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- 7/4/2011
Unlocking the Value in Your Business: The Silver Lining in the Dark Clouds
Drug stores have changed hands at a brisk rate in Ontario, in many cases at cyclically low valuations. Here's how pharmacy owners can take advantage of that drop through the use of an estate freeze. - 7/4/2011
McGill, Montreal Children’s Hospital provide emergency medicine nursing course in French and English
The project oversaw the translationof the Emergency Nursing Pediatrics Course from English to French. - 7/4/2011
Soaring rates of MRI and CT scans raising concerns
Health Council of Canada among those who suspect excessive ordering of tests - 7/4/2011
B.C. nurses to support young moms
- 7/4/2011
N.S. pharmacists and government agree on new dispensing fees
New fee structure follows two-month negotiation period. - 7/4/2011
Nova Scotia announces new NP position
By the end of 2011, three additional NPs will be hired to work in nursing homes in different districts. - 7/4/2011
Bloomberg nurse researcher named one of Canada’s Rising Stars in Global Health
LaRon E. Nelson will use award to fund research to help prevent the spread of HIV in sub-Saharan Africa. - 7/3/2011
The Healthcare Interview: Dr. Edzard Ernst: Using science on complementary medicine
Dr. Edzard Ernst has spent years doing what few physicians have been inclined to do: establishing an evidence base for alternative therapies. Despite the fact only 5% of the therapies he has studied have shown a benefit above and beyond a placebo, patients demand there be a future for alternative medicine, and healthcare professionals have a moral duty to find out what is effective and what is not. - 7/3/2011
Folic acid in pregnancy not linked to atopy/asthma in infants
Study follows recent evidence suggesting folic acid supplementation during pregnancy a potential risk factor for atopic diseases in childhood. - 7/3/2011
Deadline passes with no Alberta physician master agreement
EDMONTON | A temporary agreement in principle (AIP) meant to help smooth the way for a more comprehensive—and long lasting—physician service master agreement in Alberta has expired.