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- 10/23/2012
Draeger brings Zeus IE anesthesia device to Canada
MARKHAM, ONT. | Eight Zeus Infinity Empowered (IE) anesthesia devices made by Draeger have been installed in the operating rooms of Markham Stouffville Hospital. Another five are planned for installation next year. - 10/23/2012
OMA call for 'junk food tax' to battle obesity too hard to swallow: BCMA
The British Columbia Medical Association isn't keen on a new plan by their Ontario counterparts to tax junk foods. The BCMA's point-man on health said that drawing a line in the sand between what's junk and what's not is too hard. - 10/22/2012
IMG doctor 'lost everything' after Manitoba sex conviction
A doctor trained in India who moved to Canada to practise medicine lost everything he’d worked for when he was convicted for sexually assaulting a patient, a Manitoba court heard. - 10/22/2012
CACDS using PharmacyWorx to build advocacy network
CACDS re-invigorates online grassroots program starting with a more interactive, engaging website. - 10/22/2012
Dealing with gestational diabetes
Diabetes in pregnancy has consequences for both mother and child, but diagnostic criteria remain a subject of debate - 10/22/2012
Horror movie-themed CPR video goes viral—showing how to save lives
The Heart and Stroke Foundation’s (HSF) horror movie-style PSA is receiving praise around the globe and has almost 600,000 views on YouTube in just over a week. - 10/22/2012
Mount Sinai discovery could affect kidney failure treatment
TORONTO | Researchers Dr. Susan Quaggin and Dr. Tony Pawson at Mount Sinai Hospital’s Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute have made a discovery relating to the effects of a vital signalling protein in the kidney. It could affect drug therapies and treatment for the more than 30,000 Canadians who suffer from kidney failure.