Canadian Medical Association Journal: 179 (12)

December 02, 2008; Volume 179,Issue 12

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Statins, indication creep and risks for children and youth
Noni MacDonald, Matthew B. Stanbrook and Michael J. Rieder

CMAJ December 02, 2008 179 (12) 1239; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.081718

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Les statines, l'étendue des indications et les risques pour les enfants et les adolescents
Noni MacDonald, Matthew B. Stanbrook and Michael J. Rieder

CMAJ December 02, 2008 179 (12) 1241; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.081831

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Can studies of harm be harmful?
Joel G. Ray

CMAJ December 02, 2008 179 (12) 1243-1244; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.081597
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Treatment of community-acquired pneumonia
Donald E. Low

CMAJ December 02, 2008 179 (12) 1245-1246; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.081593
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Balancing evidence and opinion in stroke care: the 2008 best practice recommendations
Mark Bayley, Patrice Lindsay, Chelsea Hellings, Elizabeth Woodbury, Stephen Phillips and ; on behalf of the Canadian Stroke Strategy (a joint initiative of the Canadian Stroke Network and the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada)

CMAJ December 02, 2008 179 (12) 1247-1249; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.081536

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Patient-safety reforms inhibited by systemic impediments
Ann Silversides

CMAJ December 02, 2008 179 (12) 1253-1255; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.081790
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Jordan's Principle remains in limbo
Dan Lett

CMAJ December 02, 2008 179 (12) 1256; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.081756
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Health advocates assail Canada's asbestos stance
Roger Collier

CMAJ December 02, 2008 179 (12) 1257; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.081806
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For the record
CMAJ December 02, 2008 179 (12) 1258; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.081759
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Canada needs paradigm shift in public health nutrition
Wayne Kondro

CMAJ December 02, 2008 179 (12) 1259-1261; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.081755
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Briefly
Wayne Kondro

CMAJ December 02, 2008 179 (12) 1262; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.081757
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Dispatch from the medical front: Somali symbiosis, part 2: what I did
John Barnhill

CMAJ December 02, 2008 179 (12) 1262-1262-a; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.081760

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Maternal exposure to folic acid antagonists and placenta-mediated adverse pregnancy outcomes
Shi Wu Wen, Jia Zhou, Qiuying Yang, William Fraser, Olufemi Olatunbosun and Mark Walker

CMAJ December 02, 2008 179 (12) 1263-1268; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.080859
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Respiratory fluoroquinolones for the treatment of community-acquired pneumonia: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
Konstantinos Z. Vardakas, Ilias I. Siempos, Alexandros Grammatikos, Zoe Athanassa, Ioanna P. Korbila and Matthew E. Falagas

CMAJ December 02, 2008 179 (12) 1269-1277; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.080358

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Diagnosis and treatment of dementia: 6. Management of severe Alzheimer disease
Nathan Herrmann and Serge Gauthier

CMAJ December 02, 2008 179 (12) 1279-1287; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.070804

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Global health: Health care reform in Chile
Gabriel Bastías, Tomás Pantoja, Thomas Leisewitz and Víctor Zárate

CMAJ December 02, 2008 179 (12) 1289-1292; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.071843

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Review: “Doctor, will that x-ray harm my unborn child?”
Savithiri Ratnapalan, Yedidia Bentur and Gideon Koren

CMAJ December 02, 2008 179 (12) 1293-1296; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.080247
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What is your call?: A spontaneous skin lesion
Josie McCabe, Zoe Blades and Emmet E. McGrath

CMAJ December 02, 2008 179 (12) 1297-1299; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.080635

Letters

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No-fault compensation systems
William S. Tucker

CMAJ December 02, 2008 179 (12) 1300-1301; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.1080118
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Accuracy in images
Albert Schumacher

CMAJ December 02, 2008 179 (12) 1301; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.1080113
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Accuracy in images
Rajendra Kale

CMAJ December 02, 2008 179 (12) 1301-1301-a; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.081851

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Corrections
CMAJ December 02, 2008 179 (12) 1301-1301-b; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.081812
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Corrections
CMAJ December 02, 2008 179 (12) 1301-1301-c; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.081825

Holiday reading

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The cure is a gift
Mark Frutkin

CMAJ December 02, 2008 179 (12) 1302-1303; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.081748
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Time to heal thyself: Christmas Eve
Shane Neilson

CMAJ December 02, 2008 179 (12) 1303; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.081173
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Flawed physicians
Michael Cussen

CMAJ December 02, 2008 179 (12) 1304-1305; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.081556
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Words are not wasted when there is soup to deliver
Amy Hendricks

CMAJ December 02, 2008 179 (12) 1306-1307; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.081749
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Final exam
Catherine Varner

CMAJ December 02, 2008 179 (12) 1307-1308; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.081611
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Book review: Spilling the beans on the pharmaceutical industry
Miriam Shuchman

CMAJ December 02, 2008 179 (12) 1309-1310; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.081496

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Fracture of the maxillary bone during hyperbaric oxygen therapy
Yi-Heng Liu, Te-Chun Hsia, Juhn-Cherng Liu and Wei Chen

CMAJ December 02, 2008 179 (12) 1351; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.080713

Salon

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A proposal for peace
Mark Leith

CMAJ December 02, 2008 179 (12) 1352; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.081778

Supplement

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Canadian best practice recommendations for stroke care (updated 2008)
Patrice Lindsay, Mark Bayley, Chelsea Hellings, Michael Hill, Elizabeth Woodbury, Stephen Phillips and ; (Canadian Stroke Strategy Best Practices and Standards Writing Group on behalf of the Canadian Stroke Strategy, a joint initiative of the Canadian Stroke Network and the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada*)

CMAJ December 02, 2008 179 (12) S1-S25; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.081148.R2

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Recommandations canadiennes pour les pratiques optimales de soins de l'AVC (mise à jour de 2008)
Patrice Lindsay, Mark Bayley, Chelsea Hellings, Michael Hill, Elizabeth Woodbury, Stephen Phillips and ; (Groupe de rédaction Pratiques optimales et normes au nom de la Stratégie canadienne de l'AVC une initiative conjointe du Réseau canadien contre les accidents cérébrovasculaires et de la Fondation des maladies du cœur du Canada*)

CMAJ December 02, 2008 179 (12) SF1-SF29; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.081928

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