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- “Chronic blindness” to health impact of alcohol policies | Jan 17, 2013
- Dangerous drug interactions and how to stop them | Jan 15, 2013
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- Alcohol and diabetes: a potentially dangerous mix | Dec 11, 2012
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- Are Ontario’s primary care models delivering on their promises? | Mar 29, 2012
- Assault on salt: should Canada actively reduce salt consumption? | Mar 8, 2012
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- Weighing the harms and benefits of mammography | Dec 21, 2011
- Did mammography save her life? | Dec 15, 2011
- Interpreting randomized trial evidence around mammography | Dec 8, 2011
- Presenting the benefits of mammography | Dec 1, 2011
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- The mammography controversy | Nov 17, 2011
- Should health care workers be required to get the flu vaccine? | Nov 10, 2011
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- What’s next for tobacco control in Ontario? | Sep 8, 2011
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- Direct-to-consumer genetic testing comes to Canada | Mar 23, 2011
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