ISSUE -- November 4, 2008
TOP STORIES
Do
you understand your contract?
Obesity
and prostate cancer mortality are linked
OMA
looks to next four years
MDs
flocking to advanced business training programs
10
inexpensive ways to improve your waiting room
NEWS
Canada
in brief: Patient-focused funding pilot launched
OMA
looks to next four years
NBMS
hush about contract talks
PROGRAMS
THAT WORK: Mobile breast screening program a success in Manitoba
10
inexpensive ways to improve your waiting room
MDs
flocking to advanced business training programs
Doctors'
call for probe into tobacco deal denied
Canadian
elected world's top doctor speaks about plans
Do
you understand your contract?
EDITORIAL
Praise
for our world role
OPED
More
Native doctors, please
LETTERS
Fragmentation
of patient care would tear away at family practice
Egypt
travel article an honest—not sarcastic— real-life account
COLUMNS
YOUR
TURN: A 10-point Marshall plan to right the doctor shortage
POLITICS:
Conflict-of-interest regulation bad for research
HELPING
HAND: Conferences provide time for learning, connecting, recharging
LAW:
Hospital on hook for maintaining equipment
CLINICAL NEWS
Obesity
and prostate cancer mortality are linked
Clinical
in brief: MS drugs show promise
Controversial
detox diets growing in popularity
Weight-loss
surgery linked to bone loss
Aneurysm
size, site are main predictors of rupture
Enzymes
offer promise as targets for treating progressive MS
NEW
DRUGS: Vaccine reduces risk of shingles in older adults
New
safety information has been issued for the following
Alzheimer's
drug targeting beta amyloid fails in phase III trial
PHYSICAL
DIAGNOSIS: The locomotor system
New
drugs available to replace discontinued restless leg treatment
MEETING UPDATES
GASTRO:
SONIC gives boost to infliximab for Crohn's
GASTRO:
Vocal fold wheezing might be caused by GERD
GASTRO:
Therapy hastens healing of severe Crohn's lesions
GASTRO:
Once-daily drug maintains remission in ulcerative colitis
LIFE
DOCTOR
ART: Mastering images with impact
Canada's
giant cowboy
Nevis:
a less-travelled tropical paradise
5
things you need to tell your patients
LAST
LAUGH: Let the games begin
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