PATIENTS & PRACTICE
Starve the fold: Dr Stanley Bernstein's ultra low-cal diet has made him rich, hypoglycemia has made him skinny.

Cochrane on kidney stones: Influential review finds dearth of data on best practices.

C diff on the move: Quebec struggling to recover as Ontario is hit hard.

Diabetic Ontario: Disease explosion looms over Canada's most populous province.

Lung CA screening questioned: CT scans don't save lives.

FPs flunk arthritis care: Patient initiatives arise in response.

The noble MD: Beloved PEI surgeon withdraws from operating theatre after suspected infection with hep C.

Atkins victorious: A new study says the low-carb diet works better than other popular plans.

Plumbing conundrums: What to tell your patients about fecal incontinence.

The trials that never were: BMJ author claims studies supporting common treatment for brain injury never happened.

Dad's age and baby's health: Old fathers raise risk of birth defects.

Hall of Fame: Find out which of Canada's most eminent scientists got inducted this year.

Practice Management
Ringmasters: Train your staff to field calls and make better use of waiting room time.

POLICY & POLITICS
A slick opponent: AB oilsands whistleblower wonders whose side Health Canada's on.

Politicians spar over IMG proposal: Federal-provincial jurisdiction at issue.

US docs embrace P4P: Will Canadians follow suit?

ADVANCES IN MEDICINE
Integration denied: First-in-class integrase inhibitor earns early praise at US conference.

Avatars of healthcare: Virtual worlds attract serious attention in education circles.

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

Wake up, little virus: Latent 'sleeping' Epstein-Barr virus awoken to attack cancer cells.

PHYSICIAN LIFE
Long journey home: A group of Sudanese doctors returns home from Alberta to help heal their people.

Diarrhea inferno: Rural doc meets Dante and Otis Redding on his way through family medicine's levels of hell.

Personal Finance
Take the bull by the horns: A little market volatility may not do you harm.

Departments
Editorial: Any screening is better than none
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.