Clinical
Strokes strike the stricken: Canadian researchers find an alarming link between stroke and migraine.

Visionary approach: Specialists tackle macular degeneration with a new weapon and a clear difference can be seen.

Blue genes: The DNA behind SSRI-resistant depression uncovered in a recent Neuron study.

Is the current test crap?: If fecal occult-blood tests aren't sensitive enough, a DNA screen could do the trick, says NEJM study.

Off the hook: A new study finds that breast implants don't curtail survival in women who've had mastectomies.

A star is born: Study shows that the new emergency OC is a better pregnancy buster than the current standard.

Cervical cancer patients face low survival rates despite early detection

Time to hit the SCIDs?: Gene therapy continued for 'bubble boy disease,' despite leukemia risk.

Features
A short journey outside medicine: Montreal neurologist follows writer/doctor hero Checkhov and gets bookish

Flotsam and jetsam: Does informed consent for surgery give researchers free rein over all discarded organs and tissue?

49th Parallel lives: Study compares Canadian and US mortality rates and says, go north, young Yankee.

Hospitalists: find out what makes these temporary guardian angels tick

Reality sound bites: Are popular TV health shows more of a hindrance or a help — or just a bit of fun?

Take revenge on Montezuma: WHAT TO TELL YOUR PATIENTS takes on the food poisoning menace.

Hair of the dog: 'Tis the season for patient overindulgence. Our expert gives the lowdown on hangover remedies.

Regrets, I've had a few: In DIARY OF A DOCTOR-IN-TRAINING, our student misses an MI, and heads home.

Obesity Special Section
Oops factor spiked: Women with a high BMI are far likelier to be let down by the Pill.

Where'd my store go?: Disappearing urban grocery stores directly linked to expanding girths.

Surgeons weigh in: Experts back bariatric surgery for the morbidly obese and advise the feds to get on board.

Smoke signals: Can the successes of anti-smoking campaigns offer help to douse the fat epidemic?

Departments
Editorial: No relief for the weary
Editorial: letters
Editorial: cartoon
News in Brief: Bite-size treats from the international world of medicine
Across Canada: News highlights from coast to coast to coast.
Corridor Canoodles: More medical mayhem in Dr Kathy Mandigo's comic strip.
Classics: A film, CD and book that deserve a second look.

Practice Management
Getting through the grind: Free up your time and enjoy your job more.

Personal Finance
A nice set of wheels: Find out whether buying or leasing is the best choice for you.