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- 2/6/2013
N.B. gastroenterologist facing sex charges, barred from female patients
SAINT JOHN, N.B. | The Horizon Health Network in Saint John, N.B. has barred a local gastroenterologist from seeing female patients following a slew of sexual assault charges. - 2/6/2013
B.C. doctor advocates prescriptions for 'campus crack'
VANCOUVER | A B.C. physician caused a stir this week by suggesting that physicians should simply prescribe Adderall, since so many university students are getting the pills off the Internet. - 2/6/2013
Video: International pop star brings excitement to small town Shoppers
Canadian hip-hop artist Drake thought that making a music video in a small town Shoppers Drug Mart would be a low key affair. He was wrong. - 2/6/2013
Updated Canadian guidelines for managing dyslipidemia
Update replaces previous version published in 2009. - 2/6/2013
Miami pharmacy tech must pay $9 million fine for stealing cancer drugs
Man who stole cancer drugs to sell on the “grey market” was also sentenced to two years in prison, 10 years probation. - 2/6/2013
GPs group to lobby government for the right to sell medications
Quebec Federation of General Practitioners seeks to obtain “the power, for all general practitioners, to sell medications they prescribe to their patients.” - 2/5/2013
GSK shows industry leadership by opening clinical trials data
GSK has made the move, but will other pharma giants follow? - 2/5/2013
Surgical robotics conference scheduled for April 6
HAMILTON, ONT. | A full-day conference on the use of robotics in surgery will be conducted by the Centre for Minimal Access Surgery, St. Joseph’s Healthcare, on April 6, 2013. - 2/5/2013
Quebec hospitals shore up against risk of earthquakes
QUEBEC CITY | New provincial building codes and the threat of seismic activity along the biggest fault line in eastern Canada have triggered major infrastructure spending at three Quebec hospitals. - 2/5/2013
NHP approval backlog FINALLY cleared
Nearly 10 years after it started processing license applications for NHPs, Health Canada says it's all caught up and vows to avoid another approval logjam.