Nov 12, 2024 · Background In an evolving landscape of practices and policies, reviewing and incorporating the latest scientific evidence is necessary to ensure optimal clinical management for people with opioid use disorder. We provide a synopsis of the 2024 update of the 2018 National Guideline for the Clinical Management of Opioid Use Disorder, from the Canadian Research Initiative in Substance Matters.

Oct 16, 2023 · Background: In Canada, low awareness of evidence-based interventions for the clinical management of alcohol use disorder exists among health care providers and people who could benefit from care. To address this gap, the Canadian Research Initiative in Substance Misuse convened a national committee to develop a guideline for the clinical management of high-risk drinking and alcohol use disorder.

CMA Speaks Up ‘Leaders can no longer look away’ The CMA gives doctors a voice on critical issues in health care. This week, we were on the ground at the Health Ministers meeting in Halifax calling for urgent solutions to support the heart of the system: its workforce.

May 13, 2024 · Background: Cancer surveillance data are essential to help understand where gaps exist and progress is being made in cancer control. We sought to summarize the expected impact of cancer in Canada in 2024, with projections of new cancer cases and deaths from cancer by sex and province or territory for all ages combined. Methods: We obtained data on new cancer cases (i.e., incidence, 1984–2019 ...

Current eligible articles for Certified Self-Learning Credits. These articles are eligible for certified self-learning credits for members of the College of Family Physicians of Canada.

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Aug 4, 2020 · Decreased food intake and increased physical activity lead to a negative energy balance and trigger a cascade of metabolic and neurohormonal adaptive mechanisms.25, 26 Therapies that target these alterations in neurohormonal mechanisms can become effective tools in the long-term management of obesity.27 Novel approaches to diagnose and assess obesity in clinical practice have been proposed.11 ...

May 29, 2023 · How is depression diagnosed in children and adolescents? Diagnostic criteria for MDD and persistent depressive disorder are summarized in Table 1.Compared with adults with depression, children and adolescents may be more likely to present with irritability and labile — rather than low — mood, somatic concerns and social withdrawal.21, 22 Onset of depression before adulthood may also be ...

Feb 2, 2016 · Guideline development. We developed this guideline in accordance with the Appraisal of Guidelines for Research and Evaluation II (AGREE II) instrument18 and the ADAPTE framework19 for guideline adaptation.. In a systematic review of clinical practice guidelines on the management of acne published from 2007 to 2013,20 we identified and reviewed five guidelines.

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