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- 5/20/2013
Video: To be a nurse
The New York Times reviews a new anthology of essays by 21 nurses called, “I Wasn’t Strong Like This When I Started Out: True Stories of Becoming a Nurse.” - 5/20/2013
Readers applaud Beth Israel Deaconess nurses who healed bombing suspect
I wrote in Sunday’s Globe about nine trauma nurses at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center who played a very private but critical role in the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombing: They cared for gravely wounded suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in a heavily-guarded ICU, nursing him back to health. - 5/20/2013
Nursing home abuse incident not isolated, say experts
Hidden camera footage shows worker taunting 85-year-old woman with rags smeared with her feces; another worker repeatedly wrestling and hitting her; and another wiping his nose on her clean sheets. - 5/20/2013
New Indication for Xarelto: Pulmonary Embolism (PE) Treatment
The incidence of PE in Canada has increased significantly due to the widespread availability and sensitivity of equipment used to diagnose this illness. - 5/20/2013
Misled by nurses, psychiatrist disturbed by drugging of teenage inmate
A psychiatrist, who works with some of the most dangerous prisoners in the country, teared up Tuesday as she testified about watching video of prison staff injecting a troubled inmate with medication over her objections. - 5/20/2013
Bus drivers and nurses most likely to be obese according to survey
A recent Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index poll found that bus drivers and nurses were more likely to be obese when compared to other professions. The sample consisted of 138,438 people ages 18 and over. It found that 36.4 percent of transport workers were obese. - 5/20/2013
Alberta Health Services says nurse layoffs won’t affect 24 hour a day palliative home care
Alberta Health Services (AHS) said patients receiving palliative home care in Calgary will continue to receive the care they need despite recent nurse layoffs. - 5/16/2013
'Preposterous' acupuncturist bills for 461 patients in a single day
VANCOUVER | An acupuncturist in the Vancouver area who billed for 461 patients in one day is facing heat from his regulatory college. - 5/16/2013
Salute to amazing 'Dr. G': Gala raises $2.6M for Campaign to Cure Arthritis
It was a who’s who of the Canadian Establishment at a gala tribute at the Carlu in Toronto on May 15 for Dr. Bernard Gosevitz, known to many simply as Dr. G. - 5/16/2013
Press Review - May 17, 2013
Check out our review of recent medical stories in the media - <strong>Top Story: </strong>Why women live longer than men: Their immune systems age more slowly, Japan study finds. Read this and - 5/16/2013
Nurses' union is calling for a moratorium on RN job cuts
New information about the latest cuts of Registered Nurses (RNs) at The Scarborough Hospital, coming less than a week after National Nursing Week celebrations concluded, is further evidence that the Ontario government is cutting health care.