Highlights

Highlights
CMAJ April 3, 2012 184:623
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Editorial

Yes to ski helmets, but buyer beware
BJ Barbara Sibbald
CMAJ April 3, 2012 184:627
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Commentary

In defence of older drivers
Ezra Hauer
CMAJ April 3, 2012 184:E305-E306
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The future of stem cells in neurodegenerative disorders of the central nervous system
Roger A. Barker
CMAJ April 3, 2012 184:631-632
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New recommendations for the use of ambulatory blood pressure monitoring in the diagnosis of hypertension
Norm R.C. Campbell and Brenda R. Hemmelgarn
CMAJ April 3, 2012 184:633-634
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News

For the record
CMAJ April 3, 2012 184:E284-E286
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Separating hype from reality in the era of the affordable genome
Roger Collier
CMAJ April 3, 2012 184:E287-E288
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Health in Colombia: a system in crisis
Paul Christopher Webster
CMAJ April 3, 2012 184:E289-E290
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Health in Colombia: treating the displaced
Paul Christopher Webster
CMAJ April 3, 2012 184:E291-E292
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Health in Colombia: the chronic disease burden
Paul Christopher Webster
CMAJ April 3, 2012 184:E293-E294
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Advocacy groups continue to scorn screening guidelines
Lauren Vogel
CMAJ April 3, 2012 184:E295-E296
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Calculating risk in use of disposable contact lenses
Roger Collier
CMAJ April 3, 2012 184:E297-E298
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Who should be privy to your privates?
Lauren Vogel
CMAJ April 3, 2012 184:E299-E300
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Briefly
CMAJ April 3, 2012 184:E301-E303
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Popping the genetics bubble
Roger Collier
CMAJ April 3, 2012 184:637-638
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Who should hold the keys to your DNA?
Roger Collier
CMAJ April 3, 2012 184:638-640
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Chaperones: friend or foe, and to whom?
Lauren Vogel
CMAJ April 3, 2012 184:642-643
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Research

Factors predicting patient use of the emergency department: a retrospective cohort study
Jane McCusker, Pierre Tousignant, Roxane Borgès Da Silva, Antonio Ciampi, Jean-Frédéric Lévesque, Alain Vadeboncoeur, and Steven Sanche
CMAJ April 3, 2012 184:E307-E316
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Cost-effectiveness of diacetylmorphine versus methadone for chronic opioid dependence refractory to treatment
Bohdan Nosyk, Daphne P. Guh, Nicholas J. Bansback, Eugenia Oviedo-Joekes, Suzanne Brissette, David C. Marsh, Evan Meikleham, Martin T. Schechter, and Aslam H. Anis CMAJ April 3, 2012 184:E317-E328
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Increased risk of cognitive and functional decline in patients with atrial fibrillation: results of the ONTARGET and TRANSCEND studies
Irene Marzona, Martin O’Donnell, Koon Teo, Peggy Gao, Craig Anderson, Jackie Bosch, and Salim Yusuf
CMAJ April 3, 2012 184:E329-E336
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Neonatal outcomes after influenza immunization during pregnancy: a randomized controlled trial
Mark C. Steinhoff, Saad B. Omer, Eliza Roy, Shams El Arifeen, Rubhana Raqib, Caitlin Dodd, Robert F. Breiman, and K. Zaman
CMAJ April 3, 2012 184:645-653
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Analysis

Canada’s new ethical guidelines for research with humans: a critique and comparison with the United States
Joseph Millum
CMAJ April 3, 2012 184:657-661
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Practice

Primer: Blood testing for sensitivity, allergy or intolerance to food
Elana Lavine
CMAJ April 3, 2012 184:666-668
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What is Your Call?: Severe edema and elevated CA 125 in a 56-year-old woman
Nigel S. Tan and Stephen W. Hwang
CMAJ April 3, 2012 184:671-673
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Five Things to Know About...: Scombroid poisoning
Piero Stratta and Guido Badino
CMAJ April 3, 2012 184:674
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Clinical Images: Fixed drug eruption due to fluconazole
Jennifer Beecker and Sophia Colantonio
CMAJ April 3, 2012 184:675
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Clinical shorts
Diane Kelsall
CMAJ April 3, 2012 184:676
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Letters

Standards for helmets
Hedy Fry
CMAJ April 3, 2012 184:678
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Emergency department visits and infections
Timothy F. Platts-Mills and Philip D. Sloane
CMAJ April 3, 2012 184:678
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Emergency department visits and infections
Caroline Quach, Allison McGeer, and Andrew Simor
CMAJ April 3, 2012 184:678-679
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Addiction is not a disease
Tim Holden
CMAJ April 3, 2012 184:679
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Humanities

Poetry: A goodbye
David M. Kaplan
CMAJ April 3, 2012 184:E304
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Media: Combat Hospital’s deployment of ethics and entertainment
Sonya de Laat, Lisa Schwartz, Bryn Williams-Jones, Matthew Hunt, Christiane Rochon, and Ali Okhowat
CMAJ April 3, 2012 184:680-681
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Salon

Time to end ageism in medical education
Nathan Stall
CMAJ April 3, 2012 184:728
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