Guidelines

Breast cancer: Screening from age 50 puts racialized women at a disadvantage
Non-white women are more likely to be diagnosed with breast cancer before the age of 50, say researchers at the University of Ottawa, who are calling for earlier screening.
Update to Canadian clinical practice guideline for management of opioid use disorder
Methadone or buprenorphine should be considered as standard first-line treatment for opioid use disorder, with slow-release oral morphine as a second-line treatment option.

New guidelines for the evaluation and management of chronic constipation

These guidelines from the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons are aimed primarily at gastroenterologists and family physicians.
Updated Canadian guideline on management of female stress urinary incontinence

Provides guidance on evaluation, counselling, nonsurgical and surgical treatment of female stress urinary incontinence, as well as management of surgery complications.
Updated Canadian guidelines for management of depression in adults

Revised CANMAT guidelines outline patient assessment, selection of evidence-based treatments, prevention of recurrence and strategies for managing inadequate response.
Outdated cancer screening guidelines jeopardizing early detection, doctors say

Coalition for Responsible Healthcare Guidelines physicians criticize currency of recommendations from the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care.
Managing mild and very mild asthma in preschoolers, children and adolescents

Canadian Paediatric Society issues a practice point document on the pharmacologic management of very mild or mild asthma in children older than one year.
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Insomnia: A sleep specialist discusses his experience managing this prevalent sleep disorder in primary care
Updated Canadian guidelines on pharmacotherapy of stable COPD

Canadian Thoracic Society issues updated recommendations and a revised treatment pathway to optimize maintenance pharmacologic therapy in stable COPD.
New guidance on using take-home naloxone for in-community overdose response

The guidance is aimed at helping policy makers understand best practices for this tool.

Breast cancer: Screening from age 50 puts racialized women at a disadvantage

Update to Canadian clinical practice guideline for management of opioid use disorder

New guidelines for the evaluation and management of chronic constipation

Updated Canadian guideline on management of female stress urinary incontinence

Updated Canadian guidelines for management of depression in adults

Outdated cancer screening guidelines jeopardizing early detection, doctors say

Managing mild and very mild asthma in preschoolers, children and adolescents

Insomnia: A sleep specialist discusses his experience managing this prevalent sleep disorder in primary care

Updated Canadian guidelines on pharmacotherapy of stable COPD

New guidance on using take-home naloxone for in-community overdose response