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- 11/12/2012
Jamaica T.O. series: Education key to success says Toronto nurse manager
Nurse Manager Dionne Sinclair an award-winning body builder, a model, a registered nurse, the owner of two master’s degrees, a fitness instructor and a motivational speaker. But if she had her way back in 1976, she would have walked back to Jamaica to get away from the London, Ont. winter. - 11/12/2012
Alberta MD suspended for ‘inappropriate’ touching
EDMONTON | An Alberta ear, nose and throat surgeon was given a six-month suspension for “inappropriately” touching two female patients, including a teenager. - 11/12/2012
Sainte-Justine surgery backlog blamed in part on nurses’ maternity leaves
Sainte-Justine Hospital has cut its volume of surgeries by at least 20 per cent because of a shortage of nurses — stemming, in part, from a high number of maternity leaves since the summer, The Gazette has learned. - 11/12/2012
UBC pharmacy students, faculty dub and dance through new building
A video put together by the UBC Pharmacy LipDub Team to celebrate the new UBC Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences Building sure makes pharmacy school look like a “good time.” - 11/12/2012
Evidence required to clear jailed South African doctor missing
Vital evidence has gone missing in the case of a South African doctor with links to Canada imprisoned in Dubai for alleged medical manslaughter. - 11/12/2012
Letter: Hiring nurse practitioners a smart move
Bravo to the Vancouver Island Health Authority for employing two nurse practitioners and applause to the nurses who have worked hard and committed themselves to this emerging role in health care. - 11/12/2012
No loss of registered nurses, N.L.'s health minister insists
Newfoundland and Labrador's health minister is countering claims by the provincial nurses' union that budget restraint will mean lost jobs in some hospitals. - 11/12/2012
Ontario's MDs get new tentative deal with province
TORONTO | It has been nearly a year in the making, characterized by stalls, spats, cuts, threats, a Charter challenge and long silences. But the McGuinty government and the Ontario Medical Association announced they have tentatively agreed on a new Physician Services Agreement. - 11/12/2012
Sulfonylureas: higher cardiovascular risk than metformin in type 2 diabetes
Initiating treatment with a sulfonylurea rather than metformin in patients with type 2 diabetes is associated with an increased hazard of CVD events or death, new study finds.