SEPTEMBER 30, 2007
VOLUME 4 NO. 16
 

PATIENTS & PRACTICE
Suicide alert: Youth suicide spike follows SSRI black box labels.

Two's better than one: HBP drug combo pill reduces death in type II diabetics.

Live fast, die young: Rock stars die younger than the rest of the population, study finds.

The vagina dialogues: Vaginoplasty's risky, and groundless, says US gyn college.

Mid-air care: Should airlines pay for your help?

Resident statistician: Biostats knowledge needed to practise evidence-based medicine? NRM Quiz: Do you know your stats?

Transdermal relief: What to tell your patients about fentanyl patches.

The facts of life: how to get an efficient senior Hx fast.

Discharge against medical advice: Your responsibility doesn’t end yet.

Practice Management
The right EMR: New rating site matches MDs with EMR systems.

POLICY & POLITICS
Technical knockout: Canada Health Act on the ropes, says CMA prez Brian Day in NRM's Q&A.

Ontario election preview: Healthcare spending is at the crux of the debate.

Totally mental: Michael Kirby's new Commissioners set mental health care example.

ON takes the stand: New lawsuit seeks to extend Chaoulli decision beyond Quebec.

Elections in sight: Two more provinces and a territory head to the polls.

Slander pander: When RateMDs patients defame, will the cops step in?

ADVANCES IN MEDICINE
Warfarin gets personal: Genetic test customizes drug dosage.

Gadgets to watch: Prescient medical tools detect cancer and more.

PHYSICIAN LIFE
Shaman, MD: Young Yukon doc's spiritual journey gets the small screen treatment.

An aging practice: Seniors return to roots, leaving small-town doc full up with chronic illness.

Personal Finance
Don't fear the bear: The bull market's winding down, but you don't have to cut and run.

Departments
Editorial: Canada’s not ready for universal HPV immunization.
Editorial: Letters
Editorial: Cartoon
Across Canada: Agent Orange, mandatory recess , and more.
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