APRIL 30, 2006
VOLUME 3 NO. 8
 

PATIENTS & PRACTICE
Too much of a good thing: Persistent sex syndrome has women wailing.

Node-it-all: Estrogen receptor tells value of chemo.

Long sufferers: Docs treating diabetic neuropathic pain finally get some guidelines.

Amateur athlete ouch: Overuse injuries plague patients.

No cure at all: Autistic rights campaigners feel just fine.

Fetus crystal ball: Parents-to-be want advance warning of genetic defects.

Wheeze bugs: Researchers home in on connection between bacteria and asthma.

X marks the spot: Will a biomarker unmask chronic fatigue?

Sick of sunrises: ASPS patients can't help sleeping like they're on a farm.

White nights: What To Tell Your Patients about insomnia.

Practice Management
Tax savings: Keep a low profile for home office deductions.

POLICY & POLITICS
Boston Tx party: There's less to MA's health reforms than meets the eye.

NS blend: Pay deal mixes FFS and salary.

Cancer trap: The Pulse puts screening under 'scope.

Leadership hopefuls: MDs want top job.

ADVANCES IN MEDICINE
Of mice and men: Stem cells permit "human" trials in animals.

New AIDS Tx: Fighting HIV with a "triple vector" approach.

Saving hearts by cutting less: BC doc pioneers less invasive "closed" heart valve replacement surgery

Fat meltdown: Laser pioneer has new target in sights.

PHYSICIAN LIFE
Part-time pundit: Kids' heart surgeon's passion is his Hindu faith.

Power in numbers: Hamilton MDs against poverty.

Lie down blues: Rural doc rethinks patient life from a hospital bed.

Personal Finance
Budget nuptials: Tie the knot, save a bundle.

Departments
Editorial: Breast cancer advances bloom in April
Editorial: opinion: Responsible genetic testing no ethical quagmire
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.

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