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- 3/7/2012
Yervoy for metastatic melanoma
Drug is for patients who have failed or do not tolerate other systemic therapy for advanced disease. - 3/7/2012
Adding antibiotics to bone cement for knee replacement not needed
Canadian study shows no difference in two-year revision rates - 3/7/2012
SickKids in Toronto receives $40M donation for research centre
The single largest private donation ever made to a children’s hospital in Canada will support the construction and ongoing operating costs of the SickKids Centre for Research and Learning. - 3/7/2012
Taking oxycodone off formularies irks doctors
Delistings in Saskatchewan, Ontario and the Maritime provinces have physicians scrambling - 3/7/2012
INNOVATORS: ‘Moneyball’ for medicine
Researchers look to a winning formula from the world of sports to improve health-care delivery - 3/7/2012
FP presses Ottawa over Syria stance
Dr. Ahmad Chaker wants Canada to send medicine to those involved in uprising - 3/7/2012
ENT reprimanded for ignoring college
Calgary otolaryngologist Dr. Kristina Zakhary has been found guilty of unprofessional conduct and has been reprimanded by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta “for failing to respond to repeated requests from the college for information related to a complaint investigation.” - 3/7/2012
Cesareans could put small preterm babies at risk
Odds of respiratory distress increase 30% over vaginal births, researchers find - 3/7/2012
Mother’s diabetes, hypertension pose greater risk to male fetus
Rates of IUFD higher than for females when maternal comorbidities present - 3/7/2012
X-rays to assess knee pain wasteful in younger patients
Study shows radiographs rarely affect clinical management