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- 1From: CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal. (Vol. 177, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedIndia and China register: The WHO has expanded its clinical trial registry to include trial registers in China and India. This will allow policy-makers and scientist to track local research, improve the quality of...
- 2From: CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal. (Vol. 177, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedIn a commentary in the July 31 issue of CMAJ, (1) an error was made regarding the countries that have implemented needle-exchange programs. Scotland has not introduced such a program but has taken steps toward...
- 3From: CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal. (Vol. 177, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedPharmacy of the developing world: India can continue to provide affordable medicines in developing countries after the High Court in Chennai, India, upheld India's Patents Act against a challenge from the Swiss...
- 4From: CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal. (Vol. 177, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedIn Canada in 2007, about 20 460 new cases of colorectal cancer will be diagnosed and 8700 people will die from this disease. (1) About half would live if this country had a more robust and coherent approach to early...
- 5From: CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal. (Vol. 177, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedKey points of the article Major concerns * There are a growing numbers of drivers with dementia * Physicians often fail to recognize unsafe drivers with dementia * There are no valid in-office tests available to...
- 6From: CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal. (Vol. 177, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedMore than 2000 people have reportedly died and 19 million have been displaced by monsoon floods in regions of India, Nepal and Bangladesh, where outbreaks of diarrhea and other waterborne diseases are now emerging. The...
- 7From: CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal. (Vol. 177, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedCannabis v. tobacco: A single joint of cannabis can damage the lungs as much as chain-smoking up to 5 tobacco cigarettes, indicates new research (Thorax 2007 July 31; Epub ahead of print). The New Zealand study,...
- 8From: CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal. (Vol. 177, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedAbstract Background: The study objectives were to determine fracture rates in relation to bone mineral density at various central skeletal sites, using the World Health Organization definition for osteoporosis (T-score...
- 9From: CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal. (Vol. 177, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedA longer version of this article was published at www.cmaj.ca on Aug. 21, 2007. The Canadian Medical Association (CMA) has thrown its weight behind developing and passing national legislation to cover the...
- 10From: CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal. (Vol. 177, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedNew evidence-based guidelines are urgently needed to help doctors negotiate Canada's hazy medical marijuana landscape, particularly in light of Health Canada's efforts to impose new dose limits, say the nation's leading...
- 11From: CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal. (Vol. 177, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedNOTICE Readers are invited to submit brief remembrances of recently departed colleagues. Colourful writing is encouraged, but please limit your notice to 150 words. Send to pubs@cma.ca; fax 613 565-5471. Beland,...
- 12From: CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal. (Vol. 177, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedAn 18-year-old woman presented to hospital with a 2-day history of decreased consciousness, nausea and vomiting. She had started taking valproate (750 mg/d) 2 weeks before for the treatment of temporal lobe epilepsy. The...
- 13From: CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal. (Vol. 177, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedCanadian provinces have made only minimal progress in introducing colorectal cancer screening programs, despite overwhelming evidence that aggressive screening and public education can help stem the progress of one of...
- 14From: CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal. (Vol. 177, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedI am writing to clarify my reasons for stepping down as President of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). Contrary to what Wayne Kondro wrote in the news article on my leaving, (1) I am not "weary of...
- 15From: CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal. (Vol. 177, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedA longer version of this article was published at www.cmaj.ca on Aug. 20, 2007. Potential changes to the practice of rotating the Canadian Medical Association (CMA) presidency through provincial associations and the...
- 16From: CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal. (Vol. 177, Issue 6) Peer-Reviewed
Frequency of colorectal cancer screening and the impact of family physicians on screening behaviour.
Abstract Background: Mortality associated with colorectal cancer can be reduced by early detection. However, the participation of eligible people in colorectal cancer screening is thought to be inadequate. We examined... - 17From: CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal. (Vol. 177, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedCMAJ should be applauded for its news article highlighting the conflict of interest in Reed Elsevier's roles as a medical publisher and an organizer of arms fairs. (1) Following similar articles in other journals, (2-4)...
- 18From: CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal. (Vol. 177, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedA unique Manitoba program is helping family physicians reclaim a primary role on the front line of cancer treatment. The Urban Primary Care Oncology Network, thought to be the only program of its kind in Canada, is...
- 19From: CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal. (Vol. 177, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedPublished at www.cmaj.ca on Aug. 17, 2007. The Calgary Health Region has called in an epidemiologist with the Public Health Agency of Canada to try to identify the reason for an unusually high number of cases of...
- 20From: CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal. (Vol. 177, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedMedical ethics award: Dr. John Dossetor (pictured above), CMAJ's former Ombudsman (2002-2006) and a member of the 2006 CMAJGovernance Review Panel, was awarded the inaugural Dr. William Marsden Award in Medical Ethics at...