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- 11/22/2011
NB seniors protest proposed co-pay hike
Various New Brunswick welfare groups have banded together to fight a government proposal to double the amount some seniors in the province’s prescription drug program pay in co-fees. - 11/22/2011
Express Scripts first Canadian PBM to offer mail order services
New business model targetted at Canadian drug plan sponsors touted as way to better control costs. - 11/22/2011
Vaccine reduces urinary tract infections
An individualized bacterial vaccine significantly reduced the number of recurrent urinary tract events in a group of women who had been presenting with infections for as long as 10 years, according to preliminary results from Spanish researchers. - 11/22/2011
Resynchronization added to ICD does not benefit all patients
RAFT results showed overall survival gains, but not in those with atrial tachyarrhythmias - 11/22/2011
Finance Report - office: spending wisely
- 11/22/2011
Five factors key in managing dementia patients in ER
Lack of understanding and expertise serve to aggravate patients’ behaviour problems, experts note at meeting - 11/22/2011
Staying on the saintly end of the ‘quack continuum’
U.K. MD Ben Goldacre exposes shoddy use of evidence by governments, journalists and even medical researchers - 11/22/2011
Finance Report - hidden savings
- 11/22/2011
Serum proteins may offer lung transplant urgency clue
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis affects up to 10,000 Canadians and transplantation is only treatment option