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Table of Contents

November 19, 2013; Volume 185,Issue 17

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    Highlights
    CMAJ November 19, 2013 185 (17) 1471;

Editorial

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    With a disease for every day, who will care for the orphans?
    Diane Kelsall
    CMAJ November 19, 2013 185 (17) 1475; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.131553

Commentary

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    Iron supplementation for children: Safety in all settings is not clear
    Katherine Gray-Donald
    CMAJ November 19, 2013 185 (17) 1477-1478; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.131249
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    Stroke prevention in older adults with atrial fibrillation
    Michiel Coppens, Robert G. Hart and John W. Eikelboom
    CMAJ November 19, 2013 185 (17) 1479-1480; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.131291

News

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    National cord blood bank opens first sites in Ottawa
    Laura Eggertson
    CMAJ November 19, 2013 185 (17) 1481-1482; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.109-4630
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    A home for interprofessional medical education at Dalhousie
    Catherine Cross
    CMAJ November 19, 2013 185 (17) 1482; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.109-4632
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    Emergency department problems raised at Sinclair inquest
    Dan Lett
    CMAJ November 19, 2013 185 (17) 1483; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.109-4633
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    CIHR to simplify open-funding programs
    Lauren Vogel
    CMAJ November 19, 2013 185 (17) 1484; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.109-4619
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    Police call for more mental health services
    Wendy Glauser
    CMAJ November 19, 2013 185 (17) 1485; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.109-4615
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    E-cigarettes “modestly effective” tool to quit smoking
    Neil Chanchlani
    CMAJ November 19, 2013 185 (17) E772; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.109-4622
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    Health minister ends special access to prescription heroin
    Laura Eggertson
    CMAJ November 19, 2013 185 (17) E773-E774; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.109-4626
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    Lack of leadership responsible for rising HIV infection levels in some provinces: HIV expert
    Laura Eggertson
    CMAJ November 19, 2013 185 (17) E775-E776; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.109-4629
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    Doctor freed from Egyptian jail no extremist: colleagues
    Lauren Vogel
    CMAJ November 19, 2013 185 (17) E777; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.109-4628
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    10 health stories that mattered Oct. 7–11, 2013
    Roger Collier
    CMAJ November 19, 2013 185 (17) E778; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.109-4631
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    Community partnerships fill mental health gaps
    Wendy Glauser
    CMAJ November 19, 2013 185 (17) E779-E780; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.109-4616
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    10 health stories that mattered Oct. 14–18, 2013
    Roger Collier
    CMAJ November 19, 2013 185 (17) E781; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.109-4635
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    Canada–EU trade agreement expected to increase drug costs
    Laura Eggertson
    CMAJ November 19, 2013 185 (17) E782; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.109-4637
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    Obama promises to fix awed health insurance website
    Paul Webster
    CMAJ November 19, 2013 185 (17) E783; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.109-4639

Research

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    Influence of retirement on nonadherence to medication for hypertension and diabetes
    Mika Kivimäki, G. David Batty, Mark Hamer, Hermann Nabi, Maarit Korhonen, Risto Huupponen, Jaana Pentti, Tuula Oksanen, Ichiro Kawachi, Marianna Virtanen, Hugo Westerlund and Jussi Vahtera
    CMAJ November 19, 2013 185 (17) E784-E790; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.122010
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    Effects of daily iron supplementation in primary-school–aged children: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
    Michael Low, Ann Farrell, Beverley-Ann Biggs and Sant-Rayn Pasricha
    CMAJ November 19, 2013 185 (17) E791-E802; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.130628
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    Prevalence of and factors associated with head impact during falls in older adults in long-term care
    Rebecca Schonnop, Yijian Yang, Fabio Feldman, Erin Robinson, Marie Loughin and Stephen N. Robinovitch
    CMAJ November 19, 2013 185 (17) E803-E810; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.130498

Review

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    Management of insomnia and long-term use of sedative-hypnotic drugs in older patients
    Jacqueline M. McMillan, Elizabeth Aitken and Jayna M. Holroyd-Leduc
    CMAJ November 19, 2013 185 (17) 1499-1505; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.130025

Practice

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    Innovations: Mobile remote-presence devices for point-of-care health care delivery
    Ivar Mendez and Michiel C. Van den Hof
    CMAJ November 19, 2013 185 (17) 1512-1516; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.120223
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    Decisions: A 68-year-old woman with sleep-onset insomnia
    Norman Wolkove and Marc Baltzan
    CMAJ November 19, 2013 185 (17) 1517-1519; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.130260
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    Cases: A case of hoarseness and vocal cord immobility
    Amy M. Trottier, Emad Massoud and Timothy Brown
    CMAJ November 19, 2013 185 (17) 1520-1524; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.112112
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    Clinical Images: Lithium acne
    Federica Scarfi and Meena Arunachalam
    CMAJ November 19, 2013 185 (17) 1525; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.130009

Letters

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    Oral contraceptives, ABO blood types and thromboembolism
    Julian L. Ambrus
    CMAJ November 19, 2013 185 (17) 1526; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.113-2148
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    Guidelines and public consultations
    Bakul I. Dalal and Stephanie Power
    CMAJ November 19, 2013 185 (17) 1526; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.113-2145
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    Interpreting positive urine cultures
    Margaret J. Ackerman, Andrew Worster and Daren Lin
    CMAJ November 19, 2013 185 (17) 1526-1527; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.113-2146
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    Interpreting positive urine cultures
    Alon Vaisman, Wayne L. Gold and Jerome A. Leis
    CMAJ November 19, 2013 185 (17) 1527; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.113-2147

Humanities

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    Essay: Morning handover
    Philip Tsang
    CMAJ November 19, 2013 185 (17) 1528-1529; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.130673
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    Art: Stitching the perfect stomach
    Paul Gessell
    CMAJ November 19, 2013 185 (17) 1529-1530; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.131157

Salon

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    We might get a lot from a province-wide colon screening program, but maybe not peace of mind
    Alan Cassels
    CMAJ November 19, 2013 185 (17) 1544; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.131348
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