Heart saver: Blood thinners save cancer patients after heart attack.

Off the beaten track: US report says you should think twice before taking antipsychotics off label.

Driving you mad: Patients who keep driving long after they should.

Hyper-awareness: Which hypertension drugs can boost diabetes risk?

Speed over standard: White blood cell ratio differentiates tonsillitis from mononucleosis.

Medical milestones: The British judge medicine’s greatest achievements.

Syndrome X: Get to the bottom of the controversy over metabolic syndrome.

Waiting, and waiting: Wait times in Ontario's EDs worry health minister.

Vitamins debunked: What to Tell Your Patients about supplements.

And the Merck Manual goes to...: Check out this year’s best medical blogs.

Hayfever jab: Cochrane review dispels fears about allergy shots.

Gastric surgery 101: GPs have lots to learn about gastric banding.

Rube awakening: The rigours of being on-call in the backwoods.

Practice Management
R-E-S-P-E-C-T: Becoming a doctor doesn't innoculate you against harassment.

Before they go go: If you want to improve your practice, find out why employees are heading out.

POLICY & POLITICS
Quick fixes: A new plan for First Nations health has short term goals.

Hot-button hospital funding: Dr Brian Day’s latest controversial cause.

Traitor within: Protect your patient roster when a partner leaves.

A crusade for chumps: The Pulse finds the war on drugs to be clinically mad.

Trauma tussle: NB’s top two cities fight for tertiary trauma centre dollars.

Outrageous advice: Quebec radio psychiatrist Doc Mailloux stripped of medical licence.

Hatchet job: BC’s health minister pays dearly for firing Vancouver health authority boss.

Mental health muddle: Quebec’s latest changes are opposed by many doctors.

Race to the finish: Quebec election for 2008 CMA presidency kicks off.

ADVANCES IN MEDICINE
Leave it to beaver: Canadian surgeons develop new procedure for tongue cancer patients.

A recipe for disease: University of Alberta scientists complete the Human Metabolome Project.

Toys for docs: A sneak peek at the latest medical gadgets.

PHYSICIAN LIFE
Consumed by disease: Dr Kevin Patterson’s vivid portrait of life in the North.

Infectious fiction: excerpt from a new novel of the North.

Career boy: IM resident struggles to tame his own medical ambitions.

Personal Finance
Digesting investing: Squirrel away some dough for retirement.

Departments
Editorial: Quebec rolls the dice on mental health
Editorial: Calm in the face of urgency
Editorial: Cartoon
Editorial: Letters
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