FEBURARY 28, 2007
VOLUME 4 NO. 4
 

PATIENTS & PRACTICE
Performance review: Ontario’s colorectal cancer screening program raises concerns over who performs colonoscopies.

Preterm labour saviour: Nitroglycerine retards delivery -- and protects the baby to boot.

Hot flush news: Progestin works as well as conventional estrogen therapy.

Let’s talk about food: New Canada’s Food Guide a great reason to talk to your patients about diet.

When personal opinions and medical practice mix: MD's morals affect care.

Practice Management
Give 'em the slip:
If you have to fire a staffer, do it right.

Personal Finance
SPECIAL SECTION
Your investments

The results are in: Our annual Personal Finance Survey shows your finances are in pretty good shape.

Investments 101: Diversify your portfolio for the best returns.

Do no harm to your portfolio: Treat your investments like your patients.

Your taxes
Take those tax breaks: Make sure you don’t give up more than you have to come tax time.

Them’s the breaks: New tax rules can benefit many MDs.

Get down to business: Incorporation pros and cons.

Your retirement
The hottest retirement destinations: The best places to spend your golden years in Canada.

In my hours of darkness: Prepare for the worst, and save your kids’ inheritance.

The most common retirement planning mistakes: Five financial blunders you can avoid

Your assets
Reverse-mortgage your home: Don't let the M-word scare you.

Real case in type: Whether you're buying or selling, it helps to know what makes your agent tick.

POLICY & POLITICS
Prenatal screening guidelines draw criticism: Docs’ influence over patients at issue.

The new math: Experts accuse BC of fudging health spending estimates.

MD recruitment unethical: A new report says Canada’s strategies are starving developing nations of healthcare workers.

ADVANCES IN MEDICINE
How bad’s that prostate? A simple blood test identified most severe cases of enlarged gland.

Transplant rejection radar: Canadian researchers find genetic key to graft-vs-host disease.

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

PHYSICIAN LIFE
Islam in the interior: Q&A with Muslim MD Jennifer Rahman.

A lesson in country living: Our rural doc shows med students the star power of rural practice.

Departments
Editorial Opinion: Prenatal screening is
about choice, respect
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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