ISSUE – JANUARY 9, 2007
NEWS
Audit model unveiled
Colleges divided over Libya-sponsored students
Bankrupt med student's gamble on leniency fails
Belts could be tightened on health-care spending in Ontario
BCMA offering student workshops on business side of medicine
N.B. plans to set up prescription tracking
National MD survey coming your way
Winnipeg Regional Health Authority takes over private city clinic
'Continuum' clinic bridges public/private care
Canada Foundation for Innovation funding gives heart research a boost
Canada in brief: Health-care highlights from across the country
AMA hopes premier can help in talks
Winnipeg centralizes cardiac surgery
B.C. doctors launch campaign to tackle childhood obesity
More Nova Scotia doctors entering EMR age
No health-care 'Wizard of Oz': Alberta premier
EDITORIAL
So what won't happen in 2007?
OPED
Incremental infanticide: Who is it good for?
LETTERS
Letter to the Editor: Get the oil companies to fork over
Letter to the Editor: We owe gratitude to Dr. Paré for his sincerity and honesty
COLUMNS
OTTAWA: Defender of the federalist faith
New Liberal leader a veteran in health-care debates with provinces over funding.
MEDIA: Health campaigns target resolution-happy citizens
INSIDERS: Research key in improving outcomes for kids with autism
CLINICAL NEWS
Taxane breast CA regimen less toxic for heart
Colds can be deadly in lung transplant patients
New heart pump promising for patients ineligible for transplant
Mercurial fish
Is eating shark, tuna or swordfish harmful, especially for pregnant women, or is there something fishy about this tale?
DOCTOR TO DOCTOR: Meet lymphoma, the cell killer
Incidence of this disease is rising, but therapies are keeping up, extending the lives of many patients and even curing some.
Good and bad news for rosiglitazone in diabetes study
Mixed message for mindfulness
Data presented at the North American Primary Care Research Group annual meeting indicate mixed findings on the use of mindfulness-based stress reduction(MBSR)on sleep disturbance.
Web site gives individuals heads up on their mental health
Adolescent smokers quadruple risk of developing asthma
Smoking an inherited habit
Patients unreliable in prenatal HIV screen reporting
Low levels of hormone linked to men's falls
Cardiovascular risk formula does not add up
Teen boys at greater risk of high blood pressure than girls
New best practice guide for stroke care tailored to Canada
Monitoring fetal oxygen during labour may be of little benefit
Lack of data concealed problems with corneal transplant surgeries
Confused elderly may stop taking warfarin
Technique allows for postop partial breast CA irradiation
Kyphoplasty offers new option to treat vertebral fractures
MEETING UPDATES
ASH: New blood disease drugs coming into focus
ASH: Drug combo outperforms targeted agent for transplant patients
ASH: Zoledronic acid boosts outcomes in multiple myeloma
ASH: Drug appears safe for chronic lymphocytic leukemia patients
ASH: Imatinib-resistant leukemia patients may do well on nilotinib
CIC: Immunization strategy sound, but marketing push needed
CIC: Advisory team turns to Web to get vaccine guidelines out more quickly
CIC: Want to reduce wait lists? Consider role of immunization
CIC: Study backs push for HPV school program
RSNA: Got low-cost contrast agent?
RSNA: Brain offers clues to back pain imaging mystery
RSNA: MRI identifies hidden heart attack risk in older athletes
RSNA: Hypnotic relaxation eases breast biopsy pain
LIFE
You've earned it
A test measures the effectiveness of med school merit badges in reducing stress and a sense of isolation in trainees, and garnering a giggle.
TRAVEL: Boston's urban legends
Opium: Demonizing addiction
On the road to independent practice
The Medical Post’s intrepid resident-correspondents travel Ontario and even get Tasered in their journey to become ‘real Canadian physicians.’
WINE: Italian offerings hold their own amid New World hype
LAST LAUGH: Tackling technology
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