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CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal) posts new content online every Monday at noon and will publish 18 print issues in 2010. Accredited journalists may register to receive unrestricted access to all content and to receive pre-embargo access to CMAJ content prior to publication by contacting:

Kim Barnhardt
Senior Strategist, Communications and Partnerships
CMAJ
1867 Alta Vista Dr.
Ottawa, ON K1G 3Y6
866-971-9171, 613-520-7116 x2224
kim.barnhardt{at}cmaj.ca

Media releases are also available on the EurekAlert (http://www.eurekalert.org) web site, run by the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Please remember to credit the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ) as the source when reporting on an article.

All editorial matter in CMAJ represents the opinions of the authors and not necessarily those of the Canadian Medical Association.

Recent News Releases

• News Release Embargoed until March 8, 2010, noon ET

• News Release Embargoed until March 1, 2010, noon ET

• News Release Embargoed until February 22, 2010, noon ET

Archived News Releases

Recent News Coverage

• Medscape, March 9, 2010 “Aspiration of Breast Lumps Reviewed”

• Business Week, March 8, 2010 “Teamwork unlikely to improve cholesterol levels”

• Ottawa Citizen, March 1, 2010 “Ottawa docs design tool to cut hospital readmissions — including after heart attack”

Archived News Coverage

CMAJ’s Embargo Policy

July, 2009

CMAJ issues embargoed information to the media every week. This information, including a news release and links to PDFs of articles, is distributed electronically every Tuesday a week prior to the Monday online publication.
Media receive advance copies of papers under embargo with the understanding that individuals or media outlets cannot disseminate the information externally.

The embargo is in effect from the date of issue, generally a Tuesday, until noon EST on the following Monday. We do this to give reporters time to write a thorough article on complex medical and health-related topics.

Example: An article and news release are issued under embargo Tuesday, September 8. Reporters may speak to the author during that period but cannot publish or air the news item until the embargo is lifted on September 14 at noon Eastern Time.

Occasionally, CMAJ may issue an article(s) with a shorter embargo period; this would be clearly marked in the release email.

If an embargo is broken by a media outlet, CMAJ will investigate the circumstances and take appropriate action.

For more information, contact Kim Barnhardt, Senior Strategist, Communications and Partnerships, CMAJ, 613-520-7116 x2224 or kim.barnhardt{at}cmaj.ca