From the CMA
Targeting information technology resources to patients and their health-care providers

Editor's Letter
Why your doctor needs your complete medical records

Short Takes
Infertility sans symptoms, tune your immunity, what ages your face, once-a-month bone medication, respecting the winter sun

Blueprints for health
The stress trap

Child & Teen Health
Infant gums

Reproductive health
Menopause today and tomorrow

Intelligent Eating
Pommy days

From Recent Issues of CMAJ
Health news in the Canadian Medical Association Journal:

• Planned home births safe
• Outstanding Canadian health research
• Keeping children with asthma out of emergency
• Fractures a killer for the elderly

Stat Bites
The decline and fall of smoking

Warding off winter wheezing
Asthma can worsen in winter's cold dry outdoor air and arid indoor air

Alcohol
The good, the bad and the iffy

Erectile dysfunction
Potent new therapies are the buzz!

What's new on the heart beat?
Our annual roundup from the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions

Six how-to's for better health
Half a dozen ways to keep your vital signs vital — and improve your health over the long term