The charts of 310 consecutive patients with snowmobile injuries admitted to Charles S. Curtis
Memorial Hospital, St. Anthony, Newfoundland, during the years 1969 through 1986 were …

The UCL LancetCommission on climate change and health (May 16, p 1693) 1 concludes:“Climate
change is the biggest global health threat of the 21st century”. In this report, the …

Hereditary nonpolyposis colon cancer (HNPCC) is an autosomal dominant trait responsible
for approximately 6% of colorectal cancers. Linkage of the HNPCC trait to the D2S123 locus …

Objective: To compare pain and physical function in men with minimally symptomatic inguinal
hernia with watchful waiting or surgical repair. Design: Randomized controlled trial. Setting…

Objective: To determine if screening mammography produced the expected increase in the
incidence of early-stage breast cancer and reduced the expected incidence of late-stage …

Background The presence of Lynch syndrome (LS) can bring a lifetime of uncertainty to an
entire family as members adjust to living with a high lifetime cancer risk. The research base …

See articles on pages 187, 195 and 207. enced by a travel time requirement of greater than
one hour. Such data may have relevance to the planning of surgical services into the future. …

(CJS) now in its 50th year of publication has survived despite all the odds—and in my opinion
rightly so. This indexed publication with contributions from general surgery, orthopedics …

I was, in fact, born, raised, and educated in Toronto and am a proud graduate of the Gallie
Surgical Training Programme. As a medical student I had the opportunity and good fortune to …

I intend to consider the future of our specialty in the context of a brief history of the profession
given the realities of the modern day. Where I come from, geographically, clinically and …