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July 27, 1999 / le 27 juillet 1999
CMAJ 1999; 161(2)
© 1999 Canadian Medical Association / Association médicale canadienne
Important notice: Starting with this issue of CMAJ, all articles are published in full online. For the two July 1999 issues they are also available in portable document format (PDF). To view and print out the PDF documents, you require Adobe Acrobat Reader (version 3.0 and above). To download this viewer (free), or for assistance with Adobe Acrobat Reader, visit the Adobe Systems Web site: www.adobe.com
In this issue · Dans ce numéro
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Editor's Preface ˇ Mot du rédacteur en chef |
117 |
Drug interactions: Who warns the patient?
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118 |
Les interactions médicamenteuses : qui prévient le patient?
[HTML / PDF]
Cover:
Irritable bowel syndrome affects about 15% of adults in Western countries, and symptoms can be triggered by psychological and dietary factors. Recommendations from a 1997 consensus conference on its management in primary care appear on page 154. | ![Irritable bowel syndrome](cover.gif) |
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News and analysis ˇ Nouvelles et analyses [HTML / PDF] |
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- Kidney disease on rise in BC
- New HIV guidelines
- Shattering the glass ceiling at medical schools
- A phobia-fighting Web site
- Pulse: The changing face of AIDS
- Military has high hopes after MD pay hike
- Research Update: New test for nasopharyngeal cancer
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126 |
Letters ˇ Correspondance [HTML / PDF]
Instructions to correspondents |
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- Improving preventive care
- Quality control in nursing homes
- Evolving attitudes
- Educating med students about alternative therapies
- Canadian Blood Service
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Evidence ˇ Études |
132 |
Cardiovascular and cancer mortality among Canadians of European, south Asian and Chinese origin from 1979 to 1993: an analysis of 1.2 million
deaths
T. Sheth, C. Nair, M. Nargundkar, S. Anand, S. Yusuf
[full article in HTML / full article in PDF] |
139 |
Effects of perceived patient demand on prescribing anti-infective drugs
E. Miller, L.D. MacKeigan, W. Rosser, J. Marshman
[full article in HTML / full article in PDF] |
143 |
Prescribing psychotropic medication for elderly patients: some physicians' perspectives
N. Damestoy, J. Collin, R. Lalande
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146 |
Use of vitamin B12 injections among elderly patients by primary care practitioners in Ontario
C.G. van Walraven, C.D. Naylor
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Education
ˇ Éducation |
154 |
Recommendations for the management of irritable bowel syndrome in family practice
W.G. Paterson, W.G. Thompson, S.J. Vanner, T.R. Faloon, W.W. Rosser, R.W. Birtwhistle, J.L. Morse, T.A. Touzel, and the IBS Consensus Conference Participants
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161 |
New-onset diabetes mellitus associated with protease inhibitor
therapy in an HIV-positive patient: case report and review
E.C.C. Lee, S. Walmsley, I.G. Fantus
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165 |
SmithLemliOpitz syndrome: a treatable inherited error of metabolism causing mental retardation
M.J.M. Nowaczyk, D.T. Whelan, T.W. Heshka, R.E. Hill
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Waiting lists have become controversial in Western Canada. In British Columbia, doctors complain that a waiting-list Web site created by the BC government is inaccurate (page 181). In Calgary, meanwhile, doctors have prepared a letter warning patients about the potential dangers posed by waiting lists (page 183). |
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