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- 11/9/2011
New Brunswick and P.E.I.’s wait for catastrophic coverage criticized
Government taking wrong approach to creating catastrophic drug program, health society says. - 11/9/2011
Draft DSM-5 available online
- 11/9/2011
‘Criminalization’ of mentally ill wrongheaded
The “criminalization” of the seriously mentally ill is a significant problem in North America, with the closure of mental hospitals and reduction in acute psychiatric inpatient beds across the system resulting in a huge increase in the population of seriously mentally ill people in prisons. - 11/9/2011
Adenovirus linked to diabetes risk in ethnic Chinese
Normal-weight Chinese diabetes patients were significantly more likely to test positive for crucial DNA marker - 11/8/2011
Mobile personal health record launched in Canada
MiHealth is the brainchild of Ontario’s Dr. Wendy Graham - 11/8/2011
Study targets MS-related neurosteroid impairment
Research by Alberta-led team reveals potential new treatment option - 11/8/2011
Shift work in teen years associated with MS
Circadian disruption, sleep restriction linked to increased risk, studies suggest - 11/8/2011
Registrar defends handling of pharmacist jailed on drug charges
Lawyer Catherine Perry says she warned Pharmacy Board more than two years ago that she suspected St. John’s pharmacist Ann Marie Burke was selling drugs and had become an addict. - 11/8/2011
Nutrition key to recovery in critically ill
Patients who receive more calories have lower 60-day mortality rate and ICU stay - 11/8/2011
Less is more for FSH in anovulatory infertility
Fewer cancellations with smaller incremental boosts of hormone - 11/8/2011
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