January 26, 1999 / le 26 janvier 1999

CMAJ 1999; 160(2)

© 1999 Canadian Medical Association / Association médicale canadienne

Press release

Highlights of this issue

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Editor's preface Mot du rédacteur en chef

Cover: Antileukotrienes, a new class of asthma medication targetting mediators of inflammation, may help patients with moderate to severe persistent asthma to breathe easier (pages 209 and 217).

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News and analysis · Nouvelles et analyses Ontario joins prenatal HIV-screening movement BC's "heartsmart" walking paths first of many? Aviation medical examiners rally for rights Cool sites Your Editorial Board: Dr. C. David Naylor New era in butting out Pulse: Canadians not alone in complaining about health care Briefly . . . Injuries cost $8.7 billion a year New COPD guidelines Heated mugwort turns babies

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Letters · Correspondance Instructions to correspondents / Directives aux correspondants Making drug data more transparent, J.A. Erola Physicians and breast examination, J. Zanbilowicz Bittersweet memories of residency, E. Weir Secondhand smoke and statistical analysis, A. Fennell Smoking out the tobacco connection, R. Ellis; response: D. Ahmad, W.K. Morgan Finding the right words, G. Murray Two solitudes, G.D. Sweeney; response: F.D. Davidoff Med students as emotional chameleons, A.K. Dalfen

	Evidence · Études
185	Prevalence of risk factors associated with human papillomavirus infection in women living with HIV, C. Hankins, F. Coutlée, N. Lapointe, P. Simard, T. Tran, J. Samson, L. Hum, Canadian Women's HIV Study Group [abstract / résumé / full text in PDF]
195	Survey of use of malaria prevention measures by Canadians visiting India, C.C. dos Santos, A. Anvar, J.S. Keystone, K.C. Kain [abstract / résumé]
201	Trends in the incidence of testicular germ cell cancer in Ontario by histologic subgroup, 1964–1996, H.K. Weir, L.D. Marrett, V. Moravan [abstract / résumé]

	Editorials · Éditoriaux
209	Antileukotrienes, asthma pathogenesis and the pharmaceutical industry, P.M. O'Byrne [full text]
211	The return of swamp fever: malaria in Canadians, J.D. MacLean, B.J. Ward [full text]
213	Why is the rate of testicular cancer increasing?, L.H. Klotz [full text]

	Education · Éducation
217	Antileukotriene agents in asthma: The dart that kills the elephant?, P.M. Renzi [full text / résumé]
225	Prostate cancer: 9. Treatment of advanced disease, M.E. Gleave, N. Bruchovsky, M.J. Moore, P. Venner [full text]

233	The Left Atrium · De l'Oreille Gauche Psychiatric illness and the politics of blame It's a dog's life: opening day The hands of this child

	On_the_Net@cma.ca · Sur_le_Net@cma.ca
239	Breast cancer online: helping patients navigate the Web, S. Pinker

	Features · Chroniques
241	229 people, 15 000 body parts: pathologists help solve Swissair 111's grisly puzzles, N. Robb [full text]
244	New blood for a new blood agency, C. Gray [full text]
246	No hospital is an island when it comes to Y2K bug, A. Silversides [full text]

	Heart and Soul · Gens de cœur
288	Back from Hollywood, stethoscope in hand, H. Kent [full text]