From the CMA
From a health standpoint, the good old days were not all that good

Editor's letter
Health rights and health responsibilities: two sides of the same coin

Short takes
Early arthritis test, new oral yeast control, painkillers trigger hearing loss, gum fights oral infections

Your time
Keeping hair and scalp safe in summer

Blueprints for health
Crushing the clutterbug

Intelligent eating
Grouper with saffron and olives

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

• Use of helmets by skiers is not linked with neck injuries
• Asthma in preschoolers
• How tall do you think I am?
• Delirium in older hospital patients
• Keeping a grip on life
• New tool helps physicians assess children with head injuries

Stat bites
Dentition nation

Give it to me straight, doc!
The rules of patient-doctor etiquette

Play smart
Sports injury prevention guide

Summertime and the itchin' is easy
The hot humid weather is irritating to your skin

Cyster-hood
Periods irregular? You may be among the 1.4 million Canadian women with polycystic ovary syndrome

Food allergies
Life-threatening, yes, but potentially curable?

Understanding fibromyalgia
This whole-body chronic pain is real but poorly understood

Probiotics
Weighing the evidence