PATIENTS & PRACTICE
Easy money: Docs tempted to perform cosmetic surgeries on the side should think again.

Pinprick Tx: Acupuncture beats physio for back pain, but sham version as good as Chinese.

Afghan battle: Canadian Forces criminal investigation into MD's reportage called off.

Miscommunication: Med school exam results predict patient complaints.

Move 'em out: Hospitalists discharge patients faster, but long-term outcomes the same.

Quick draw: FDA's rash black box warning on post-op anti-nausea med, droperidol, sickens researchers.

MD Makeover: Britain's NHS bans docs from wearing pathogen-carrying garb.

No slippery slope: Ethics paper tackles concerns that euthanasia preys on the underprivileged.

IVF SPECIAL SECTION
Giving up on IVF: How to counsel patients to give up.

Reporter at large: The scoop on IVF Conference '07.

Fertility in brief:

Boy or girl?: Israeli doc advocates non-medical sex selection.

Practice Management
Teamlet players: Primary care mini team can lighten your chronic disease load.

POLICY & POLITICS
Heart to heart: Reknowned heart surgeon Wilbert Keon talks about broken hearts and hockey in NRM's Q&A.

Blood, sweat, tears: Acquittal ends divisive tainted blood trial.

Telemedicine regulation: Key issues still unresolved.

Mandatory muddle: Reporting unfit drivers isn’t black and white.

ADVANCES IN MEDICINE
Easy as omega-3: Fatty acids reduce kids' type I diabetes risk.

Simply resistible: Breast cancer genes predict resistance to chemo drug docetaxel.

While they were sleeping: Nocturnal hemodialysis frees kidney patients' days.

Gadget guide: Gizmos spot bird flu and wound healing.

PHYSICIAN LIFE
Big in China: Dr Norman Bethune honoured with China-Canada scholarship program.

Self-doubting Samaritan: Roadside accident makes resident wonder if he's lost his generalist edge.

Personal Finance
Dollar dream: Head over the border to cash in on our strong loonie.

Departments
Editorial Opinion: Setting DR Day straight on medicare
Editorial: Letters
Editorial: Cartoon
Across Canada: Nova Scotia's toreador Health Minister.
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