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- 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
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
Humber College to host 31st Annual Pharmacy Technicians Conference
Humber College will host its annual Pharmacy Technicians Conference on April 27. - 1/13/2013
Blocked stomach? Just add Coke
Coca-Cola alone dissolves gastric phytobezoars half the time, study shows - 1/13/2013
Fast food linked to asthma and allergies
Fruit and vegetable consumption protective, international study shows - 1/13/2013
Drug shortages worsening: survey
New research involving pharmacists, physicians points to worsening medication supply problem. - 1/13/2013
More than half way—despite cold weather and bronchitis
Certainly we had a much bigger flavour today than what we’ve been seeing over the last few days. It’s about -30 C today and with the wind chill it’s in the –40 to -50 C range. Because of the cold and because of the wind, we opted to do only four pushes and three stops, meaning each push was longer and the stops were shorter.