Dr. Jennifer Robinson (biography and disclosures) Disclosures: Received fees from WorkSafeBC. Mitigating statement: There is no bias. The article is related to sports injury with no mention of work ...

Most internal medicine practitioners, leaners and attendings alike, include “code status” as an issue on an in-patient’s problem list. Often “not addressed overnight” or “needs to be discussed” is ...

Disclosures: Received an honorarium from Bayer for a speaking at CME events on IUDs. No conflict of interest. Mitigating potential bias: Only published trials are included. Up until recently, pain ...

Disclosures: Dr. Val Stoynova and Dr. Celia Culley both sit on the Sustainable Inhaler National Advisory Committee and have received a small associated stipend from a not-for-profit organization with ...

The new Canadian guideline situates alcohol-related harms along a continuum, recognizing that negative health and social consequences of alcohol can arise even at rates previously consistent with low ...

Disclosures: No disclosures relevant to this publication. Received peer and non-peer-reviewed funding for clinical studies of Helicobacter infection in the past. Received speaker fees and member of ...

Medical school taught me that “obesity” is a cause of morbidity and mortality, and that weight loss is its cure. I recorded patients’ BMIs and counselled them on weight-loss strategies, believing that ...

Until about 3-4 years ago, I obtained swabs from the endocervix for the diagnosis of chlamydia and gonorrhea. In women with symptoms of vaginitis, swabs were obtained from the lateral vaginal walls ...

Disclosures: Volunteer board member for CADDRA (Canadian ADHD Resource Alliance), no payments received. Mitigating potential bias: Recommendations are consistent with current practice patterns. All ...

Acknowledgments: I would like to thank Dr. Lisa Erlanger, Dr. Maya Rosenkrantz, Maria Oswald, Andrew Brown, and Ljuba Pavlovich for their helpful edits and suggestions. Medical school taught me that ...

Disclosures and mitigating statements: Dr. Ko: Intercept Pharmaceuticals: Advisory board/speaker honoraria/clinical investigator. Mitigating potential bias: no relevant disclosures for this article.

Degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis refers to the narrowing of the spinal canal that can result in numbness, pain, and weakness of the lower extremities. Atypical presentations are common as are ...