Highlights

CMAJ October 2, 2012 184:1551
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Editorial

Farm-grown superbugs: While the world acts, Canada dawdles
Barbara Sibbald
CMAJ October 2, 2012 184:1553
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Commentary

Liver injury in the elderly due to fluoroquinolones: Should these drugs be avoided?
Paul H. Hayashi and Naga P. Chalasani
CMAJ October 2, 2012 184:1555-1556
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Defining training needs, core competencies and future certification for Canadian hospitalists
Scott D. Smith and Khalil Sivjee
CMAJ October 2, 2012 184:1557-1558
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News

Professionalism: The privilege and burden of self-regulation
Roger Collier
CMAJ October 2, 2012 184:1559-1560
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Resolving the market mysteries of medical isotopes
Tim Lougheed
CMAJ October 2, 2012 184:1561-1562
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Attracting small-town docs a challenge
Laura Eggertson
CMAJ October 2, 2012 184:E735-E736
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The costs of choice in senior care
Laura Eggertson
CMAJ October 2, 2012 184:E737-E738
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Aboriginal health programming under siege, critics charge
Paul Christopher Webster
CMAJ October 2, 2012 184:E739-E740
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The science of pesticide-free potato chips
Michael Monette
CMAJ October 2, 2012 184:E741-E742
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The new rules of naturopathy
Laura Eggertson
CMAJ October 2, 2012 184:E743-E744
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Briefly
Wayne Kondro
CMAJ October 2, 2012 184:E745-E747
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For the record
Laura Eggertson
CMAJ October 2, 2012 184:E748-E750
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Research

Fluoroquinolone therapy and idiosyncratic acute liver injury: a population-based study
J. Michael Paterson, Muhammad M. Mamdani, Michael Manno, and David N. Juurlink , for the Canadian Drug Safety and Effectiveness Research Network
CMAJ October 2, 2012 184:1565-1570
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Systemic corticosteroid monotherapy for clinically diagnosed acute rhinosinusitis: a randomized controlled trial
Roderick P. Venekamp, Marc J.M. Bonten, Maroeska M. Rovers, Theo J.M. Verheij, and Alfred P.E. Sachs
CMAJ October 2, 2012 184:E751-E757
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Incidence and causes of end-stage renal disease among Aboriginal children and young adults
Susan M. Samuel, Bethany J. Foster, Brenda R. Hemmelgarn, Alberto Nettel-Aguirre, Lynden Crowshoe, R. Todd Alexander, Andrea Soo, and Marcello A. Tonelli, for the Pediatric Renal Outcomes Canada Group
CMAJ October 2, 2012 184:E758-E764
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Trends in the incidence and outcomes of heart failure in Ontario, Canada: 1997 to 2007
Darwin F. Yeung, Nicole K. Boom, Helen Guo, Douglas S. Lee, Susan E. Schultz, and Jack V. Tu
CMAJ October 2, 2012 184:E765-E773
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Special Report

Process for guideline development by the reconstituted Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care
Sarah Connor Gorber, Harminder Singh, Kevin Pottie, Alejandra Jaramillo, and Marcello Tonelli
CMAJ October 2, 2012 184:1575-1581
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Analysis

A patient charter of rights: how to avoid a toothless tiger and achieve system improvement
Colleen M. Flood and Kathryn May
CMAJ October 2, 2012 184:1583-1587
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Practice

Cases: Vitamin B12 deficiency in infants secondary to maternal causes
Nadia Roumeliotis, David Dix, and Alisa Lipson
CMAJ October 2, 2012 184:1593-1598
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Five Things to Know About...: Contrast-enhanced ultrasonography
Wesley D. Block and Mostafa Atri
CMAJ October 2, 2012 184:1599
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Clinical Images: Brown urine and black hip
Nikiforos Galanis and Margaritis Kyrkos
CMAJ October 2, 2012 184:1600
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Clinical Images: Oral lichen planus
Eric T. Stoopler and Thomas P. Sollecito
CMAJ October 2, 2012 184:E774
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Five Things to Know About...: Intravascular contrast media for imaging in breastfeeding women
Navneet Singh and Kristopher McLean
CMAJ October 2, 2012 184:E775
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Letters

The future is now for rare genetic diseases
Alex MacKenzie and Kym M. Boycott
CMAJ October 2, 2012 184:1603
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The 5A model for the management of obesity
Arya M. Sharma
CMAJ October 2, 2012 184:1603
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The authors respond
Gilles Plourde and Denis Prud’homme
CMAJ October 2, 2012 184:1603-1604
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Contrasting coroners
Andrew L. McCallum, Albert E. Lauwers, Daniel E. Cass, and Michael Blain
CMAJ October 2, 2012 184:1604
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The authors respond
Simon J. Walter and David M. Studdert
CMAJ October 2, 2012 184:1604
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Humanities

Books: An insider’s take on practising medicine in the US
Lara Hazelton
CMAJ October 2, 2012 184:1605
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Books: Not as good as we need it to be
Irfan A. Dhalla
CMAJ October 2, 2012 184:1606
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Books: The enduring value of Bulgakov’s stories
Paul Moorehead
CMAJ October 2, 2012 184:1607
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Books: A tale of the imbalance of power
Paul Moorehead
CMAJ October 2, 2012 184:E776
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Art: Healing and hurting, all in one building in Mexico
Paul Gessell
CMAJ October 2, 2012 184:E777-E779
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Poetry: scribing death
Rebecca Zener
CMAJ October 2, 2012 184:E780
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Salon

Most of our prescription drugs are manufactured overseas — but are they safe?
Alan Cassels
CMAJ October 2, 2012 184:1648
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