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- 8/22/2013
Nurses better handwashers than doctors: Aussie study
A new study has found that nurses are more diligent about hand-washing regimes and infection control measures than doctors. - 8/22/2013
More responsible use of drugs could save billions in U.S.: report
Suboptimal use of generic drugs is one of six key areas that contribute to unnecessary healthcare costs, according to a new U.S. report from IMS Health. - 8/22/2013
Cure for Lafora disease 'close'
TORONTO | The latest batch of funding from Epilepsy Canada is being directed towards research in finding a cure for Lafora Disease, a progressive myoclonus epilepsy and the most severe of the teenage-onset epilepsies. - 8/22/2013
NS latest province to regulate pharmacy technicians
On August 6, regulations and a new Pharmacy Act were approved, giving the Nova Scotia College of Pharmacists the authority to register and regulate Registered Pharmacy Technicians. - 8/22/2013
Health informatics guide updated
TORONTO | COACH: Canada's Health Informatics Association has just published the 2013 CPHIMS-CA Canadian Health Informatics Review and Reference Guide. - 8/22/2013
Emergency departments are failing to meet seniors' needs: interRAI study
WATERLOO, Ont. | Emergency departments are not meeting the needs of senior citizens, according to an international study published in the Annals of Emergency Medicine. The study looked at patients over the age of 75 in emergency departments in Australia, Belgium, Canada, Germany, Iceland, India, and Sweden. - 8/21/2013
Shoppers warns consumers about phone scam
Automated phone call tells recipients that they have won a vacation from pharmacy chain. - 8/21/2013
What’s new in the 2013-14 Canadian influenza guidelines?
Key changes in the National Advisory Committee on Immunization’s latest update. - 8/21/2013
iPod pharmacy a boon for patients and therapists
Charity refurbishes old MP3 players and donates them to music therapists.