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- 1From: CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal. (Vol. 183, Issue 9) Peer-ReviewedI awoke to the sound of screeching tires, a crash and car alarms. I ran to my window and saw a car abutted against a house facing my apartment complex. Rushing outside into the blackness of night, I offered to help in...
- 2From: CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal. (Vol. 183, Issue 9) Peer-ReviewedWorld Health Organization (WHO) member states will be obliged to share influenza samples with human pandemic potential under a new framework aimed at achieving a more coherent global response to pandemics. Under the...
- 3From: CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal. (Vol. 183, Issue 9) Peer-ReviewedCan genital shedding of herpes simplex virus occur without symptoms? Yes, it can. However, genital shedding of herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) is more common in people who are symptomatic. About 500 people who were...
- 4From: CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal. (Vol. 183, Issue 9) Peer-ReviewedPhysicians caring for Canadian children are frequently denied easy access to important prescribing information. The reason? The pharmaceutical industry generally has not submitted evidence in its possession supporting...
- 5From: CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal. (Vol. 183, Issue 9) Peer-ReviewedResearch training: The National Institute of General Medical Sciences, which is considered by many to be the United States National Institutes of Health's primary "training institute," has unveiled a strategic plan to...
- 6From: CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal. (Vol. 183, Issue 9) Peer-ReviewedCMAJ 2011. DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.101865 Richard Bronson MD Professor, obstetrics, gynecology and pathology Stony Brook University Stony Brook, NY String theory ... As small as the sound of a human conceived--...
- 7From: CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal. (Vol. 183, Issue 9) Peer-ReviewedPeople often use the words "health" and "medical" interchangeably, often without consequence, on the presumption that everyone knows what everyone is talking about. The distinction, though, can create major...
- 8From: CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal. (Vol. 183, Issue 9) Peer-ReviewedTest cleared: The United States Food and Drug Administration has cleared a blood culture test for identifying, within a five-hour period, whether Staphylococcus aureus infections are methicillin resistant or...
- 9From: CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal. (Vol. 183, Issue 9) Peer-ReviewedMore money should not be pumped into Canadian hospitals, or the Canadian health care system as a whole, until effectiveness and efficiency benchmarks are developed and begin to be utilized, argues a report from the...
- 10From: CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal. (Vol. 183, Issue 9) Peer-Reviewed1 Guidance from physicians about child automobile restraints is important for injury prevention Injuries from motor vehicle collisions are the leading cause of death among Canadian children. (1) Well-child visits are...
- 11From: CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal. (Vol. 183, Issue 9) Peer-ReviewedA 77-year-old woman was admitted for gum bleeding and progressive leg edema. She had a history of type 2 diabetes mellitus, hypertension and remote ischemic stroke. She was taking warfarin for chronic atrial...
- 12From: CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal. (Vol. 183, Issue 9) Peer-ReviewedAccountability measures needed in next health accord: Just because Canada's federal political parties have promised to maintain increases in health funding when they renegotiate the country's health accord with the...
- 13From: CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal. (Vol. 183, Issue 9) Peer-ReviewedThey roamed the University Hospital parking garage in search of his mother's Volvo wagon. He tried telling her they had parked at the very top. "The next level," she kept insisting. Each new level brought hope to her...
- 14From: CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal. (Vol. 183, Issue 9) Peer-ReviewedCanada's new national cord blood bank plans to aggressively recruit donors who represent the country's diverse ethnic and multi-ethnic mix so as to increase the odds of ultimately providing stem cell matches to treat...
- 15From: CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal. (Vol. 183, Issue 9) Peer-ReviewedThe Ontario government plans to exempt hospitals from being obliged to respond to freedom-of-information requests related to quality of care on the grounds that doing so will encourage more frank discussion of medical...
- 16From: CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal. (Vol. 183, Issue 9) Peer-ReviewedAlzheimer redefinition: The United States National Institute of Aging and the Alzheimer's Association have unveiled new guidelines for the early diagnosis of the distinct stages--preclinical, mild cognitive impairment...
- 17From: CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal. (Vol. 183, Issue 9) Peer-ReviewedTiotropium for preventing COPD exacerbations: In patients with moderate-to-severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a long-acting anticholinergic agent, tiotropium, was more effective than a long-acting...
- 18From: CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal. (Vol. 183, Issue 9) Peer-ReviewedThe aspirations of political parties are of no concern to deadly viruses and foodborne pathogens. A public health crisis can arise at any time, including during election campaigns, regardless of how much damage it may...
- 19From: CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal. (Vol. 183, Issue 9) Peer-ReviewedDr. Bruce Squires was once introduced to delegates at a Canadian Medical Association leadership conference as a world-renowned leader on medical journals. He laughed at the notion, dismissing it in a recent interview as...
- 20From: CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal. (Vol. 183, Issue 9) Peer-ReviewedAsk any Canadian researcher and they will likely tell you that the main obstacle to advancing knowledge and innovation is not a shortage of ideas, but a lack of funding for cutting-edge research. Instances where...