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- 1/23/2013
Four tips for volunteering on medical missions
Before you dash off to a foreign land, educate yourself to make sure you’ll be a help rather than a hindrance - 1/23/2013
Dinner Tonight: Modern beef stroganoff
- 1/23/2013
Pen Pal
Dr. Ken Cavers makes unique fountain pens that have attracted buyers from around the world - 1/23/2013
How do doctors determine their learning needs?
Keeping lists of your learning needs are ‘commitments to change’ - 1/23/2013
Obesity solutions: Using the carrot and sparing the stick
Earlier this month, city council of Westminster in London proposed a policy that would allow doctors to prescribe exercise to their overweight patients. And should the patient refuse their prescribed exercise regimens, they could lose parts of their welfare payments. - 1/23/2013
New norovirus strain detected in B.C.
Surveillance alert confirms new strain is responsible for a number of recent outbreaks of gastrointestinal illness in healthcare facilities in the province. - 1/22/2013
Can Dr. Eric Hoskins become Ontario's next premier?
Dr. Eric Hoskins has worked in war zones. But politics is a whole other kind of battle. - 1/22/2013
'Hurry up and die' to save healthcare costs, Japanese leader tells elderly
TOKYO | Japan’s deputy prime minister has been forced to apologize after suggesting that old people should “hurry up and die” to save the state the cost of providing them with medical care, reports Britain's Daily Telegraph. - 1/22/2013
Probiotic approved for reducing C. difficile diarrhea risk in hospitals
Health Canada has approved a new health claim for Bio-K+, a natural health product that contains two Lactobacillus strains.