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- 4/29/2018
Marital status linked to earlier detection and treatment of localized melanoma
Unmarried patients may need more frequent dermatology visits - 4/29/2018
Ob/gyn disciplined for inducing labour in patients without their consent
Dr. Paul King Shuen resigned his hospital privileges in 2016 after they found he was inserting misoprostol in pregnant women without their knowledge - 4/29/2018
Abortion pill Mifegymiso prescribed more than 4,000 times since hitting shelves
Health Canada says Canadian pharmacies doled out 4,253 doses of the abortion pill Mifegymiso in 2017, the first year it was marketed in this country. - 4/28/2018
Dr. Nadia Alam becomes president of OMA at spring council meeting
And in the first ever general membership vote for president, Dr. Sohail Gandhi was chosen as president-elect - 4/26/2018
Alberta pharmacists publicly protest funding cuts throughout province
A new contract drops dispensing fees and introduces a new 'risk-sharing' component between government and pharmacy - 4/26/2018
Cost of extended drug patents pegged at $270M a year for feds, $392M for Canadians
An extension of drug patent protections in the Canada-EU free trade deal could end up costing Canadians an estimated $392 million a year, and federal coffers up to $270 million more annually, says a new report from the parliamentary budget officer.