Gifts that give twiceBring joy to loved ones this holiday season with meaningful presents —that also benefit health-related charities Here’s to Canada’s less-known science heroesAs well, new books on Crohn’s, Alzheimer’s and the state of health-care research Confessions of a rural GP Judge not, lest ye be smacked down in a humbling arm wrestle PRACTICE NOTES: A tried and true tool RIP: My stethescope Two nights to remember Dying patients, disparate mentors, vastly different learning experiences Toronto doctors crusade against global health disparity in new book Drs. Abdallah Daar and Peter Singer describe bringing life-saving science out of the lab to help the world’s most needy Mental instability is no barrier to leadership in this intriguing study From General Sherman to Churchill, aspects of bipolar illness have helped leaders in a crisis, author contends PICTURE YOURSELF: Drink up! Pushing past Parkinson’s Diagnosed with the young onset form of the disease, Dr. Soania Mathur overcame the desire to hide her condition and has emerged as a driven advocate for improving the treatment and quality of life for Parkinson’s patients LAST LAUGH: Med Fold-In First Previous 127 128 129 130 131 Next Last