From the CMA
Our vision for high-performing, patient-centred health care in Canada

Editor's letter
Saskatchewan leads the way in giving patients a stronger voice

Short takes
Asthma in pregnancy, atrial fibrillation, yoga fights inflammation, breastfeeding on the Pill, stretch those quads

Sex matters
Sex: Not just fun but healthy!

Blueprints for health
Desperately seeking shut-eye

Intelligent eating
Unfurling spring with fiddleheads, cooking with chocolate

From recent issues of CMAJ
Health news in the Canadian Medical Association Journal:

• Use of prenatal ultrasounds escalating
• Reducing sodium intake
• Excessive self-monitoring in patients with type 2 diabetes
• Prescription pain killers taking large toll
• Helping adults manage asthma

Stat bites
Birth rates

Dental implants
Thanks to bone’s affinity for titanium, tooth replacement is more natural than ever

Gardening with allergies
Plan before you plant!

ADHD: not just for kids
Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder can wreak havoc on the lives of adults as well

A brief history of gene therapy
After hitting some technical and ethical roadblocks, gene therapy is back on the therapeutic map

Back from the brink
One woman’s rescue from end-stage diabetes

The diet-arthritis connection
Can certain foods help or harm the pain and inflammation?

All about acne
Pimples, pustules, papules, whiteheads, blackheads — and just plain zits