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- 1/15/2013
Ontario moving more procedures to not-for-profit clinics
Province-wide expansion to start soon with a call for proposals for vision care clinics. - 1/15/2013
N.B. auditor says release medicare payments to doctors
FREDERICTON | New Brunswick's auditor general says the provincial government should release the details of compensation paid to doctors through medicare each year to provide greater accountability. - 1/15/2013
US Tylenol shortage continues
American consumers are still having a hard time finding Tylenol on some drugstore shelves, more than three years since manufacturing problems created a disruption in supply. - 1/14/2013
Firm uses nurses, not lawyers, to get lawsuit money
Class-action lawsuits make news for their big sums – last year, pharmaceutical giant Merck settled a suit over its heart drug Vioxx for $37-million – but a more prosaic challenge gets less attention. - 1/14/2013
National report shows growth, untapped potential for Alberta nurses
Licensed practical nurses (LPNs) employed in nursing grew 29% in Alberta in a five year period, yet the province has the second lowest number of LPNs per population of any Canadian jurisdiction and fewer than half work full time. - 1/14/2013
Fired nurse says she should have been given options; hospital says it followed patient-first policy
A Cox South nurse who would not get a flu vaccine and was fired for subsequently refusing to wear a surgical mask said Tuesday she now thinks the hospital violated its policy by not offering her other options. - 1/14/2013
Prescribe with caution: Triple-drug combo can damage kidney
Blood pressure medications and NSAIDs don’t necessarily mix, researchers find - 1/14/2013
More and more patients are paging 'Dr. Google'
About one-third of American adults have used the internet to self-diagnose, according to a new study. - 1/14/2013
Overcrowded hospitals put strain on health care workers, nurses' union says
Regina's hospitals are straining under the stress of too many patients, and at times, not enough people to take care of them.