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- 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
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
CHD alert: Eat early, not late
Male health professionals can lower heart disease risk with morning meal - 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
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. - 7/21/2013
Cancer report: consistent government funding, support desperately needed
TORONTO | The 2012-2013 Report Card on Cancer in Canada from the Cancer Advocacy Coalition of Canada says government funding and support are desperately needed consistently across the country to improve the current landscape for cancer care, treatment and prevention. - 7/21/2013
After watching parents suffer, ex-BCMA president joins right-to-die group
A prominent B.C. physician and a former president of the British Columbia Medical Association says he joined a right-to-die group after watching the painful decline of his parents. - 7/18/2013
Press Review - July 19, 2013