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- 1From: CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal. (Vol. 175, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedCrook, Alfred Frazer, Carleton Place, Ont.; Queen's University, Belfast, Ireland, 1939, radiation oncology. Died Apr. 28, 2006, aged 89. "Loving husband of Alice. Dear father of Ann (Michael Berry), John (Janey), Brian...
- 2From: CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal. (Vol. 175, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedDementia to double: Over the next 20 years the number of people suffering from dementia is expected to double to 772 000, according to Health Canada documents acquired by the Ottawa Citizen. The Alzheimer Society of...
- 3From: CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal. (Vol. 175, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedABSTRACT Background: In 2002, Hockey Canada changed the age classifications for minor ice hockey. Previously, 10- and 11-year-old children played at the Atom level (no bodychecking), and 12- and 13-year-old children...
- 4From: CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal. (Vol. 175, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedDr. Orest Semchisen has always worked with great insight into life. During his first career, as a radiologist, he peered into bodies. He studied corporeal realities to reveal the body's resilience and strengths, but also...
- 5From: CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal. (Vol. 175, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedIt's not just the numbers, it's what you do with them. This, says Glenda Yeates, president and CEO of the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI), is the true value of the information in Health Care in Canada...
- 6From: CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal. (Vol. 175, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedReason for posting: Raloxifene is used for the treatment and prevention of osteoporosis. It is a selective estrogen-receptor modulator with estrogen-agonist effects on bone and lipid metabolism but not the breasts and...
- 7From: CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal. (Vol. 175, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedEddy Lang and colleagues were quite optimistic in their expectations of the power of communication between the emergency department (ED) and family physicians. (1) We all want to reduce duplication and unnecessary...
- 8From: CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal. (Vol. 175, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedMethicillin-resostant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has become established in acute and long-term health facilities worldwide. Currently, 2 main categories are recognized: hospital-associated (HA-MRSA) and...
- 9From: CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal. (Vol. 175, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedLegislation is required to force pharmaceutical companies to disclose clinical trial information to Canadians, says Dr. Andreas Laupacis of the Canadian Expert Drug Advisory Committee (CEDAC). Laupacis, who emphasized...
- 10From: CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal. (Vol. 175, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedHealth Canada is considering new, even more graphic images on tobacco products to reinforce the negative health effects of smoking--a move that is being both lauded and criticized. Cynthia Callard, executive director...
- 11From: CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal. (Vol. 175, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed"The Botanical Garden of Padua is the original of all botanical gardens throughout the world, and represents the birth of science, of scientific exchanges, and understanding of the relationship between nature and...
- 12From: CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal. (Vol. 175, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedWith more than 4.5 million Canadians involved in ice hockey as coaches, officials, administrators, volunteers or spectators, and more than 500 000 registered players, hockey is undeniably Canada's national sport. (1)...
- 13From: CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal. (Vol. 175, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedIn the obituary notice for Dr. Hubert John Warrick, (1) his place of graduation was mistakenly listed as University of London. He graduated from the medical school at St. Mary's Hospital in London, England. REFERENCE...
- 14From: CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal. (Vol. 175, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedHigh stakes: According to conflict-of-interest filing with the Federal Ethics Commissioner, Canada's Health Minister Tony Clement holds a 25% equity position in Prudential Chem Inc., a Toronto firm that makes chemical...
- 15From: CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal. (Vol. 175, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedAbstract Background: The USA300 strain of community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus(CA-MRSA) can cause severe infection and is increasingly recognized as a cause of community outbreaks. In 2004, an...
- 16From: CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal. (Vol. 175, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedClean water played a vitally important part in controlling the infections of the communicable diseases that ravaged Europe in the 19th and 20th centuries. These diseases still impair the health of people living in...
- 17From: CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal. (Vol. 175, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedMethicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is usually considered a hospital-acquired (HA) organism. As highlighted elsewhere in this issue of CMAJ, infections with community-acquired (CA) strains of MRSA are...
- 18From: CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal. (Vol. 175, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedIt's the uncertainty principle, writ large, on the medical residency stage. Angered by a proposal to put graduates of Canadian and foreign medical schools into 1 competition hopper and buffeted by conflicting reports...
- 19From: CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal. (Vol. 175, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedMy uncle died last week. He had been ill for years, but started his death spiral this past year with multiple hospital admissions as morbid markers by the mortal roadside. He had three kids. One became a teacher,...
- 20From: CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal. (Vol. 175, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedWHO study on FGM: A WHO study of 28 393 women in 6 countries finds that those who have had female genital mutilation (FGM) are significantly more likely to have serious complications during childbirth and that their...