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- 10/17/2011
Diabetes drug class linked to worse heart woes for seniors
Among older patients with type 2 diabetes who initiate antihyperglycemic therapy, the likelihood of experiencing a cardiovascular event at two years is 33% higher in those who start sulfonylurea monotherapy than in those whose first therapy is metformin, new data suggest. - 10/17/2011
Clinical placements move closer to home for nurse practitioners
The new education hub will allow PHCNP students to access clinical placements closer to home. - 10/17/2011
Beijing urged to back bowel cancer screening
In Hong Kong study, 85% of participants returned for followup tests after community screening project promoted - 10/17/2011
B.C. pharmacists ready to give 50,000 flu shots
This year marks the third flu season since pharmacists in British Columbia received authorization to administer injections in 2009. To kick of the new season and raise awareness, Health Minister Michael de Jong and Marnie Mitchell, the B.C. Pharmacy Association’s CEO rolled up their sleeves to get their own pharmacist-administered flu shots in the B.C. Legislature. - 10/17/2011
B.C. seeing wave of older mothers
High blood pressure, diabetes and birth defects of greater concern for older cohort - 10/16/2011
University competition aimed at non-communicable diseases
IBM and Novartis have established the NCD Challenge, a competition among a number of the world's leading universities. It is designed to tap the inventiveness of students to find new ways to address the rise of non-communicable diseases in both developing and developed countries. - 10/16/2011
The Healthcare Interview: Myra Rutherdale on how nurses shaped care in Canada's north
In her new book, Dr. Myra Rutherdale reveals that nurses in the north "often worked on their own and in conditions that were less than ideal. They had to improvise and they had to go beyond their training in order to help in the communities where they worked. . . . Much of what happened in places like northern Canada had much to do with colonization and the politics of inequity." - 10/16/2011
St. John's pharmacist jailed for trafficking
Ann Marie Burke sentenced to just over two years in prison for drug trafficking. - 10/16/2011
Websites to report national drug shortages
Starting next month, manufacturers to update websites on current and impending supply issues. - 10/16/2011
China’s cardiovascular disease mortality rate called 'epidemic'
The mortality rate due to cardiovascular disease in China is over 40%, which is among the highest in the world and has been described as "epidemic." - 10/13/2011
Vancouver Coastal Health selects Medworxx platform
Vancouver Coastal Health has selected the Medworxx Utilization Management System to provide evidence-based clinical admission and discharge criteria across Lions Gate Hospital and Richmond Hospital. - 10/13/2011
Student debt takes on regional flavour
Widely varying housing, tuition costs across Canada can lead to debts of $80,000