Canadian Medical Association Journal: 183 (10)

July 12, 2011; Volume 183,Issue 10

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CMAJ July 12, 2011 183 (10) 1119;

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Can Health Canada protect Canadians from unsafe drugs?
Paul C. Hébert, Matthew B. Stanbrook, Noni MacDonald, Ken Flegel, Jane Coutts and Stuart MacLeod

CMAJ July 12, 2011 183 (10) 1125-1126; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.110489

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Preventing stroke after transient ischemic attack
Michael D. Hill and Shelagh B. Coutts

CMAJ July 12, 2011 183 (10) 1127-1128; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.110704
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Left atrial enlargement: A cause of stroke?
Larry B. Goldstein

CMAJ July 12, 2011 183 (10) 1129-1130; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.110617

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Frederick Banting et les possibilités de recherche pour les omnipraticiens
Iona Heath

CMAJ July 12, 2011 183 (10) E609-E610; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.110671

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Systemic health reform should be a higher priority in African aid projects, experts say
Lauren Vogel

CMAJ July 12, 2011 183 (10) E611-E612; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.109-3866
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“Seniors emergency departments” yield health improvements, advocates say
Caroline George

CMAJ July 12, 2011 183 (10) E613-E614; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.109-3868
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Self-injury rates indicate Canadian mental health services are inadequate
Roger Collier

CMAJ July 12, 2011 183 (10) E615-E616; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.109-3920
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Legal ambiguities surround authority to make end-of-life decisions
Lauren Vogel

CMAJ July 12, 2011 183 (10) E617-E618; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.109-3910
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Steps forward no guarantee that health targets will be met, council says
Roger Collier

CMAJ July 12, 2011 183 (10) E619-E620; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.109-3912
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Curricula reform needed to develop more tech-savvy physicians
Paul Christopher Webster

CMAJ July 12, 2011 183 (10) E621-E622; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.109-3913
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European health systems under siege
Lauren Vogel

CMAJ July 12, 2011 183 (10) E623-E624; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.109-3905
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Combating community resistance to care facilities
Lauren Vogel

CMAJ July 12, 2011 183 (10) E625-E626; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.109-3851
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Small step forward in global food labelling
Erin Walkinshaw

CMAJ July 12, 2011 183 (10) E627-E628; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.109-3909
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National organ registry and allocation system remains remote
Samia Madwar

CMAJ July 12, 2011 183 (10) E629-E630; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.109-3889
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Paramedic program reducing emergency room congestion
donalee Moulton

CMAJ July 12, 2011 183 (10) E631-E632; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.109-3897
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More placebo use promoted in Germany
Kai Kupferschmidt

CMAJ July 12, 2011 183 (10) E633-E634; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.109-3895
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United States proposes universal labelling standards for prescriptions
Erin Walkinshaw

CMAJ July 12, 2011 183 (10) E635-E636; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.109-3908
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Drug shortage registry under discussion
Laura Eggertson

CMAJ July 12, 2011 183 (10) E637-E638; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.109-3904
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United States officials propose further retreat from first-come, first-served organ donation
Samia Madwar

CMAJ July 12, 2011 183 (10) E639-E640; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.109-3887
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Leaked internal report criticizes government oversight of antimicrobial resistance
Paul Christopher Webster

CMAJ July 12, 2011 183 (10) E641-E642; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.109-3921
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Ontario health records proposal would breach privacy, experts say
Paul Christopher Webster

CMAJ July 12, 2011 183 (10) E643-E645; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.109-3917
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Administrator urges penalties for doctors who don’t use electronic medical records
Paul Christopher Webster

CMAJ July 12, 2011 183 (10) E646; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.109-3914
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For The Record
CMAJ July 12, 2011 183 (10) E647-E652; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.109-3924
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Briefly
CMAJ July 12, 2011 183 (10) E653-E656; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.109-3925
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Verdict still out on family health teams
Roger Collier

CMAJ July 12, 2011 183 (10) 1131-1132; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.109-3864
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Disparate prescriptions in desperate times
Wayne Kondro

CMAJ July 12, 2011 183 (10) 1132-1133; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.109-3918

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Left atrial size and risk for all-cause mortality and ischemic stroke
Alberto Bouzas-Mosquera, Francisco J. Broullón, Nemesio Álvarez-García, Elizabet Méndez, Jesús Peteiro, Teresa Gándara-Sambade, Oscar Prada, Víctor X. Mosquera and Alfonso Castro-Beiras

CMAJ July 12, 2011 183 (10) E657-E664; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.091688
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Dialysis and transplantation among Aboriginal children with kidney failure
Susan M. Samuel, Bethany J. Foster, Marcello A. Tonelli, Alberto Nettel-Aguirre, Andrea Soo, R. Todd Alexander, Lynden Crowshoe, Brenda R. Hemmelgarn and the Pediatric Renal Outcomes Canada Group

CMAJ July 12, 2011 183 (10) E665-E672; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.101840
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Attitudes of cancer patients, family caregivers, oncologists and members of the general public toward critical interventions at the end of life of terminally ill patients
Young Ho Yun, Kyung Hee Han, Sohee Park, Byeong Woo Park, Chi-Heum Cho, Sung Kim, Dae Ho Lee, Soon Nam Lee, Eun Sook Lee, Jung Hun Kang, Si-Young Kim, Jung Lim Lee, Dae Seog Heo, Chang Geol Lee, Yeun Keun Lim, Sam Yong Kim, Jong Soo Choi, Hyun Sik Jeong and Mison Chun

CMAJ July 12, 2011 183 (10) E673-E679; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.110020
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Prospective validation of the ABCD2 score for patients in the emergency department with transient ischemic attack
Jeffrey J. Perry, Mukul Sharma, Marco L.A. Sivilotti, Jane Sutherland, Cheryl Symington, Andrew Worster, Marcel Émond, Grant Stotts, Albert Y. Jin, Weislaw J. Oczkowski, Demetrios J. Sahlas, Heather E. Murray, Ariane MacKey, Steve Verreault, George A. Wells and Ian G. Stiell

CMAJ July 12, 2011 183 (10) 1137-1145; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.101668
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The Cedar Project: risk factors for transition to injection drug use among young, urban Aboriginal people
Cari L. Miller, Margo E. Pearce, Akm Moniruzzaman, Vicky Thomas, Chief Wayne Christian, Martin T. Schechter and Patricia M. Spittal

CMAJ July 12, 2011 183 (10) 1147-1154; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.101257

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Conservative treatment of chronic Achilles tendinopathy
Alex Scott, Elise Huisman and Karim Khan

CMAJ July 12, 2011 183 (10) 1159-1165; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.101680

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Myths, facts and conditional truths: What is the evidence on the risks associated with smoking in cars carrying children?
Ray Pawson, Geoff Wong and Lesley Owen

CMAJ July 12, 2011 183 (10) E680-E684; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.100903

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Primer: Primary hyperparathyroidism
Hafsah Al-Azem and Aliya Khan

CMAJ July 12, 2011 183 (10) E685-E689; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.090675
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Cases: Brucellosis in a returned traveller
Andrew Di Pierdomenico, Sergio M. Borgia, David Richardson and Mahin Baqi

CMAJ July 12, 2011 183 (10) E690-E692; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.091752
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Primer: Defining acute renal failure
Rachel Hilton

CMAJ July 12, 2011 183 (10) 1167-1169; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.081170
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Five things to know about...: The use of opioids for dyspnea in advanced disease
Romayne Gallagher

CMAJ July 12, 2011 183 (10) 1170; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.110024
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Clinical Images: “Soap bubble” in the calcaneus
Suma Kuna and Ravindra Gudena

CMAJ July 12, 2011 183 (10) 1171; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.101525
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Practice: Clinical shorts
Diane Kelsall

CMAJ July 12, 2011 183 (10) 1172; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.110944

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Battle renewed over value of fluoridation
Robert MacGregor

CMAJ July 12, 2011 183 (10) 1173; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.111-2054
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Adverse drug reactions
Heikki Savolainen

CMAJ July 12, 2011 183 (10) 1173-1175; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.111-2055
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Concussion in youth hockey
David Rhine

CMAJ July 12, 2011 183 (10) 1175; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.111-2052
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Concussion in youth hockey
L. Syd M. Johnson

CMAJ July 12, 2011 183 (10) 1175; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.111-2053

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Books: “Grow old along with me! The best is yet to be”
A. Mark Clarfield

CMAJ July 12, 2011 183 (10) E693-E694; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.101431
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Poetry: For Thomas
Stephen Harvey

CMAJ July 12, 2011 183 (10) E695; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.110199
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Art: Reflective of the physician’s eye
Paul Gessell

CMAJ July 12, 2011 183 (10) 1176-1177; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.110787
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Creative Works: Cistern sample
CMAJ July 12, 2011 183 (10) 1178; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.110155

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Palliative care 101
David Sebastian King

CMAJ July 12, 2011 183 (10) E696; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.100886
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SaskPharm: a proposal for provincial drug production
Ryan Meili

CMAJ July 12, 2011 183 (10) 1224; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.101814

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