Background: Depression negatively affects how a person feels, thinks, or behaves; is associated with impaired functioning in social and work settings; and can be associated with thoughts of suicide.

A 63-year-old woman with a 20-year history of hidradenitis suppurativa, classified as Hurley Stage III (a disease-specific staging system); a 12 pack-year smoking history; pyoderma gangrenosum; and ...

My first act on becoming a father was calling the burial society for our stillborn son. It all happened so quickly. Even as I drove to the hospital, the prospect of a stillbirth wasn’t within my ...

Survivors may be triggered by recounting memories of traumatic events and are at risk of retraumatization. [1][1] Allowing patients to control how they communicate their narrative can help them engage ...

Key points A 68-year-old woman from rural Ontario arrived at her local emergency department with worsening palpitations. Her medical history included breast cancer treated with surgical resection and ...

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Croup develops in more than 80 000 Canadian children each year, making it the second most common cause of respiratory distress in the first decade of life. [1] [1], [2] [2] It affects boys more than ...

Evidence from a variety of cross-sectional, longitudinal and empirical studies implicate smartphone and social media use in the increase in mental distress, self-injurious behaviour and suicidality ...

A 39-year-old man presented to the emergency department with left forearm pain after a fall during a motorcycle accident, in ...

Diagnosis of loperamide abuse requires a high index of suspicion Loperamide is not detected by routine drug screens. Typically, a patient with loperamide abuse will have a history of opioid misuse or ...

Individuals experiencing homelessness are at increased risk of infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 owing to their lack of safe housing and are also at higher risk of severe ...

I entered the intensive care unit on a Monday morning, buzzing from my first months of critical care fellowship. I was welcomed into the unit by a middle-aged attending I’d known for many years, his ...