022, 29.4% of students in grades 7–12 reported trying an e-cigarette, with 8.1% vaping nicotine daily. [2] [1] The minimum age to ...

Footnotes Competing interests: Normal Giesbrecht is a member of the Alcohol Working Group, Ontario Public Health Association. Daniel Myran was a scientific expert panel member of the recently released ...