National Review of Medicine's March issue is now online

Dr Sanjay Gupta, CNN's resident doctor, graces the cover of our March issue, which is now online. Dr Gupta, who's a brain surgeon in his spare time, talked to us about his thoughts on the US presidential candidates' health platforms, his near-death experience in Iraq, his opinion of Canadian medicare and the burning question: who's sexier, him or fellow CNN-er Anderson Cooper.

Also in this issue:
• Making sense of contradictory reports about aggressive glucose targets for type II diabetics
• Meet the Canadian Medical Association's new president-elect, Saskatchewan FP Dr Anne Doig. She talks about her hopes and gripes and why she sold the farm
• Does paying patients to lose weight work? (What do you think? Take our Poll, on the right side of this page)

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National Review of Medicine, March 2008, Vol 5 No 3

FULL TABLE OF CONTENTS

PATIENTS AND PRACTICE
Hospital worst place to have a stroke
Inpatients die oftener than those in ED. Better training needed on wards

“Brutal” A1c targets: do, or die?
Too-low type II glucose kills. False, says rival trial

Anticholinergics trump other bladder meds
For women, urinary incontinence is underdiscussed and undertreated

Topsy-turvy Crohn’s approach hailed
Top-down infliximab beats step-up steroids, doubles remission rate

New guidelines help you tackle chronic neck pain
What to tell your patients

Cheap drug shields kidneys from CT dye damage: study
N-acetylcysteine beats other meds at fighting common scan side effect

‘Cause of death’ flubs irk coroners
Errors riddle 50% of death certs. Poor training blamed

New tools help MDs treat allergies
New versions of old drugs fight rhinitis better

Should you pay patients to lose weight?
US doc’s program pays $1 a pound. Temporary fix, says Canadian expert

Is it ever OK to withhold bad news from patients?
Open talk is key to allaying family fears, says MD. There is a middle way

“All it took was an idea”
Grassroots pain programs empower patients, ease family doctors’ burden

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT
Saying sorry can solve a host of problems
New laws make apologizing to patients safe. What you need to know

POLICY AND POLITICS
Sanjay Gupta, behind the headlines
Q&A with the American neurosurgeon and CNN correspondent

Couillard flip-flops on pro-private report
QC docs cheer Castonguay ideas, but gov’t wavers on bold reforms

MDs decry BC premier’s vague reforms
Grit plans rife with half-baked schemes, charge analysts

Saskatoon FP nominated to be next CMA president
Dr Anne Doig talks to NRM about her election win, her plans and her six kids

Ontario Family Health Teams inspire envy
Mixed-pay clinics still short on data, many MDs remain wary

ADVANCES IN MEDICINE
HIFU prostate Tx burns tumours — and cash
Risks persist and longterm effects are unknown, warn experts

Surgeons get a little help from robot friends
Montreal hospital latest to get $4 million assistant. Complications slashed

Dal asthma test bests spirometry
Sensitive device spots “twitchy” airways, easier on kids

Gadget guide
Stick/non-stick, on/off gadgets are all about control

PHYSICIAN LIFE
Addiction doc struggles with his demons
Dr Gabor Maté’s new book is a gritty glimpse of Vancouver’s mean streets

In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts
An excerpt from Dr Gabor Maté’s new book

Twinkle-toed doctors stage Dancing with the Stars event
Chatham, Ontario, docs waltz their way to new MRI. “It was a highlight of my life”

PHYSICIAN WELLNESS
Family Day? Whose family?
February is finally over. Did you get a day off?
PLUS NRM Quiz: How family-friendly are you, doctor? Take the quiz online or click here for a printer-friendly PDF version

PERSONAL FINANCE
Car makers put brakes on pricing parity
Dealers slash stickers but costs still 20-30% higher than US

DEPARTMENTS
EDITORIAL: Castonguay throws Quebec docs a lifeline
OPINION: Discord on ACCORD
LETTERS: Wait times impatience, doctors’ decision-making autonomy, the Chalk River crisis, and more
EDITORIAL CARTOON: 2008 federal budget forgets healthcare
ACROSS CANADA: Was Calgary MD-politician a Russian spy? Plus, more news from coast to coast to coast
NEWS IN BRIEF

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