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Editorial

   Dix raisons de faire des cellules souches de sang du cordon ombilical un bien public

Ken Flegel
CMAJ 2009 180: E110-E111. [Full Text] [PDF]  

   Ten reasons to make cord blood stem cells a public good

Ken Flegel
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Commentary

   Helping smokers with cardiac disease to abstain from tobacco after a stay in hospital

Nancy A. Rigotti
CMAJ 2009 180: 1283-1284. [Full Text] [PDF]  

   Trends in cardiovascular disease: Are we winning the war?

Simon Capewell and Martin O’Flaherty
CMAJ 2009 180: 1285-1286. [Full Text] [PDF]  

   Pharmacoepidemiology of insulin initiation in diabetes care

Leonard M. Pogach
CMAJ 2009 180: 1287-1288. [Full Text] [PDF]  

News

   China’s next great leap forward

Katie Lewis
CMAJ 2009 180: E112-E114. [Full Text] [PDF] [Figures Only]  

   Quebec left with numerous vacancies after resident match

Ann Silversides
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   Canada’s genetic heterogeneity an asset in cord blood banking

Ann Silversides
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   Harp seal heart valves being tested for human use

Roger Collier
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   Dispatch from the medical front: Limited onboard amenities

David Williams, Robert Thirsk, André Kuipers, and Chiaki Mukai
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   For the record

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   Cord blood bank plans evolve with "glacial speed"

Ann Silversides
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   Briefly

Wayne Kondro
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   More news at www.cmaj.ca

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Research

   Special report: National trends in rates of death and hospital admissions related to acute myocardial infarction, heart failure and stroke, 1994–2004

Jack V. Tu, Lorelei Nardi, Jiming Fang, Juan Liu, Laila Khalid, Helen Johansen for the Canadian Cardiovascular Outcomes Research Team
CMAJ 2009 180: E118-E125. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Figures Only] [Résumé] [Abridged Version] [Online Appendix]  

   Smoking cessation initiated during hospital stay for patients with coronary artery disease: a randomized controlled trial

Patricia M. Smith and Ellen Burgess
CMAJ 2009 180: 1297-1303. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Figures Only] [Résumé]  

   Initiation of insulin therapy in elderly patients taking oral antidiabetes drugs

Norma Pérez, Jocelyne Moisan, Caroline Sirois, Paul Poirier, and Jean-Pierre Grégoire
CMAJ 2009 180: 1310-1316. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Figures Only] [Résumé]  

Review

   Acclimation during space flight: effects on human physiology

David Williams, Andre Kuipers, Chiaki Mukai, and Robert Thirsk
CMAJ 2009 180: 1317-1323. [Full Text] [PDF] [Figures Only]  

   Spinoffs from space

Robert Thirsk, Andre Kuipers, Chiaki Mukai, and David Williams
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Practice

   Innovations: Stereotactic radiation therapy for inoperable, early-stage non-small-cell lung cancer

Max Dahele, Anthony Brade, Shannon Pearson, and Andrea Bezjak
CMAJ 2009 180: 1326-1328. [Full Text] [PDF] [Figures Only]  

   Clinical images: Carcinoid syndrome

Habib ur Rehman
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Letters

   Interpret results with caution

Rodney Lyn and Frances McCarty
CMAJ 2009 180: 1330. [Full Text] [PDF]  

   Interpret results with caution

Kevin C. Harris and Jennifer E. Retallack
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   Clear language

G. Allen Finley
CMAJ 2009 180: 1330. [Full Text] [PDF]  

   Clear language

Subhash C. Arya and Nirmala Agarwal
CMAJ 2009 180: 1330. [Full Text] [PDF]  

   Lung cancer screening

Laurie Fenton Ambrose
CMAJ 2009 180: 1330. [Full Text] [PDF]  

   Lung cancer screening

Frederic W. Grannis
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   Avalanche fatalities

Frank W. Baumann
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   New powers for naturopaths

Trevor Champagne
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Correction

   Correction

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Humanities

   Books: "Believing the impossible"

Stuart Kinmond
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   Books: Bethune: consummate humanitarian and man of action

Andrew William Howard
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   Essay: A moment in time

Dave Williams
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Salon

   Prosecuting for knowingly transmitting HIV is warranted

Philip B. Berger
CMAJ 2009 180: 1368. [Full Text] [PDF] [Figures Only]  

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