With new rules limiting the number of hours residents can work in some jurisdictions, should
medical educators be rethinking existing training strategies? Is it time for medical education …

Objective and importance. Fusiform aneurysms of the vertebrobasilar arteries that progressively
enlarge causing symptomatic brainstem compression are dangerous and their treatment …

BACKGROUND: Meningiomas are slow-growing tumors that may present in pregnancy
because of accelerated growth. We present the case of a recurrent meningioma in two separate …

The recent discovery of microRNAs (miRNAs) has caused the traditional central dogma of
molecular biology to be rewritten. miRNAs are small, noncoding pieces of ribonucleic acid that …

There has been recent interest in using cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitors in an effort to increase
the efficacy of chemotherapy and/or radiation for treatment of malignant brain tumors. …

Ventricular catheter replacement can be challenging, especially in patients with small ventricles.
Shunt malfunction due to ventricular catheter obstruction can occur without ventricular …

Widespread use of the endoscope in transsphenoidal surgery has recently contributed to the
extension of approaches beyond the tuberculum sellae for the management of suprasellar, …

This chapter provides an approach to the diagnosis and management of central nervous
system trauma for the rural practitioner. Emphasis is placed on rapid evaluation and …

… David A Omahen … Omahen, Division of Neurosurgery, Royal Inland Hospital, Suite 212,
300 Columbia Street, Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada. E‑mail: domahen@ualberta.ca …

We were certainly proud to have been featured on the cover of the June 1 issue of CMAJ
and to provide evidence that all is not doom and gloom when it comes to rural recruitment. …