Research

Probiotic capsules and xylitol chewing gum to manage symptoms of pharyngitis: a randomized controlled factorial trial
Paul Little, Beth Stuart, Zoe Wingrove, Mark Mullee, Tammy Thomas, Sophie Johnson, Gerry Leydon, Samantha Richards-Hall, Ian Williamson, Lily Yao, Shihua Zhu and Michael Moore
CMAJ December 18, 2017 189:E1543-E1550
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Commentary

Health Services: We need to mandate drug cost transparency on electronic medical records
Iris Gorfinkel and Joel Lexchin
CMAJ December 18, 2017 189:E1541-E1542
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Review

Sepsis: Newborn screening for severe combined immunodeficiency: a primer for clinicians
Catherine M. Biggs, Elie Haddad, Thomas B. Issekutz, Chaim M. Roifman and Stuart E. Turvey
CMAJ December 18, 2017 189:E1551-E1557
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Practice

Cases: Sepsis: Risks of novel therapeutics: gonococcemia in an immune-suppressed patient receiving eculizumab
Aditi Khandelwal, Julie K. Wright, Katerina Pavenski and Linda R. Taggart
CMAJ December 18, 2017 189:E1558-E1560
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Clinical Images: Calcific tendinitis of the gluteus maximus of a 53-year-old woman
Kun Huang, Darra Murphy and Natasha Dehghan
CMAJ December 18, 2017 189:E1561
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Humanities

Special report: Medical sensations: experience doctoring
Barbara Sibbald
CMAJ December 18, 2017 189:E1562-E1564
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Coda

Health Services: Public health in the 21st century: Beyond health care: the other determinants of health
Trevor Hancock
CMAJ December 18, 2017 189:E1571
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News

Viral misinformation threatens public health
Lauren Vogel
CMAJ December 18, 2017 189:E1567
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You have accessAn outpatient "evolution" in orthopedic surgery
Paul Webster
CMAJ December 18, 2017 189:E1568
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Medical schools addressing student anxiety, burnout and depression
Wendy Glauser
CMAJ December 18, 2017 189:E1570
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Letters

The Canadian Medical Association should support a medical access stream for cannabis
Andrew B. Cooper
CMAJ December 18, 2017 189:E1565
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Updating our language around substance use disorders
Edward Xie, Samantha Green, Nitasha Puri and Hasan Sheikh
CMAJ December 18, 2017 189:E1566
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