ISSUE -- August 4, 2009

TOP STORIES

New CMA president "not happy with mediocrity"

IVF increases preterm birth and low birth weight risks

New folic acid research reveals benefits and risks

FINANCE: How to buy your dream home...and save thousands

HST won't thrill Ontario MDs

NEWS

HST won't thrill Ontario MDs

MD Management defends new sales policy

Doctors Nova Scotia: Choice key in EMR adoption

Ontario suddenly axes physician relocation fund

FINANCE: How to buy your dream home...and save thousands

5 ways to help patients with substance abuse issues

New CMA president "not happy with mediocrity"

Alberta should clear health services debt

Newfoundland MDs prepared to fight for better pay

EHR a long way off, says N.L. health info agency

EDITORIAL

Alberta practice business costs a useful focus of study

OPED

YOUR TURN: Editorial missed key concerns about pharmacist prescribing

LETTERS

LETTERS: Colleges working on safe implementation of AIT

LETTERS: Patients suffer when allied health-care workers overstep their bounds

COLUMNS

FINANCE: How to buy your dream home...and save thousands

CLINICAL NEWS

Canada in brief: MDs weigh legal euthanasia

Ovary removal linked to higher risk of lung cancer

New lens delivers drugs

Clinical in brief: Drug-resistant H1N1 case linked to prophylaxis

Sleep apnea tests head home with new devices

Gene therapy not to blame in woman’s death

New folic acid research reveals benefits and risks

Hunger hormone appears to combat frailty

Annual screening for skin cancer: Reasons for non-compliance

Canadian dermatologists vanishing

Canadian soldiers bring back Old World disease

Finasteride improves hidradenitis suppurativa in women

Skin-related ER visits are rarely emergencies

Corridor Consults: Be aware of maximum dosing for antibiotics in obese children

MEETING UPDATES

OB/GYN: IVF increases preterm birth and low birth weight risks

OB/GYN: IVF increases preterm birth and low birth weight risks

OB/GYN: Hands and knees trumps flat on back for breech birth

OB/GYN: Watch caffeine intake during pregnancy

EMERGENCY: The new frontier for emergency medicine

EMERGENCY: Sedative combo cuts side-effects in children

EMERGENCY: Better tool needed for gauging stroke risk post-TIA

EMERGENCY: Canada on track in acetaminophen poisoning treatment

EMERGENCY: Splint beats cast for toddler’s fracture

EMERGENCY: Many acute headache patients don’t need spinal tap

LIFE

Meet the 'real' Dr. Lifestyle

The Dr. Lifestyle interview

TRAVEL: Recovering paradise in Sri Lanka

WINE: Ontario’s Prince Edward County a real gem for wine and dining

Sweating the soul clean