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- 8/27/2013
How doctors can answer the call for action on health equity
Doctors link income, education, housing and nutrition to health inequities - 8/27/2013
Only a few days left to enter Commitment to Care and Service Awards
If you've been thinking about entering or nominating someone for the annual Commitment to Care and Service Awards, it's time to move beyond the contemplation stage! - 8/27/2013
Prestige brands meet technology at Shoppers’ BeautyBOUTIQUE
Company hopes its new beauty concept will further differentiate it from other pharmacy chains and beauty retailers. - 8/27/2013
Quebec man who drank windshield-washing fluid suing doctors over his blindness
A Quebec City man who tried to commit suicide by drinking a mix of windshield-washing fluid and alcohol is now suing the five doctors who helped to save his life for $666,000 because the incident left him blind. - 8/27/2013
Austrian scientists succeed in growing human brain tissue in the lab
VIENNA, Austria | Complex human brain tissue has been successfully developed in a three-dimensional culture system established in an Austrian laboratory. The method described in the current issue of Nature allows pluripotent stem cells to develop into cerebral organoids - or "mini brains" - that consist of several discrete brain regions. - 8/26/2013
NAPRA’s new 'gateway' to help international pharmacy graduates
Portal for foreign pharmacy graduates to launch in phases starting this fall. - 8/26/2013
Alberta college says mandating professional courtesy rules would be a ‘challenge’
EDMONTON | Formalized rules around professional courtesy in Alberta could fall under the discretion of the provincial college, but the province’s registrar says doing so would be a “challenge.” - 8/26/2013
Erivedge: first targeted therapy for basal cell carcinoma
New drug indicated in adults for the treatment of histologically confirmed metastatic basal cell carcinoma or locally advanced basal cell carcinoma that is inappropriate for surgery or radiotherapy - 8/26/2013
Press Review - August 27, 2013
Check out our review of recent healthcare stories in the media - <strong>Top Story: </strong>Throat cancer on the rise and it could have major impact on health care system. Read this and more.