PATIENTS & PRACTICE
What, me worry?: RateMDs founder John Swapceinski has no regrets.

Prevent peritonitis: German researchers find predictive biomarker to guard against multiple organ failure.

Fairer sex heart test: The Reynold's Risk Score better predicts women' odds of developing heart disease.

Cocktail for COPD: Combination of two inhalers trumps either one.

'Sister' was a thief: Toronto surgeons come to a ghastly realization.

Unheeded warnings: Health Canada has received reports of serious liver toxicity associated with telithromycin. Did you hear?

Family planning, naturally: What to Tell your Patients about drug-free contraception methods.

From the lab to the exam room: Knowledge transfer is "the way of the future."

Neurofibromatosis for dummies: Demystifying this complex, underappreciated genetic disease.

'Male menopause' safe to treat: Testosterone deficiency is real and patients deserve treatment, experts say.

The drug-eluting stent debate: Slew of research suggests millions of patients could be at risk.

Practice Management
Picking up slack: Partner not pulling their weight? Maybe it's time for a written contract.

POLICY & POLITICS
QC defrosts meds: Scripts' prices can now rise with inflation.

Small but mighty: Helpless sextuplets touch off bloody legal battle.

I've been slandered!: Bum rap on RateMD.com? You could have grounds to sue, says our medical legal expert.

ADVANCES IN MEDICINE
Can I whip you up a bypass?: How a Winnipeg surgeon contrived an artificial lung.

Rewind menopause: Revolutionary ovary transplantation may restore fertility, normal hormonal function.

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

Not child's play: Study finds Nintendo Wii video game can help patients lose weight.

PHYSICIAN LIFE
Canadian MDs help Haiti: Teddy bears, smiles and medicine in a humanitarian crisis.

I feel faint: A 'vaso-vagal episode' helps R1 figure out what mentoring's all about.

Personal Finance
Is a flat tax a fair tax?: Consider the arguments as tax time looms.

Departments
Editorial: Healing our harmful adverse event reporting system
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.
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