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- 9/19/2011
NIHB prescription monitoring program goes national
Program initially established in Alberta to address abuse, misuse of prescription drugs. - 9/19/2011
Newfoundland and Labrador pharmacy school needs space
Newfoundland and Labrador urgently needs more pharmacists, but does not have the space to educate them, according to the dean of Memorial University’s pharmacy school. - 9/19/2011
MDs applaud new end-of-life directives
B.C. joins most other provinces with legally binding personal planning tools for patients - 9/19/2011
MD hospital appointment model championed
CMPA says model offers protections that traditional privileges now lack - 9/19/2011
LGBT medical education falling short
Majority of schools teach how to ask about sexual behaviours but spend little time on subject, survey finds - 9/19/2011
Key motions pass by CMA
- 9/19/2011
Hospital privilege system under greater strain: Turnbull
The profession is undergoing a change in the way it relates and interacts with health-care providers, hospitals and others who purchase their services. Many doctors are entering into professional service contracts without fully understanding the implications and how that can affect their practice, experts say. - 9/19/2011
Health Canada approves new OR generator
Health Canada has approved Ethicon Endo-Surgery’s EES Generator, which the company says is the first system to combine ultrasonic and advanced bipolar energy into one simple design. - 9/19/2011
Grey ‘glacier’-– not ‘tsunami’–grinding at health spending
Seeing more doctors, using more drugs factors in rising costs - 9/19/2011
CDRD and NRC collaborate on new cancer therapeutics
The Centre for Drug Research and Development and the National Research Council Canada Biotechnology Research Institute have entered into a preferred collaboration agreement to develop new antibody-based cancer therapeutics. - 9/19/2011
Cancer clinic on a roll in empowering patients
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