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- 12/17/2012
Flu jab good for the heart
Vaccination cuts coronary event risk and may benefit ICD patients - 12/17/2012
Labour pains: Could doctors form their own unions?
Organizing outside your provincial association is a risky business - 12/17/2012
Overhead costs study adjusts relativity winners
But some Ontario specialties taking home twice as much as other specialties, on average - 12/17/2012
Stateside: Provider shortage may push doctors to end turf war with nurses
Most people in this rural logging area have only one choice when they need medical care: the Central Virginia Community Health Center. - 12/17/2012
’Tis the season for mistletoe research
- 12/17/2012
Sutureless valve permits heart surgery on high-risk elderly patients
NEWMARKET, ONT. | When 94-year-old Victor Lawrence visited Southlake Regional Health Centre for an aortic valve replacement (AVR), he was the oldest patient to undergo surgery that day. Remarkably, he was also the first to leave the intensive care unit afterwards, thanks to a novel approach to AVR. - 12/17/2012
New OMA deal: Is the profession dealing with fee relativity or just being divided?
Ontario Medical Association members have ratified a new Physician Services Agreement with the provincial government. Hidden within the overwhelming 81% vote of support and the highest turnout in the OMA’s history were some dramatic outliers and deep divisions. - 12/17/2012
A rich Cuban export: health care that makes a difference
Students from El Salvador receive free medical education in Havana and bring their experiences home with them - 12/17/2012
Stateside: New York Health Commissioner blasts nurses for failing to get flu shots
Shah called the situation “deplorable,” with less than half of state medical workers reportedly getting immunized last year. His message: Heal thyself.