Canadian Medical Association Journal / Journal de l'Association médicale canadienne

August 1, 1996 / Le 1er août 1996

Contents / Table des matières

271 - Letters / Correspondance [Instructions to correspondents / Directives aux correspondants]

• Triple-marker screening for Down syndrome, S.A. Farrell, D.E. Chadwick, A.M. Summers, P.R. Wyatt; G. Viner; P.T. Dick
• Health care the tie that binds, A.D. Brown, R.Y. McMurtry
• MD boggled by acronyms in CMAJ, R.M. Humble
• Physician shares experience of infertility, D. Clermont
• Making medical education more flexible, B. Sinclair
• Blood recycling eliminates need for blood, R.O. Heimbecker
• DNR orders in stroke, A.V. Alexandrov, E.M. Meslin
• New and improved MedicAlert bracelets and necklaces, S. Tippet-Fagyas
• Guidelines keep lawyers at bay, P. Rutter

New Program / Nouveau programme
281 - The NCIC-Manitoba Breast Tumor Bank: a resource for applied cancer research, P.H. Watson, L. Snell, M. Parisien [abstract / résumé]

Original Research / Nouveautés en recherche
285 - Prevalence of factor V Leiden in a Canadian blood donor population, D.H. Lee, P.A. Henderson, M.A. Blajchman [full text / résumé]

Case Report / Étude de cas
293 - Elevated serum digoxin levels in a patient taking digoxin and Siberian ginseng, S. McRae [abstract / résumé]

Editorial / Éditorial
296 - Factor V Leiden: Who should be tested?, S. Solymoss [full text / résumé]

Platform / Tribune
299 - Funding medical and health-related research in the public interest, P.A. Baird [abstract / résumé]

From the CCDR / Du RMTC
302 - Supplementary statement on hepatitis A prevention
304 - Déclaration supplémentaire sur la prévention de l'hépatite A

306 - International Digest

• Cyclosporin A therapy for severe asthma
• Healing diabetic ulcers with peptide matrix
• Duration of maintenance therapy for quiescent Crohn disease
• Gastroenteritis prevention with rotavirus vaccine
• Losartan with hydrochlorothiazide for hypertension
• Fibre and myocardial infarction
• Dexamethasone in infants with respiratory distress syndrome
• Breast cancer risk and fat intake

308 - Sélection internationale

• Thérapie à la cyclosporine A contre l'asthme grave
• Les fibres alimentaires et l'infarctus du myocarde
• Le risque de cancer du sein et l'absorption de matières grasses
• Prévention de la gastro-entérite au moyen d'un vaccin contre le rotavirus
• Losartan et hydrochlorothiazide contre l'hypertension
• Durée du traitement d'entretien contre la maladie de Crohn en rémission
• Guérison d'ulcères diabétiques au moyen d'une matrice peptidique
• La dexaméthasone chez les nouveau-nés atteints du syndrome de détresse respiratoire

311 - At a Glance / Aperçu

• MDs' offices receive 85% approval rating
• In-line-skating injury toll grows
• Harvard dean retires
• Substance abuse costs $18.5 billion a year
• Ontario restores malpractice subsidies

Vista / Panorama
313 - Medical ethics at the bedside, D. Waugh

Ethics / Éthique
314 - After 4 years' work, revised Code of Ethics goes to General Council for decision, D. Sawyer, J. Williams [full text / en bref]

Trends / Tendances
316 - CMA's Clinical Q&A discussion group offers corridor consultations on the Internet, A. Bolster [full text / en bref]

Special Report / Document
318 - After slow start, project to channel drug company funds to universities builds steam, P. Berkowitz [in brief / en bref]

Profile / Profil
321 - Survival equipment a dominant theme in career of navy physician, N. Robb [in brief / en bref]

History / Promenade dans le passé
323 - Healing all the king's men: medical treatment at Fortress Louisbourg, 1744, G. Thomson [in brief / en bref]

Women's Health / Santé des femmes
326 - Women's health research assumes higher profile at two Toronto teaching hospitals, F. Lowry [in brief / en bref]

278 - Conferences / Conférences

329 - Therapeutic Index / Index thérapeutique

345 - Service information / Renseignements aux lecteurs

346 - Classified Advertisers / Annonces classés

356 - Advertiser's Index / Index des annonceurs