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- 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. - 10/22/2012
Winnipeg pharmacist fined for diverting scripts
A Winnipeg pharmacist has been fined $4,000 and been told to pay $16,000 towards the Manitoba Pharmaceutical Association's investigation into his diversion of prescriptions from the Zellers pharmacy where he worked, to a pharmacy where he had a financial stake. - 10/22/2012
Scheduling changes for Alberta nurses spark ‘unrest and confusion’
Alberta nurses and the provincial health superboard are wrangling over proposed scheduling changes that the United Nurses of Alberta says are creating “unrest and confusion” in hospitals and other workplaces. - 10/22/2012
Toronto RPN jailed 12 months for sex assault
A Toronto nursing-home worker convicted of sexually assaulting an elderly female resident is serving a 12-month jail sentence for the crime. - 10/22/2012
HDR named to design expansion of Ottawa Heart Institute
OTTAWA | HDR Architecture has been named the lead architect for the Heart Institute Life Support Capital Project, an addition to the University of Ottawa Heart Institute. - 10/22/2012
Last chance to register for OTC CE day
To help you answer increasingly frequent patient questions about nonprescription topics, Drugstore Canada and the Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy’s Professional Development division are pleased to present the latest in an ongoing series of OTC-focused education days.