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Preface
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A letter to our patrons
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Infectious Disease

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Preliminary data on the effect of Ontario's influenza vaccination program on emergency room visits and inpatient admissions
Xerxes D. Punthakee, Allison J. McGeer, and Allan S. Detsky
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Paediatrics

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Combating paediatric obesity: A new spin on an old theme
David Borenstein and David Gryn
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Complementary and Alternative Medicine

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Characteristics of patients attending a naturopathic medicine teaching clinic
Edward Mills, Cory Ross, Marina DeBona, Gannady Raskin, and Iva Lloyd
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News and Views

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Forum: Hormone replacement therapy: Assigning a grade for HRT in primary prevtion for women
Julianna Borbely, Jasmine Cheung, and Anna Day
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In the literature
Susanna Fung, Jonathan Gabor, Sergio Muraca
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Prolific scientist profiles: An interview with Dr. Kathleen Pritchard, Medical Oncologist
Alex E. Vesely
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Back to Basics XI: Osteoporosis: An approach to diagnosis and treatment
John de Almeida
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Evidence Based Medicine: The women's health initiative - Evidence of what?
Alex E. Vesely
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Clinicopathological Correlation

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Vestibular schwannoma: Presentation, diagnosis and treatment
Manish D. Shah, Michael D. Kogon, and Joseph Chen
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Quick Diagnosis

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Errol Colak, Stephen W. Daunt, John Hanlon, Andrew Van Houwelingen, Alison Ling, and Christopher Sherman
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Technology Review

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Function follows form: Current efforts to understand protein structure
Anil Misir
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Morning Report

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The return of the patient
Perry Choi, Jisun Oh, and Anna Day
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Historical Review

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Biological warfare: Yesterday, today, and tomorrow?
Robert Adam and Alexandra Stefan
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Economics and Health Policy

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The ABCs of cost-effectiveness analysis
Na-Koshie Lamptey
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Complementary and Alternative Medicine

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Naturopathy: Complementary or rudimentary medicine?
Jason Lam and Paul E. Szmitko
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Medical Education

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Rural family medicine residencies
Stacy Woods
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What I did last summer ... NOMEC - Summer studentship program
Melanie Squarzolo
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Rural medicine: An essential part of undergraduate curriculum
Andrea Grin and Christie MacDonald
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Book Reviews

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A cry unheard: New insights into the medical consequences of loneliness
Dawn Lim
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Pocket Medicine - The Massachusetts General Hospital Handbook of Internal Medicine
Jeffrey Perl
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Front cover illustration by Ken Vanderstoep
Department of Biomedical Communications, University of Toronto