ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR
- 2/6/2013
N.B. gastroenterologist facing sex charges, barred from female patients
SAINT JOHN, N.B. | The Horizon Health Network in Saint John, N.B. has barred a local gastroenterologist from seeing female patients following a slew of sexual assault charges. - 2/6/2013
GPs group to lobby government for the right to sell medications
Quebec Federation of General Practitioners seeks to obtain “the power, for all general practitioners, to sell medications they prescribe to their patients.” - 2/5/2013
NHP approval backlog FINALLY cleared
Nearly 10 years after it started processing license applications for NHPs, Health Canada says it's all caught up and vows to avoid another approval logjam. - 2/5/2013
Surgical robotics conference scheduled for April 6
HAMILTON, ONT. | A full-day conference on the use of robotics in surgery will be conducted by the Centre for Minimal Access Surgery, St. Joseph’s Healthcare, on April 6, 2013. - 2/5/2013
Quebec hospitals shore up against risk of earthquakes
QUEBEC CITY | New provincial building codes and the threat of seismic activity along the biggest fault line in eastern Canada have triggered major infrastructure spending at three Quebec hospitals. - 2/5/2013
GSK shows industry leadership by opening clinical trials data
GSK has made the move, but will other pharma giants follow? - 2/4/2013
Healthcare vendor credentialing program introduced by HSCN
The Healthcare Supply Chain Network (HSCN) has announced a program for vendor credentialing developed around the HSCN National Standard for Vendor Credentialing in Canada. - 2/4/2013
Apprilon: new once-daily oral therapy for rosacea
Apprilon, marketed in the United States for several years under the brand name Oracea, is indicated for the treatment of inflammatory lesions of rosacea in adults. - 2/4/2013
Book excerpt: A physician’s pilgrimage to joy in France
When Dr. Bobbi French left her career behind and moved to France with her husband Neil to begin a new life, she started a blog about her experiences that has now become a book. Part of her adventure involved learning the local language . . . sort of, as she describes in this excerpt.