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- 7/23/2013
Toronto Public Health vs. Jenny McCarthy, ex-playmate: Who'll win?
When the city of Toronto’s public health department stated that Jenny McCarthy be removed from an American talk show, many commentators were left wondering: What does Toronto have to do with a TV show? - 7/23/2013
B.C. implements first province-wide cardiac information system in Canada
VANCOUVER | Cardiac Services BC, an agency of the Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA), has successfully implemented what it says is the first province-wide cardiac information system in Canada to support clinical care, quality assurance and improvement, and outcome-based research. - 7/23/2013
Will Ontario hospitals and healthcare union enter 'a new era' of labour negotiations?
SEIU Healthcare sends hospitals registered letters, informing them that labour negotiations will now take place on a workplace by workplace basis - 7/22/2013
Meet the Montreal physician giving Doctors without Borders a rethink
MONTREAL | After campaigning on an ambitious agenda that includes a “change of mindset” toward increased preventative care in conflict zones, Montreal physician Dr. Joanne Liu was elected as president of Médecins Sans Frontières this month. - 7/22/2013
ONA requests immediate government action to stop workplace violence against nurses
The Ontario Nurses' Association is calling for a meeting with the Premier and Ministry of Health to work together with the union to develop strategies to keep nurses safe on the job. - 7/22/2013
Nurses demand national action on health care
The CFNU President Linda Silas and representatives of Canada's provincial nurses unions will be present in Niagara-on-the-Lake during the Council of Federation meetings this week. - 7/22/2013
CHD alert: Eat early, not late
Male health professionals can lower heart disease risk with morning meal - 7/22/2013
Erie St. Clair Victorian Order of Nurses providing group classes starting Aug. 1
A new provincial initiative kicks in Aug. 1 to provide local seniors with exercise and fall prevention classes. - 7/22/2013
My little miracle
Last week marked an inauspicious anniversary for me. Seven years ago I was on an extended canoe trip along the Kootenay River with my then-boyfriend (now husband). We were on the riverbank eating lunch in a grove of trees when a windstorm blew up and felled a massive cedar on top of me. My most serious injury was an L1 burst fracture, though later, when I noticed a chunk of hair missing out of the back of my scalp, I realized I was centimeters from a different story entirely. - 7/22/2013
Press Review - July 23, 2013
Check out our review of recent healthcare stories in the media - <strong>Top Story: </strong>Bedbugs reality in Hamilton hospitals. Read this and more.