Clinical
Three musketeers: A new triple-protein screening test targets ovarian cancer -- early, says Cancer Research.

Cold case: BMJ study re-opens old trials and clears Parkinson's drug selegiline's name -- seems it's safe after all.

Don't cramp me: Adherent-invasive E coli's love affair with some people's bowels may explain how Crohn's disease gets started.

Creaming the sniffles: Allergy sufferers blasted with allergens find that pollen-blocking cream reduces nasal inflammation.

ICU dying for insulin: Continuous insulin infusion drives up survival rates in patients hanging on for dear life.

Coached childbirth pushes pelvic floor muscles to the limit

Kegel mamas: Pelvic floor training slashes post-natal incontinence; BMJ research shows it has no cervical downside.

Colonoscopy craze: Annals of Internal Medicine study shows that docs are doing more colonoscopies than guidelines recommend.

Cloak and dropper: How do steroid-abusing athletes avoid getting caught? Drugs in dribs and drabs.

This job ate my brain: Neurology study says mentally challenging jobs cut down Alzheimer's risk after retirement.

Dracula cure: Aloe vera could keep patients alive following severe blood loss, according to Shock study.

Government and Medicine
Failing grades: Canada's healthcare report card is in -- and it's nothing to write home about.

Selling the pharma: The premiers have cooked up a national drug insurance plan. If Ottawa won't buy, it could be a 10-front war.

Policy wonks unite: Ontario's Integrated Task Force -- no, not a Chuck Norris movie, but a meeting of health policy minds.

Features
The passionate eye: Dr Nowaczynski's black and white photos tell a tale of sickness, squalor and solitude among Canada's elderly.

By hook or by crook: CMAJ stirs it up by calling for mandatory physician recertification. What do your colleagues think?

Extra info: Find out how tricky recertification can be south of the border

Chequered past: For vitiligo sufferers, newer light therapies and good old self-tanning creams offer a ray of hope.

Dr Death, MD: Sordid tale of Harold Shipman sparks changes to UK drug delivery system.

Good, bad, or ugly: WHO's proposed free trials register plans to make sure all research data sees the light of day.

"Do I not bleed?": Phlebotomists feel undertrained, underused, and unloved -- isn't it time they got a little respect?

They'll eat it up: Navigating the food rainbow can be tricky -- and icky. WHAT TO TELL YOUR PATIENTS about gorging on the good stuff.

Weekend ER patients wait longer for urgent tests

Consumptive carping: Sometimes the only way to cure a disease like TB is to nag it to death. Directly observed therapy wins the day.

New breed of psychotherapists says 'Go ahead, make my day'

Remote control: In Part 1 of our two-part report on health technology trends, telehealth helps connect docs across the land.

Practice Management
Clock watching: Finding ways to get time working for you. An organized doc is a rested doc.

Departments
Across Canada: News highlights from coast to coast to coast.

News in Brief: Bite-size treats from the international world of medicine

Classics: Reviews of films, CDs that deserve a second look.

Editorial: Back-to-school time for MDs too?

Letters: Rapid responses to the front page story: Should you be forced to keep up to date?