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Volume 181(11);  November 24, 2009
Highlight
Highlights
CMAJ. 2009 November 24; 181(11): 769.
PMCID: PMC2780479
Commentary
Treating severe obesity: morbid weights and morbid waits
Raj S. Padwal and Arya M. Sharma
CMAJ. 2009 November 24; 181(11): 777–778. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.081508.
PMCID: PMC2780480
News
Aboriginal groups seek representation on Pan-Canadian Public Health Network
Paul Webster
CMAJ. 2009 November 24; 181(11): 781–782. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.109-3073.
PMCID: PMC2780481
Banning ‘magic mint’ could slow research
Roger Collier
CMAJ. 2009 November 24; 181(11): 782–783. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.109-3080.
PMCID: PMC2780482
Governments make inroads into medical self-regulation
Ann Silversides
CMAJ. 2009 November 24; 181(11): 784–785. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.109-3081.
PMCID: PMC2780483
Stem cell hype risks “backlash”
Ann Silversides
CMAJ. 2009 November 24; 181(11): E246. Published online 2009 October 8. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.109-3074.
PMCID: PMC2780506
Outcome of health-related legal challenges is sometimes surprising
Ann Silversides
CMAJ. 2009 November 24; 181(11): E247–E248. Published online 2009 October 9. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.109-3075.
PMCID: PMC2780507
Local control over Aboriginal health care improves outcome, study indicates
Paul Webster
CMAJ. 2009 November 24; 181(11): E249–E250. Published online 2009 October 15. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.109-3072.
PMCID: PMC2780508
Clinical trial for Fabry disease faces continuing hurdles
Ann Silversides
CMAJ. 2009 November 24; 181(11): E251–E252. Published online 2009 October 6. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.109-3071.
PMCID: PMC2780509
United States faces dentist shortage
Roger Collier
CMAJ. 2009 November 24; 181(11): E253–E254. Published online 2009 October 21. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.109-3086.
PMCID: PMC2780510
Black mark for Dalhousie medical school
donalee Moulton
CMAJ. 2009 November 24; 181(11): E255. Published online 2009 October 23. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.109-3088.
PMCID: PMC2780511
Appointment of Pfizer executive to CIHR stirs controversy
Ann Silversides
CMAJ. 2009 November 24; 181(11): E256–E257. Published online 2009 October 20. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.109-3085.
PMCID: PMC2780512
Dispatch from the Medical Front: Summer plans
Michael Slatnik
CMAJ. 2009 November 24; 181(11): E258. Published online 2009 October 16. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.109-3079.
PMCID: PMC2780513
Briefly
Roger Collier and Wayne Kondro
CMAJ. 2009 November 24; 181(11): E259–E260. Published online 2009 October 9. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.109-3083.
PMCID: PMC2780514
For the record
CMAJ. 2009 November 24; 181(11): E261–E262. Published online 2009 October 13. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.109-3084.
PMCID: PMC2780515
Research
A network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials of biologics for rheumatoid arthritis: a Cochrane overview
Jasvinder A. Singh, Robin Christensen, George A. Wells, Maria E. Suarez-Almazor, Rachelle Buchbinder, Maria Angeles Lopez-Olivo, Elizabeth Tanjong Ghogomu, and Peter Tugwell
CMAJ. 2009 November 24; 181(11): 787–796. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.091391.
PMCID: PMC2780484
Perspectives of clinician and biomedical scientists on interdisciplinary health research
Suzanne Laberge, Mathieu Albert, and Brian D. Hodges
CMAJ. 2009 November 24; 181(11): 797–803. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.090661.
PMCID: PMC2780485
Self-harm and risk of motor vehicle crashes among young drivers: findings from the DRIVE Study
Alexandra L.C. Martiniuk, Rebecca Q. Ivers, Nick Glozier, George C. Patton, Lawrence T. Lam, Soufiane Boufous, Teresa Senserrick, Ann Williamson, Mark Stevenson, and Robyn Norton
CMAJ. 2009 November 24; 181(11): 807–812. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.090459.
PMCID: PMC2780486
Review
Prevention of osteoporosis-related fractures among postmenopausal women and older men
Poupak Rahmani and Suzanne Morin
CMAJ. 2009 November 24; 181(11): 815–820. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.080709.
PMCID: PMC2780487
Practice
Cases
Listeriosis complicating pregnancy
Vincent Y.T. Cheung and Wilma L. Sirkin
CMAJ. 2009 November 24; 181(11): 821–822. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.090395.
PMCID: PMC2780488
Clinical Images
Fracture of a pacemaker lead
Shu-Hsuan Chang, Che-Kim Tan, and Shih-Huang Lee
CMAJ. 2009 November 24; 181(11): 823. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.082092.
PMCID: PMC2780489
Letters
Patient advocacy: health, money or both?
Henry J. Conter
CMAJ. 2009 November 24; 181(11): 825. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.109-2032.
PMCID: PMC2780490
Competing interests of authors
Derryck H. Smith
CMAJ. 2009 November 24; 181(11): 825. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.109-2033.
PMCID: PMC2780491
Primary care and type 2 diabetes mellitus
Len Kelly and Keith MacLellan
CMAJ. 2009 November 24; 181(11): 825. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.109-2037.
PMCID: PMC2780492
Euthanasia debate reignited
Marcel Boisvert
CMAJ. 2009 November 24; 181(11): 825–826. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.109-2041.
PMCID: PMC2780493
Pandemic flu buddy system
Thomas Ungar
CMAJ. 2009 November 24; 181(11): 826. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.109-2042.
PMCID: PMC2780494
Who is conflicted about handwashing?
B. Lynn Johnston, Geoffrey Taylor, Mary Vearncombe, and Bonnie Henry
CMAJ. 2009 November 24; 181(11): 826–827. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.109-2039.
PMCID: PMC2780495
Medical school admissions
Mark Otto Baerlocher
CMAJ. 2009 November 24; 181(11): 827. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.109-2040.
PMCID: PMC2780496
Social pain and opioid use
Susan M. Rosenthal
CMAJ. 2009 November 24; 181(11): 827. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.109-2044.
PMCID: PMC2780497
Humanities
Book
Baring the soul
Liam Durcan
CMAJ. 2009 November 24; 181(11): 829–830. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.091086.
PMCID: PMC2780499
Poem
Postscript
Frank Irwin Jackson
CMAJ. 2009 November 24; 181(11): 830. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.091822.
PMCID: PMC2780500
Book
A physician’s take on Outliers
Rashaad Bhyat
CMAJ. 2009 November 24; 181(11): 831. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.091832.
PMCID: PMC2780501
Essay
In memoriam 1977
Sharon Mae Baltman
CMAJ. 2009 November 24; 181(11): 832. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.081489.
PMCID: PMC2780502
Book
Should you or shouldn’t you? Guidance on the HPV vaccine
Joseph E. Balog
CMAJ. 2009 November 24; 181(11): E263. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.091149.
PMCID: PMC2780516
Poem
Days of Plague
Robert Ferrari
CMAJ. 2009 November 24; 181(11): E264. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.090699.
PMCID: PMC2780517
Salon
End of life, year after year after year
Tom Koch
CMAJ. 2009 November 24; 181(11): 868. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.091402.
PMCID: PMC2780503
Editorials
Letter from the Editor
No longer free for all
Paul C. Hébert
CMAJ. 2009 November 24; 181(11): E244. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.091910.
PMCID: PMC2780504
Letter from the Publisher
No longer free for all
Glenda Proctor
CMAJ. 2009 November 24; 181(11): E245. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.091911.
PMCID: PMC2780505
Correction
Correction
CMAJ. 2009 November 24; 181(11): 827. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.109-2045.
PMCID: PMC2780498
Corrects: Ann Silversides. Regulatory colleges to set painkiller guidelines. CMAJ. 2009 October 13; 181(8): 464–465.
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