An old wives tale has persisted in the treatment of anterior epistaxis. A practice article in CMAJ entitled, "Five things to know about anterior epistaxis" discusses what many are doing wrong and the proper way to treat anterior epistaxis. On

A practice article in CMAJ presents 8 images of monkeypox mucocutaneous lesions presenting in Canadian patients from May to July 2022. The images show a spectrum of common lesions seen in patients with human monkeypox during the 2022 outbreak in non-ende

Artificial intelligence, such as computer-aided detection and computer-aided diagnosis or differentiation uses complex algorithms to identify and characterize polyps in situ during screening for colorectal cancer.  Emergent evidence suggests that the perf

Efforts to combat anti-Black racism in Canadian healthcare are underway but much remains to be done to dismantle the ideas, systems and implicit biases that underpin this specific form of discrimination.On this special one-hour episode, Drs Omole and Bigh

Black and immigrant populations are disproportionately underrepresented in regular screening for cancer. Race-based data from Canada are minimally-available, but research from the United States and Europe has shown that the lifetime risk of developing pro

Several hospitals are known for providing particularly excellent care to people experiencing a sickle cell crisis. For example, the ER at UHN meets a key recommendation from the 2017 Ontario Clinical Handbook that patients receive analgesia within 30 mi

Hereditary angioedema (HAE) is a rare autosomal dominant disorder characterized by recurrent episodes of painful swelling without urticaria that leads to substantial morbidity and even mortality if left untreated.On this episode, Dr. Victoria Cook, an imm

Many families of organ donors describe feeling alone and abandoned at the moment when their loved one is taken to the operating room for donation. Heather Talbot says she and her family were left on their own as her son was wheeled into the OR. The experi

Functional Neurological Disorders (FND) make up a significant portion of referrals to neurology, maybe as high as 30%. However, misconceptions regarding these disorders remain across medicine, and patients are frequently dismissed as “faking it.”FND are n

When contemplating issues of diversity and inclusion, medicine needs to consider menopause. A commentary in CMAJ argues that discussion about and, where needed, accommodation of menopause is a necessary step toward providing women physicians with a suppor