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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
COGNITIVE AGING: Deep-brain stimulation explored as potential Alzheimer's therapy
Small safety trial underway after serendipitous discovery that stimulating hypothalamus was modulating memory circuits - 5/4/2009
Dr. Jacques Chaoulli investigated after man dies in waiting room
Man in distress was told to wait at clinic where private health-care champion works - 5/4/2009
H1N1 influenza update
Advice for schools/daycare/caregivers; appropriate antiviral use; counterfeit antivirals; updated stats. - 5/4/2009
Breastfeeding is good for the heart
A new study using data from the Women's Health Initiative indicates breastfeeding protects women against cardiovascular disease-and the longer they breastfeed, the greater the protection. - 5/4/2009
Residents renew call to abolish employment plan in Quebec
The group representing Quebec's medical residents is applauding a one-year freeze in the regional physician resource plans, known by the French acronym PREMs, but alleges the moratorium on the reviled centrally managed workforce plan is - 5/4/2009
Big backing for benefits of Mediterranean diet
Analysis also shows foods with high glycemic index associated with increased risk of coronary heart disease - 5/4/2009
CARDIOLOGY: Resistant hypertension responds to renal sympathetic denervation
Zapping the renal sympathetic nerves with radiofrequency energy may offer hope to patients unable to control their hypertension despite multiple high-dose medications.