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- 7/12/2011
Management style the cause of Alberta's healthcare woes: consultant
The past 20 years have seen a steady decline in the provision of health services to Albertans, according to a recent report, which says the Alberta healthcare system is an instructive example of the negative effects of the command-and-control thinking of professional management. - 7/12/2011
Hospital includes permanent teepee
- 7/12/2011
Costly 'defensive medicine' unique to U.S.: survey
In a recent survey of physicians in Canada, the U.K., New Zealand and Sweden, no doctors reported practising defensive medicine, which is defined as ordering medically unnecessary tests, treatments or consultations in order to avoid lawsuits. This contrasts with similar studies of U.S. physicians. - 7/12/2011
Improvements needed in on-call pay: NLMA head
Dr. Sandra Luscombe also plans to highlight gaps in care of developmentally disabled - 7/12/2011
Newfoundland dermatologists unhappy with pay
After the Newfoundland and Labrador Medical Association’s (NLMA) two-year battle with the province to arrive at a new master agreement on which most could agree, physicians in at least one specialty remain unsatisfied: dermatology. - 7/12/2011
Scientific breakthrough: Human blood stem cell isolated
For the first time since stem cells were discovered by Dr. James Till and Dr. Ernest McCulloch at the Ontario Cancer Institute 50 years ago, scientists have isolated a human blood stem cell in its purest form – as a single stem cell capable of regenerating the entire blood system. - 7/12/2011
Royal College admits exam bloopers
- 7/12/2011
Spotlight back on methadone dispensing in BC
A former B.C. pharmacist is once again at the centre of new allegations about methadone kickbacks in Vancouver. - 7/12/2011
Can't get no satisfaction? Could be bad for your heart
Depression and anxiety have long been recognized as risk factors for heart disease. Now, following a study of almost 8,000 British civil servants, researchers say that a satisfying life is indeed good for the heart. - 7/12/2011
Benlysta: new IV immunosuppressant for SLE
Drug the first of any kind to be approved for systemic lupus erythematosus in more than 50 years.