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- 11/12/2012
Ontario's MDs get new tentative deal with province
TORONTO | It has been nearly a year in the making, characterized by stalls, spats, cuts, threats, a Charter challenge and long silences. But the McGuinty government and the Ontario Medical Association announced they have tentatively agreed on a new Physician Services Agreement. - 11/12/2012
Ontario nurse and new Canadian honoured with health care award
Ismail El-Assaad knew that transitioning to life in Canada wouldn’t be easy. - 11/12/2012
No loss of registered nurses, N.L.'s health minister insists
Newfoundland and Labrador's health minister is countering claims by the provincial nurses' union that budget restraint will mean lost jobs in some hospitals. - 11/12/2012
Letter: Hiring nurse practitioners a smart move
Bravo to the Vancouver Island Health Authority for employing two nurse practitioners and applause to the nurses who have worked hard and committed themselves to this emerging role in health care. - 11/12/2012
Jamaica T.O. series: Education key to success says Toronto nurse manager
Nurse Manager Dionne Sinclair an award-winning body builder, a model, a registered nurse, the owner of two master’s degrees, a fitness instructor and a motivational speaker. But if she had her way back in 1976, she would have walked back to Jamaica to get away from the London, Ont. winter. - 11/12/2012
Drug plan coalition names Loblaw preferred pharmacy provider
Loblaw Companies Limited has been selected as the preferred pharmacy services provider for Towers Watson Canadian Rx Coalition, a collaborative network of private sector drug plan sponsors. - 11/11/2012
Northwestern Ontario hospitals select Medbuy as their GPO
THUNDER BAY, ONT. | The hospitals of Northwestern Ontario have selected Medbuy as their primary group purchasing organization. - 11/11/2012
Canadian first: otolaryngology residents go to bootcamp
LONDON, ONT. | Faculty and junior residents from 10 universities and hospitals across Canada and the United States have participated in an emergency lifesaving skills bootcamp in London Health Sciences Centre's University Hospital. - 11/11/2012
Acquisition creates largest private family cord-blood bank
TORONTO | Insception Biosciences says the integration of recently acquired Lifebank into the company’s operations will create the largest and most experienced national FACT-accredited cord blood bank in Canada. - 11/8/2012
B.C. health officials butt heads over home births
British Columbia's health minister is getting some blow back for coming out in support of home births in the province. - 11/8/2012
Press Review - November 9, 2012
Check out our review of recent medical stories in the media - <strong>Top Story: </strong>Viagra for women drug trial underway for the 30% of women who don't orgasm. Read this and - 11/8/2012
Varenicline: no increased risk of cardiovascular events
New study shows no difference in risk of major cardiovascular events with the smoking cessation agents, varenicline and bupropion.