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- 11/26/2012
RFK son acquitted in scuffle with nurses
Douglas Kennedy was acquitted Tuesday of charges that he endangered his newborn son and harassed nurses who tried to stop him from taking the boy outside Northern Westchester Hospital in Mount Kisco. - 11/26/2012
An affair to remember
National awards program celebrates 20th anniversary in gala celebration - 11/26/2012
New Woodstock Hospital gains LEED Silver certification
WOODSTOCK, ONT. | Woodstock Hospital, designed with environmental and energy best practices in mind, has achieved Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification at the silver level through the Canada Green Building Council. - 11/26/2012
CMPA reaches out to med students and residents with new tools
TORONTO | The Canadian Medical Protective Association (CMPA), which provides legal defense and liability protection for physicians, is usually the domain of seasoned doctors who have run into trouble. - 11/25/2012
Alberta surgeons open fire on health minister over cuts
EDMONTON | General surgeons in Alberta have released a scathing open letter to provincial Health Minister Fred Horne, warning him over a plan that changes the way doctors are paid. - 11/23/2012
Quebec and pharma companies collaborate on new research institute
MONTREAL | AstraZeneca Canada and Pfizer Canada are forming a partnership with the Quebec government to create the Néomed Institute, which they describe as a new kind of life sciences research centre. A total of $100 million will be invested to establish and support the research centre over five years. - 11/22/2012
Nurse practitioners given greater prescribing authority
Nurse practitioners (NPs) will have more authority to write prescriptions for patients under new federal guidelines unveiled by Health Canada this month. - 11/22/2012
Quick Q&A with Dr. Marco Terwiel
Dr. Marco Terwiel is a semi-retired family physician in Maple Ridge, B.C., who practises part-time in Nunavut, mainly through telemedicine. He also teaches part-time in the University of British Columbia undergraduate program in the department of family medicine. "I enjoy life every day in spite of the limitations advancing age impose."