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- 10/14/2013
Pharmacists dispense tweets during global twitter campaign
Pharmacists around the world used the hashtag #Pharmacist to document some of the ways they help their patients. - 10/14/2013
Nursing profession swells with young recruits while older workers stay on the job: report
A national portrait by the Canadian Institute for Health Information made public on Tuesday says the actual number of working nurses has grown by seven per cent in the last five years, outpacing growth in the Canadian labour force and population. - 10/14/2013
Nurses 'disappearing' from workforce: CIHI
OTTAWA | Some confusing data seems to indicate a significant number of newly-graduated registered nurses (RN) have “disappeared,” are not working as nurses. At the same time there is a growing number of RNs reaching retirement age. - 10/14/2013
Novel program for early-onset morbid obesity licensed to Pfizer
MONTREAL | The Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer - Commercialization of Research and its host institution, the Université de Montréal, have licensed a novel early-onset morbid obesity pre-clinical program to Pfizer. The program was developed at the Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer. - 10/14/2013
New website aims to increase awareness about interactions between Rx meds, alcohol, and street drugs
New website expands on print publication to include more than 80 new medications - 10/14/2013
New guideline addresses radiotherapy for prostate cancer
Document a combined effort of radiation oncologists and urologists - 10/14/2013
Life Sciences Ontario, Rx&D announce joint membership initiative
OTTAWA | Life Sciences Ontario (LSO) and Canada's Research-Based Pharmaceutical Companies (Rx&D) have announced a joint membership initiative for emerging biopharmaceutical companies and associated stakeholders in Ontario. - 10/14/2013
Let Ontario nurses prescribe basic drugs: Editorial
Ontario Health Minister Deb Matthews should fulfill a promise and give registered nurses the right to prescribe basic drugs, like the first-level antibiotics. - 10/14/2013
HSCN offers second professional development day in December
TORONTO | Following what it calls a “highly successful” professional development day offered at the HSCN conference in May, the Healthcare Supply Chain Network has announced a second professional development day for the supply chain community, Dec. 4-5. - 10/14/2013
History of Owen Sound nursing schools written
A retired Owen Sound nurse has compiled a 72-year history of nursing education at Owen Sound General & Marine Hospital School of Nursing and at its brief successor, the Owen Sound Regional School of Nursing. - 10/14/2013
Health care workers may be immune to unemployment
Aging population means jobs in nursing, medicine and more. - 10/14/2013
Have researchers discovered the anti-Viagra pill?
Compound counteracts condition where erections are so long lasting they can cause permanent damage.