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- 10/17/2011
Fraser Institute asks doctors about reasons for wait times
A lack of operating room time and changes in patient case loads are two of the most commonly reported factors behind increased wait times for medical care and surgical procedures, concludes a report released by the Fraser Institute. - 10/17/2011
Vernon Jubilee Hospital opens new $180-million Polson Tower
The Polson Tower at Vernon Jubilee Hospital in Vernon, B.C., is officially open. The $180-million tower has added 16,815 square metres of space to the site. More space has allowed for the expansion of operating rooms and the emergency department. - 10/17/2011
Internationally educated nurses share their stories of challenge and success
CARE Centre for IENs has helped over 1,000 nurses from more than 140 countries re-establish their careers in Canada. Here are three success stories. - 10/17/2011
Help for chronic pain a mouse click away
Cognitive behavioural therapy a particularly successful form of Internet intervention, researchers find - 10/16/2011
Websites to report national drug shortages
Starting next month, manufacturers to update websites on current and impending supply issues. - 10/16/2011
University competition aimed at non-communicable diseases
IBM and Novartis have established the NCD Challenge, a competition among a number of the world's leading universities. It is designed to tap the inventiveness of students to find new ways to address the rise of non-communicable diseases in both developing and developed countries. - 10/16/2011
China’s cardiovascular disease mortality rate called 'epidemic'
The mortality rate due to cardiovascular disease in China is over 40%, which is among the highest in the world and has been described as "epidemic." - 10/16/2011
St. John's pharmacist jailed for trafficking
Ann Marie Burke sentenced to just over two years in prison for drug trafficking. - 10/16/2011
The Healthcare Interview: Myra Rutherdale on how nurses shaped care in Canada's north
In her new book, Dr. Myra Rutherdale reveals that nurses in the north "often worked on their own and in conditions that were less than ideal. They had to improvise and they had to go beyond their training in order to help in the communities where they worked. . . . Much of what happened in places like northern Canada had much to do with colonization and the politics of inequity." - 10/13/2011
CFMS seeks tuition-fee transparency
Medical students adding their voices to health-care transformation battle cry