News @ a glance
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* Wayne Kondro

*   © 2008 Canadian Medical Association

**Fit patients:** A survey of the opinions of 870 British family and hospital doctors published in The Telegraph's *Doctor magazine* on Jan. 28, 2008, indicated many believe patients should be denied medical treatment because of lifestyle. Some 94% believe alcoholics who won't stop drinking should be denied liver transplants; while 50% believe smokers should be denied heart bypass surgery. About one-third believe the elderly should be denied surgery.

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Perhaps the world's largest want ads have been strung from the exterior walls of CMA House as part of the national association's new “More Doctors, More Care” campaign, which aims to elevate the physician-shortage issue onto the nation's political agenda. Image by: Will Ayotte

**More students**: The Manitoba government will invest $3 million to create 10 new spots for medical students at the University of Manitoba Faculty of Medicine, thereby raising the number of available spaces to 110 from 100.