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- 2/12/2013
Smart doctors learn from nurses
Acknowledging nurses’ expertise builds your knowledge and helps to create a stronger team - 2/12/2013
Skin stem cells hold promise for burn patients, researchers find
CALGARY | Jeff Biernaskie, PhD, and Vincent Gabriel, MD, researchers at the University of Calgary, are exploring new ways to use adult stem cells to improve the function of split thickness skin grafts and improve wound healing for burn survivors. - 2/12/2013
High vitamin D doses may help ease ALS symptoms: York U study
TORONTO | High doses of vitamin D have been shown to temporarily ease symptoms of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) or Lou Gehrig’s disease, according to a study out of York University. - 2/12/2013
International brain technology competition has $1-million prize
TEL AVIV | Israel Brain Technologies (IBT) is seeking applicants for its $1-million Global B.R.A.I.N. Prize competition. The prize is an international R&D award to be granted to an individual, group or organization for a recent breakthrough in the field of brain technology. - 2/12/2013
Vancouver Prostate Centre receives $11M in additional funding
VANCOUVER | One of Canada’s most successful research commercialization programs has awarded additional funding to the Vancouver Prostate Centre’s Translational Research Initiative for Accelerated Discovery and Development program (PC-TRiADD). - 2/12/2013
Marriage is good for the heart
Cohabiting linked with better prognosis before and after hospitalization - 2/12/2013
UPS expands Burlington healthcare distribution facility
BURLINGTON, ONT. | UPS has expanded its global healthcare distribution network in North America, including its facility in Burlington, Ont. The company has 11 dedicated healthcare facilities in Canada, including three on its Burlington site. - 2/11/2013
Beware $1,421 medical directory 'scam,' says Halifax MD
A Halifax doctor is warning colleagues about a new medical directory scam apparently targeting Canadian physicians. Dr. Robin Whyte, a pediatrician from Nova Scotia, said he was contacted by a Portuguese company to “check his entry in the ‘American Medical Directory.’” - 2/11/2013
New and emerging roles for nurses
- 2/11/2013
Kate Middleton prank call DJ returns to radio two months after nurses' suicide
Just two months after the tragic death of nurse Jacintha Saldanha, the Australian DJs who made the Kate Middleton prank call in December are coming back on air, with Michael Christian reportedly returning to the airwaves today.