PATIENTS & PRACTICE
Beta-blockade: β -blockers trumped by other hypertension meds.

To prescribe or not?: Acute otitis media may clear up while you decide.

Bean me up, Scotty: Can coffee really cure all those diseases they claim it can?

Military investigation: BC doc’s foray into international affairs stirs up trouble.

Practice Management
Take a load off: Avoid pitfalls when adding a new doc to your practice.

Out of the red: OC reduces periods, but is it safe?

Personal Finance Special
“How To” Issue
Your Investments
Canada’s economic pulse: Is Canada a good investment?

New rules for RESPs: Contribution limits are now much, much higher.

Your Taxes
Slay the big bad wolf: Incorporation can keep Revenue Canada’s wolves from your door.

Q&A for the CA: How to find the right accountant with 10 simple questions.

Your Retirement
Key to a cushy retirement: Keep the money flowing into the twilight years.

Your Assets
Young docs in hock: MDs don’t have to be mired in debt.

POLICY & POLITICS
Private business: New QC public-private agreement irks unions.

To jab and jab not: Provinces’ HPV immunization programs spark row.

Examining the exam: CCFP test reforms will help older docs.

Foreign tongues: Calgary IMGs brush up on their English.

ADVANCES IN MEDICINE
Zapped out of it: Brain electrodes coax comatose man to speak.

Burn tumour, burn: Radiofrequency ablation kills kidney tumours.

Gadget guide: New devices spot-check brain trauma and improve vision.

PHYSICIAN LIFE
Northern composure: Polymath psychiatrist Susan Adams chats with NRM.

The “C” word: Our rural doc learns that with other docs’ patients, you just have to lay it on the line.

Departments
Editorial: Doctor, hold on to your money
Editorial: Letters
Editorial: Cartoon
Across Canada: BC sex scandals, Arctic sailing, and more.
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