PATIENTS & PRACTICE
Be still my heart: Cardiac spending threatens medicare.

In the limelight: A celebrity doc close up.

The Pill doesn't make women fat: Review confirms what (most) docs knew. Will weight-conscious patients buy it?

Radiation safety 101: Radiologists push for MD education.

Skin sense: What to Tell Your Patients about psoriasis.

Clot or not?: Ruling out pulmonary embolism.

Geriatric special section
Geriatrics 101: Know what to look out for.

Prescribe this: Prevent drug-related adverse events.

Practice Management
No money, no problem: Clever ways to keep staffers happy.

POLICY & POLITICS
Tory tale: What will Stephen Harper's win do for healthcare?

Cut off at the knee: Pilot project speeds joint replacements.

How the west won: Alberta attracts top docs with academic candy.

Fidel's gift: Foreigners flock to free Cuban med school.

ADVANCES IN MEDICINE
Out, out damned clot: Ultrasound device speeds clot-busting.

A click away: DrugBank website one-stop-shop for drug info.

Read all about it: Latest Parkinson's research.

PHYSICIAN LIFE
Spread your tiny wings: Major Breeck keeps Snowbirds in top shape.

Living on the edge: Fighting delinquency beyond our borders.

Diary of a doctor in training: Cold comfort CaRMS

Personal Finance
More bang for your buck: Invest in these key funds.

Most unusual cases:
"...maybe I should get a photocopy before it wears out"
"Oh my God -- my baby!"
"Uh, did you ever consider Miracle Grow?"
"and then I burrowed right through her skin!"

Departments
Editorial: Forget stats, think solutions
Editorial: Do your patients really need that bird flu bunker?
Editorial: cartoon
Editorial: Letters
News in brief:
Across Canada: News highlights from coast to coast to coast.
Medical History in Brief: Take a walk down medicine's oft-strange memory lane.
Sudoku puzzle: Test your 'rithmetic skills.