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 ...

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 ...

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

Among patients with acute coronary syndrome, for whom ASA may decrease morbidity and mortality (odds ratio 0.75),[2][1] a short but detailed history of reported adverse effects may allow clinicians to ...

Key points A 55-year-old man with a left-sided goiter and local compression symptoms presented to our endocrinology clinic. He did not have dysphagia, dyspnea, or hoarseness. All laboratory results, ...

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 ...

Key points A 39-year-old otherwise healthy man presented to the emergency department with severe rectal pain and a 3-day ...

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 ...

Funding: This work was supported by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (R25-DA037756 to Victoria Weaver). Nadia Fairbairn is supported by a Philip Owen Professorship in Addiction Medicine at the ...

Not always, but too often, my patient and I both watch my right hand as it shakes. Sometimes, to finish writing a prescription, I steady it with my left hand. Oops. And I wonder: Should I address the ...

Despite advancements in treatment and HIV viral suppression, people with HIV experience a risk of myocardial infarction that is 1.73 times higher than in people without HIV.[1][1] Believed to be in ...