In the print edition: NRM's June issue

The print edition of June's National Review of Medicine will be landing on physicians' desks in the next day or two.

Here's a handful of highlights to look out for:

Our front page interview with Dr Mehmet Oz (right), thoracic surgeon, co-author of YOU: The Owner's Manual and health go-to guy on the Oprah Winfrey Show. Dr Oz shares his thoughts on the US presidential candidates, Canada's wait-happy healthcare system and Oprah's "pristine" heart.

Liberal MP and family doctor Keith Martin's searing indictment of the Harper government's handling of the BC safe injection site ruling. Prime Minister Harper's health and justice ministers vow they'll appeal Justice Ian Pitfield's decision that the feds have no authority to shut the Insite clinic down. (A new poll indicates that 55% of Canadians think it's "a good thing" to provide IV drug users with a safe place to shoot up.) Check out Dr Martin's editorial on page 12.

The common practice of prescribing beta-blockers to at-risk surgery patients to prevent perioperative heart attacks could be killing more patients than it saves, according to a new Canadian study from the May 31 Lancet. See our coverage and interview with study author P J Devereaux on page 3.

Gone are the days kindly physicians would do non-billables like write like sick notes, phone in prescriptions and fill out insurance forms totally for free. And good riddance too. In a followup to our guide on how to collect the dough from patients we look at how to charge block fees without running foul of the College. See the full article on page 8.

Our Health Lawyer Lonny Rosen advises a doc with a drinking problem on how best to fess up to the College, page 17.

Can the osteoporosis drug zoledronic acid help women stave off breast cancer recurrence? Yes, says a new study presented at the recent meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology. See our story on page 18.

Full contents will also be archived on our website later this month.

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