Clinical
Patients got no rhythm?: No matter, sinus rhythm or rate control strategies don't drive down stroke risk anyway — but warfarin does.

Rest and rehab go a long way: BMJ study claims that patients should opt for rehab over surgery as first line therapy for low back pain.

Near misses don't count: Patients on suboptimal statin therapy fare as well as those left untreated.

Comply or else: What to do when patient adherence to antihypertensive and lipid lowering therapy is only half-hearted.

Where there's smoke: Family docs have a new screening tool at their disposal to gauge kids' exposure to secondhand smoke.

High tech hopes dashed: Bad news — computers may not be the answer to cutting down on hospital prescribing errors.

Wart-be-gone: Immunotherapy injection takes care of multiple warts in one fell swoop.

When statin responders go 'bad': Fibrates give bad HDL-C responders with poor lipid ratios a boost in the right direction.

Editor's pick
Attractive therapy: Magnetic stimulation recovers brain function in stroke victims, says Neurology study.

Metabolic menace: Syndrome X increases in-hospital fatality and severe heart failure rates in AMI patients.

Government & Medicine
Fat cats or lean machines?: The provinces are being courted by business for private-public partnerships. But are P3 deals good for docs and taxpayers?

A feather in their CAPP: Nova Scotia takes the lead in international medical graduate accreditation with a bold new program.

Features
Athletic ophthalmologist a sight for sore eyes: Dr Doherty finds time for third world glaucoma patients between marathons and rounds of golf

Herpes help wanted: Herpes vaccine clinical trial, Herpevac, arrives in Canada desperately seeking virus-free women.

Consenting adults: Should single docs living in small towns be forgiven for wondering, 'Is it sometimes ok to date a patient?'

Cherry-picked patients: News that an Alberta doctor's office was refusing to accept seniors as patients causes a furore in the medical community.

Allergy alert: WHAT TO TELL YOUR PATIENTS about avoiding and treating anaphylactic shock.

Departments
Editorial: Recent Supreme Court ruling opens the floodgates on the public-private debate.
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Letters:
News in brief:
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
Let's split: Find ways to divvy up expenses fairly to cut down on group spats.

Personal Finance
Your lot in life: Part II of our look at what you need to know about real estate investing before taking the plunge.