ISSUE -- January 27, 2009

TOP STORIES

A family medicine state of the union

Cancer's 'magic bullet'?

MDs thrash CPSO over first-come, first-served policy

6 tips to be a better clinical teacher

NEWS

 Canada in brief : MD too sexy for this legislature

 MedPost changes announced as Healthcare Group created

 WMA launches physician leadership course

 Waits for transfer to alternate care growing

 Using plain language eases patients' fears

 Three Ontario doctors to vie for CMA presidency

 Yukon MDs get 3% fee hike in each of four years

 California MD cleared in organ harvest case

 Quebec's young GPs are happy

 Francine Décary: The lifeblood of Héma-Québec

 Ontario doctors, dietitians to work together more closely

  Provincial licence not needed for N.B. telemedicine

 Partnership between Manitoba med school and WHRA alarms clinical teachers' group

 U.K. court supports doctor forced into arranged marriage

  New edition of primary health-care manual for health workers launched

EDITORIAL

EDITORIAL: The evolution of a minister

OPED

 OPED: Refuting the allergic reaction theory of autoimmune diseases

LETTERS

CMA supports MDs' interjurisdictional mobility

Family medicine has demonstrated success of Romanow Report

When it's murder, call it murder

BCMA straying from what members want

Ontario's FHTs deliver as a model of care

COLUMNS

YOUR TURN: Let people know where babies come from

POLITICS: Who's responsible for public health if not doctors?

LAW: Doctor cleared in patient's fall due to unlikelihood of event

CLINICAL NEWS

Baby born from embryo tested for BRCA1 mutations

Speedy test separates normal and cancerous stem cells

Clinical in brief: Poor sleep, illness risk linked

Elderly exhibit seasonal trends in blood pressure

PHYSICAL DIAGNOSIS: The locomotor system

Increase vitamin D in winter to avoid long-term bone loss 

MEETING UPDATES

CARDIOLOGY: Imaging shows myocardial fibrosis in elite athletes

CARDIOLOGY: Cardiac arrest survival slow to improve after new guidelines

CARDIOLOGY: Rising C-section rate a concern in women with congenital heart disease

CARDIOLOGY: Adults with congenital heart disease lack specialists

CARDIOLOGY: Stenting leaps ahead of bypass surgery, but ideal balance unknown

NEPHROLOGY: Overnight hemodialysis improves survival rates

NEPHROLOGY: New kidney boosts brainpower in renal disease patients

NEPHROLOGY: Kidney donation doesn't jeopardize future pregnancies

NEPHROLOGY: New kidney boosts brainpower in renal disease patients

LIFE

TRAVEL: Puerto Rico's dry, quiet southern coast

An eye-opening trip to Fiji

Coming full circle above the Arctic Circle

LAST LAUGH: Fore! Teeing up patients for hole-in-one diagnoses

Home sweet home – and office

BAD ADVICE: Looking to lose holiday weight? Here's some food for thought