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- 5/4/2009
Six tips for planning your maternity leave
Dr. Barbara Lent is pleased with the improved benefits and greater acceptance of maternity and parental leave for physicians across the nation in the last decade, but says many issues still must be considered when planning time off. - 5/4/2009
Doctor astronauts: Do they have the right stuff?
Two physicians and one medical student make it to the final round in a bid to become Canada's next astronauts - 5/4/2009
Editorial: Are we treating international medical graduates fairly?
Our nation offers a rather patchwork welcome mat to doctors trained overseas. Rules and programs for international medical graduates vary widely from province to province, so for simplicity today we'll just look at Ontario. - 5/4/2009
Keep women in early labour moving for better birth outcomes
Study confirms MDs' common knowledge, now hospitals need to accommodate moms - 5/4/2009
Photography on the wild side
For some physicians, medicine may leave no time for other ambitions; not so for Dr. Mark Freedman - 5/4/2009
Pain meds account for one in five deaths after spinal fusion surgery
Pain medications are involved in more than 20% of deaths in the years after patients undergo spinal fusion surgery for low-back pain, a study in the April 1 issue of Spine suggests. - 5/4/2009
COGNITIVE AGING: Changes in Agatha Christie's writing point to Alzheimer's
Although not diagnosed while living, her more limited vocabulary and a rise in repeated phrases are suggestive of the condition.