ISSUE -- February 10, 2009
TOP STORIES
Depression front-runner
Relocation: A big test for MD-MD relationships
Bid to abolish private clinic ban launched
Approval of Alberta deal suggests best-paid MDs know they're lucky
Provinces struggle to fill holes in public health
NEWS
Bid to abolish private clinic ban launched
Canada in brief: Lesbian clinic encounter sparks controversy
Robotic anesthesia system touted as a top idea from 2008
PROGRAMS THAT WORK: Clinic lets FPs provide obstetrics without on-call duties
Budget earmarks $600 million for aboriginal health
London, Ont. MD wins $1 million
Canadians' annual Rx spend = $578
Code of conduct comes to Alberta
EDITORIAL
EDITORIAL: Ontario's LHINs still in the pressure cooker
OPED
YOUR VOICE: Prescribing/diagnosing powers for pharmacists seen as dangerous
LETTERS
Have family physicians been their own worst enemies in terms of shortages?
COLUMNS
YOUR
TURN: Licensure issues not just politics says 'health-care czar' in waiting
CLINICAL NEWS
Antiplatelet response is in the genes
Preterm births rise; push is on for pre-conceptual counselling
Genetic clues may aid preterm prevention
Clinical in brief: Rate of memory loss not related to level of education
Mechanical arm gives patients a hand in rehabilitation
Clopidogrel's
interactions with other drugs, genetics to be studied
Environmental
factors declared main cause of Parkinson's
MEETING UPDATES
RADIOLOGY: Timing of brain activity reveals signature of autism
RADIOLOGY: CT may offer one-stop colon cancer and osteoporosis screen
RADIOLOGY: CT can help detect asymptomatic lung cancers
BREAST CANCER: Lapatinib helps control metastatic breast cancer
BREAST CANCER: Capecitabine cuts risk of breast cancer recurrence
BREAST CANCER: Toremifene matches tamoxifen in early stage breast cancer outcomes
BREAST CANCER: Reduced breast density indicates tamoxifen effect
BREAST CANCER: Zoledronic acid may help reduce tumours
LIFE
TRAVEL: My year – OK, two weeks – in Provence
LAST LAUGH: Family doctors' favourite things
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