CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne
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This is the last in a series of articles about the XI International AIDS Conference field in Vancouver last summer. Much of the news from the conference dealt with positive developments surrounding scientific advances, but delegates also heard a call for a more united world effort against HIV.
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The value of some longtime medical treatments was one focus of the recent Royal College annual meeting in Halifax, Physicians also witnessed some new methods and therapies being challenged.
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To inform health care workers about the health status of Canada's native people. ⋯ Canadian aboriginal people die earlier than their fellow Canadians, on average, and sustain a disproportionate share of the burden of physical disease and mental illness. However, few studies have assessed poverty as a confounding factor. Future research priorities in native health are best determined by native people themselves.