Key points The health implications of exposures to the Alberta oil sands are underresearched, despite more than a decade of calls from Indigenous communities and researchers for further investigation.

Background: Consent forms have become too long and often do little to help people understand the risk elements of their participation in research, instead focusing on risk reduction for research ...

Key points Dried plasma is dehydrated, powdered human plasma. Once mixed with sterile water, the reconstituted plasma delivers essential coagulation factors necessary for hemostasis and supports ...

Key points More than a decade after the launch of Canada’s Strategy for Patient-Oriented Research (SPOR), patient engagement is increasingly expected across the health research ecosystem.

Background: Race is a social construct reflecting broader systemic forces that can affect health, including mental health. We ...

Clinical practice guideline for management of osteoporosis and fracture prevention in Canada: 2023 update Hypertension Canada guideline for the diagnosis and treatment of hypertension in adults in ...

Before 2021, single-game sports betting was illegal in Canada; now, in 2025, advertisements for sports betting platforms punctuate screened competitive sports games without limits on their duration or ...

The Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care has historically led the way globally in the development of evidence-based guidelines. Concerns were raised in recent years about the work of the task ...

An 82-year-old woman with metastatic urothelial carcinoma and hepatic metastases was admitted to hospital for profound neutropenia and general clinical deterioration. She was referred to our ...

In this issue of CMAJ, the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care presents its new guideline on interventions for tobacco smoking cessation.1 Every time clinicians encounter a person who smokes ...

Heat waves are associated with a 9.7% increase in mental health–related hospital presentations, and mental illness is one of the strongest predictors of heat-related deaths (odds ratio 3.61, 95% ...