Canadian Medical Association Journal: 182 (11)

August 10, 2010; Volume 182,Issue 11

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CMAJ August 10, 2010 182 (11) 1147;

Editorial

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Access to treatment for multiple sclerosis must be based on science, not hope
Matthew B. Stanbrook and Paul C. Hébert

CMAJ August 10, 2010 182 (11) 1151; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.100835

Commentary

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Prognostic scoring in critically ill children: What to predict?
Martin C.J. Kneyber

CMAJ August 10, 2010 182 (11) 1155-1156; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.100553
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Coordination, childhood weight gain and obesity
Scott M. Montgomery

CMAJ August 10, 2010 182 (11) 1157-1158; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.100752

News

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Canadian hospitals make uneven strides in utilization of electronic health records
Paul Christopher Webster

CMAJ August 10, 2010 182 (11) E487-E488; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.109-3288
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Polio returns to Tajikistan
Roger Collier

CMAJ August 10, 2010 182 (11) E489-E490; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.109-3289
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European impasse over patients’ rights directive may be at an end
Tiago Villanueva

CMAJ August 10, 2010 182 (11) E491-E492; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.109-3290
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European probiotics industry fears regulations will scuttle market for health-promoting or disease-preventing foods
Lauren Vogel

CMAJ August 10, 2010 182 (11) E493-E494; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.109-3291
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G8 Summit: sorting out the supplicants
Paul Christopher Webster

CMAJ August 10, 2010 182 (11) E495-E496; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.109-3300
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Human rights group alleges Bush administration and physicians conducted illegal medical research on detainees
Nancy Benac

CMAJ August 10, 2010 182 (11) E497-E498; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.109-3299
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G8 Summit: a final test of credibility
Paul Christopher Webster

CMAJ August 10, 2010 182 (11) E499-E500; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.109-3303
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Critics demand change at reproductive health agency
Laura Eggertson

CMAJ August 10, 2010 182 (11) E501-E502; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.109-3295
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Former senior editor at The Lancet cries foul over firing for “gross misconduct”
Roger Collier

CMAJ August 10, 2010 182 (11) E503-E504; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.109-3296
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Super bug colonizations rise at McGill University Health Centre
Lauren Vogel

CMAJ August 10, 2010 182 (11) E505-E506; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.109-3305
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Canadians confused and conflicted over sun protection products
Lauren Vogel

CMAJ August 10, 2010 182 (11) E507-E508; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.109-3309
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Global standards for Alzheimer research under development
Elyse Skura

CMAJ August 10, 2010 182 (11) E509-E510; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.109-3297
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Portuguese-speaking African countries face shortages of doctors
Tiago Villanueva

CMAJ August 10, 2010 182 (11) E511-E512; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.109-3301
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Animal antibiotics under tougher United States scrutiny as consensus grows on “superbug” risk to humans
Cal Woodward

CMAJ August 10, 2010 182 (11) E513-E514; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.109-3310
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Drug mishap reporting system created for consumers
Lauren Vogel

CMAJ August 10, 2010 182 (11) E515-E516; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.109-3314
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For the record
CMAJ August 10, 2010 182 (11) E517-E521; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.109-3311
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Chiropractic clinic offered referral kickbacks
Yoni Freedhoff

CMAJ August 10, 2010 182 (11) E522; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.109-3277
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Briefly
CMAJ August 10, 2010 182 (11) E523-E525; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.109-3312
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Homemade bombs and heavy urogenital injuries create new medical challenges
Cal Woodward and Laura Eggertson

CMAJ August 10, 2010 182 (11) 1159-1160; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.109-3292
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Who you calling obese, Doc?
Roger Collier

CMAJ August 10, 2010 182 (11) 1161-1162; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.109-3308

Research

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Newly diagnosed diabetes mellitus as a risk factor for serious liver disease
Liane Porepa, Joel G. Ray, Paula Sanchez-Romeu and Gillian L. Booth

CMAJ August 10, 2010 182 (11) E526-E531; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.092144
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Trajectories of relative weight and waist circumference among children with and without developmental coordination disorder
John Cairney, John Hay, Scott Veldhuizen, Cheryl Missiuna, Nadilein Mahlberg and Brent E. Faught

CMAJ August 10, 2010 182 (11) 1167-1172; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.091454
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Multicentre prospective validation of use of the Canadian C-Spine Rule by triage nurses in the emergency department
Ian G. Stiell, Catherine M. Clement, Annette O’Connor, Barbara Davies, Christine Leclair, Pamela Sheehan, Tamara Clavet, Christine Beland, Taryn MacKenzie and George A. Wells

CMAJ August 10, 2010 182 (11) 1173-1179; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.091430
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Daily estimation of the severity of multiple organ dysfunction syndrome in critically ill children
Stéphane Leteurtre, Alain Duhamel, Bruno Grandbastien, François Proulx, Jacques Cotting, Ronald Gottesman, Ari Joffe, Bendicht Wagner, Philippe Hubert, Alain Martinot, Jacques Lacroix and Francis Leclerc

CMAJ August 10, 2010 182 (11) 1181-1187; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.081715

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Simulation in surgical education
Vanessa N. Palter and Teodor P. Grantcharov

CMAJ August 10, 2010 182 (11) 1191-1196; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.091743

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The Canadian Partnership for Tomorrow Project: building a pan-Canadian research platform for disease prevention
Marilyn J. Borugian, Paula Robson, Isabel Fortier, Louise Parker, John McLaughlin, Bartha Maria Knoppers, Karine Bédard, Richard P. Gallagher, Sandra Sinclair, Vincent Ferretti, Heather Whelan, David Hoskin and John D. Potter

CMAJ August 10, 2010 182 (11) 1197-1201; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.091540

Practice

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Clinical Images: Rectal bezoars in children
Bryanne Minty and Len Kelly

CMAJ August 10, 2010 182 (11) E532; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.091991
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Clinical Images: Multiple palmar pits and basal cell carcinomas
José Juan Pereyra-Rodríguez, José Bernabeu-Wittel and Julián Conejo-Mir

CMAJ August 10, 2010 182 (11) E533; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.090884
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Clinical Images: Sacral herpes zoster presenting as sciatica
Min-Hsiang Hung, Jinn-Rung Kuo, Kuo-Feng Huang and Wen-Ching Wang

CMAJ August 10, 2010 182 (11) E534; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.091534
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What is your call?: Headache, red eyes, blurred vision and hearing loss
Errol Wei’en Chan, Srinivasan Sanjay and Benjamin Chong Ming Chang

CMAJ August 10, 2010 182 (11) 1205-1209; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.082069
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Decisions: Oral allergy syndrome
Gordon Sussman, Arthur Sussman and David Sussman

CMAJ August 10, 2010 182 (11) 1210-1211; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.090314
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Clinical Images: Night blindness in primary biliary cirrhosis
Salman Waqar, Thomas Kersey and Daniel Byles

CMAJ August 10, 2010 182 (11) 1212; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.090704

Letters

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Harassment from misguided mayoral candidate
Brian L. Simchison

CMAJ August 10, 2010 182 (11) 1213; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.110-2091
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The right to give blood
James E. Parker

CMAJ August 10, 2010 182 (11) 1213-1213-a; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.110-2088
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The right to give blood
Greta R. Bauer

CMAJ August 10, 2010 182 (11) 1213-1213-b; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.110-2087
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End of life
Robert Blanchard

CMAJ August 10, 2010 182 (11) 1213-1214; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.110-2090
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Why can’t I get my veins unblocked in Canada?
Michael Barkhouse

CMAJ August 10, 2010 182 (11) 1214; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.110-2085
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Hear some evil, see some evil, report no evil
David Zitner

CMAJ August 10, 2010 182 (11) 1214-1214-a; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.110-2080

Humanities

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Essay: Humanizing the hospital: Design lessons from a Finnish sanatorium
Diana Anderson

CMAJ August 10, 2010 182 (11) E535-E537; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.090075
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Poetry: Returns
Lydia Kang

CMAJ August 10, 2010 182 (11) E538; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.100434
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Poetry: The view from the clinic
Shane Neilson

CMAJ August 10, 2010 182 (11) E539; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.100435
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Books: The transformation of motherhood in Quebec
Paul Moorehead

CMAJ August 10, 2010 182 (11) E540; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.092197
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Essay: “I have learned to see”
Stuart Kinmond

CMAJ August 10, 2010 182 (11) 1216-1217; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.100942
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Essay: Humility and the practice of medicine: tasting humble pie
Harvey Max Chochinov

CMAJ August 10, 2010 182 (11) 1217-1218; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.100874

Salon

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The Anfortas question
Michael Susmoy Sanatani

CMAJ August 10, 2010 182 (11) 1268; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.100319

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