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- 8/5/2013
NPs not solution to ER wait times, doctor says
The chief of emergency medicine at Eastern Health says putting more nurse practitioners in hospitals won't help reduce the wait times patients are dealing with. - 8/4/2013
Metformin linked with reduced prostate cancer mortality
Doctors are testing diabetes drug’s antitumour effects in clinical trials - 8/1/2013
Nurses to start following up with ER walk-ins who walk out
Eastern Health nurses in Newfoundland and Labrador will be using HealthLine starting next week to follow up with patients who leave the emergency room without being seen by a doctor to ensure they are receiving care they need. - 8/1/2013
Nurses unleash fury at Vancouver Island Health Authority over care aide replacements
How can replacing nurses with care aides increase patient care? - 8/1/2013
Regina hospital pharmacies under-staffed, says union
Hospital pharmacists are under-staffed in the Regina Qu’Appelle Health Region (RQHR), according to the Health Sciences Association of Saskatchewan (HSAS) union. - 8/1/2013
Press Review - August 2, 2013
Check out our review of recent medical stories in the media - <strong>Top Story: </strong>Doctors’ salaries are on the rise, but services per patients aren’t, report says. Read this and - 8/1/2013
Big overtime payouts for nurses raises questions
The head of the Nova Scotia Nurses Union says it may be time to take a close look at overtime after four nurses in Cape Breton made more than $150,000 last year — more than twice a nurse's base salary. - 7/31/2013
The single most-important question you can ask your dying patient
As patients reach the end of their lives, there is one question doctors can ask that may help them offer more comfort than any other. - 7/31/2013
State of Industry Report: Newfoundland
A snapshot of the pharmacy profession in Canada today