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- 10/14/2013
Press Review - October 15, 2013
Check out our review of recent healthcare stories in the media - <strong>Top Story: </strong>Health authority apologizes, defends B.C. hospital's decisions after bleeding 90-year-old woman sent home by cab. Read this and - 10/14/2013
Psychiatry in the News - October 15, 2013
Check out our review of recent psychiatric stories in the media - <strong>Top Story: </strong>New campaign aims to increase mental health resources, reduce youth suicide rates in Canada. Read this and - 10/14/2013
Whole-blood bedside rapid pregnancy test now available
MONTREAL | Abbott says its i-STAT b-hCG is the only in vitro diagnostic point-of-care whole blood test for the early detection of pregnancy capable of delivering both quantitative and qualitative results within 10 minutes at the patient's bedside. - 10/14/2013
Welch Allyn offers new connectivity-ready ECG device
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. | Medical diagnostic device company Welch Allyn says a new connectivity-ready electrocardiograph device, the CP 150, is now available in Canada. - 10/14/2013
U.S. hospital giant fails in bid to swipe nurses’ sick days
One of the country’s largest and most profitable hospital chains has been defeated in its effort to take away its nurses’ sick days, according to the union that mounted nine strikes there over the past two years. - 10/14/2013
Tracking nausea/vomiting in diary helped health care team reduce symptoms
Asking patients to track their nausea and vomiting after a course of chemotherapy helped the health care team to adjust medications and achieve better control of symptoms, according to the results of a small single center study. - 10/14/2013
Surgery touted as first-line option in urinary incontinence
Not so fast, says Canadian expert, while lamenting physiotherapy funding problems - 10/14/2013
Student nurses provide hope for future of health care
There’s an “epidemic” of disjointed communication through the health care system, according to a Thompson Rivers University nursing instructor. - 10/14/2013
Pressure on nurses
Nurses are frequently placed in situations where they lack the time, and in some cases the resources to care for patients in the way they would like to.