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Clinical
Headaches
and heartache: Corrective
surgery for a simple heart defect could cure migraines.
Make
no bones about it: Hormonal
therapy causes fractures in prostate cancer patients —
can bisphosphonates help?
Down
the tubes: Don't look to nasogastric tubes
to get post-op digestive tracts back on track.
Homocysteine
spikes: Lancet study says that a rise
in homocysteine may be the cause and the effect of stroke.
Implanted
defibrillators keep death at bay for CHF patients
High-tech
deals low blow:
Heart patients more likely to die even when admitted
to cutting edge cardiac facilities.
Not
flush with success:
SSRIs don't cool hot flushes — sugar pills
work just as well longterm.
Cardiac
diagnoses MI-A: Heart attacks go undiagnosed
in older women. Could gender bias be the reason?
Stick
this one on the fridge: Magnetic
pulses may improve motor skills for Parkinson's patients
-- sure beats ECT.
Corticosteroids
muscle in on MS Tx: Neurology
study strongly recommended prednisone to treat Duchenne
muscular dystrophy.
A
weighty issue: High and low BMI can ruin
a patient's chance of surviving acute myeloid leukemia
therapy.
Consumption
junction, HIV's function: Increased TB risk
spotted early on in HIV positive patients.
Weeding
out the truth: Evidence
says that respiratory problems are just as bad for pot
puffers as it is for tobacco smokers.
The
phosphate factor:
High phosphate drives up mortality for renal patients.
Mesmerizing
approach: Self-hypnosis dampens discomfort
for kids during vesicoureteral reflux diagnosis.
Government & Medicine
Primed
for our own Dr Death?: THE
PULSE explores how
Canada's system screens for murderous MDs.
Prairie fire: As Saskatchewan
turns 100, we look back at its painful pioneering role
in the creation of medicare.
Features
If
I didn't laugh, I'd cry: Mental
health counsellor David Granirer helps his mentally
ill students go from class clowns to stand up sensations.
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Communication
breakdown: Is the College doing all it can
to help docs pass their CCFP?
Put
the heat on:
Novel MRI and ultrasound combo blasts uterine fibroids
— without surgery.
MDs
in crisis: Canadian doctors struggle to keep
'shell shock' at bay in the post-tsunami relief effort.
What
about me?:
Check out our roundup of prescribing anomalies for
your very old and
very young patients.
Alms
and kidneys: BC docs do first live anonymous
donor kidney transplants, and discover altruism's alive
and well.
Look
and listen:
Doctors and
parents working together are the best bet for early
autism detection.
Of
creeds and cures: How
doctors cope with medico-religious conflicts with sensitivity.
Resistance
is futile: Does med school assimilate grads
to produce cookie cutter docs?
In
the deep freeze: WHAT TO TELL YOUR PATIENTS
tackles ailments Old Man Winter throws your way.
Gimme
shelter: Treating elderly homeless people
brings its own set of challenges.
Body
mass shakeup: A new British diet claims people
can lose weight by simply ditching their mouldy routine.
His
turn:
Reversible, implantable vasectomy-type device could
change the way men think about contraception.
Practice
makes perfect: Birth simulator allows docs
to rehearse before heading into the delivery room.
Unnatural
high:
When patients become compulsive exercisers, it's a case
of too much of a good thing.
Departments
Editorial:
CCFP — do these four little letters mean anything
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
Time
management tips to help you get out more
Personal
Finance
Tax
breaks 101: learn how to outfox the taxman
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