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- 12/14/2011
Historical concerns raised over Quebec City hospital upgrade plans
QUEBEC CITY – The $715-million project to modernize Canada's oldest hospital is getting flak from an unexpected source. - 12/14/2011
If men had to give birth, we’d be extinct
- 12/13/2011
Men with breast cancer stop taking tamoxifen early
A study said to be the largest to investigate the tolerability of tamoxifen in male breast cancer patients has shown that many men stop taking the drug early because of side-effects. - 12/13/2011
The Healthcare Interview: Ottawa psychiatrist pushes for gender-specific mental health treatment
The Royal Ottawa Health Care Group is making women’s unique mental health issues a top priority. But, as psychiatrist Dr. Alison Freeland point out, there’s still work to be done before gender-specific assessment and care are widely available. - 12/13/2011
ER reviews vary in survey
A new Health Quality Council report on patients' experiences in Saskatchewan emergency departments found that not all ERs in the province are created equally. - 12/13/2011
My waters run deeper, said the GP to the surgeon
The public stratifies the family doctor and the specialist on an escalating order of status. Do you? - 12/13/2011
Italian wines: a foodie’s best friend
Be it with a few nibbles of cheese or a succulent roast, Italian wines are a foodie’s best friend - 12/13/2011
CBS chief tired of fear-mongers
Dr. Graham Sher, chief executive officer of Canadian Blood Services, has said enough with the fear-mongering about the planned move of a regional blood-processing facility from New Brunswick to Halifax. - 12/13/2011
Accessing records of partner's ex wrong, says privacy czar
Using an e-health record to check up on your spouse's ex: probably not what health officials in Alberta had in mind when they took patients' records into the virtual world. But an investigation by Alberta Information and Privacy Commissioner Frank Work revealed that an Edmonton ER physician did just that. - 12/13/2011
Winnipeg's Dennis Wong named Compounding Pharmacist of the Year
Pharmacist owns CD Whyte Ridge Pharmacy.