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- 6/28/2011
Marketplace best venue for drugstore trendspotting
From space-age electronic head massagers that work while a person sleeps, to iPad-sized mini scales that enable on-the-go weight and body mass index monitoring, if it’s coming down the health and beauty pipeline, it was on display at Marketplace earlier this week. - 6/27/2011
Three decades since Terry Fox's death, his legacy remains larger than life
Three decades after his death, Terry Fox remains one of the country's most recognizable heroes. - 6/27/2011
Woodstock General completes construction
Construction of Ontario’s new Woodstock General Hospital has been completed on time and on budget. Now the state-of-the-art healthcare facility will begin preparations for occupancy on Nov. 20, 2011. - 6/27/2011
Manitoba releases women’s health strategy
Manitoba has announced a new women’s health strategy and broken ground on a new women’s hospital, scheduled to open in 2014, at the Health Sciences Centre in Winnipeg. - 6/27/2011
Committee calls for Lakeridge Health to increase RN staffing
Nurses in the surgical unit took concerns about inadequate staffing levels, safe patient care to an Independent Assessment Committee. - 6/27/2011
Sex Quest: new Facebook game introduced by SOGC
Game designed to help Canadians learn about healthy sexuality, contraception and sexually transmitted infections. - 6/27/2011
Coming soon: real-time HAI rates and costs
Providing healthcare facilities with real-time data on rates and costs of healthcare-acquired infections (HAIs) is the aim of a joint feasibility program launched by 3M Infection Prevention and RL Solutions. - 6/27/2011
Sticking to the basics: duct tape can help control infection spread
A simple roll of duct tape has proven to be an inexpensive solution to the costly and time-consuming problem of communicating with hospital patients who are isolated with dangerous infections. - 6/26/2011
Jail nurses tended injuries of rioters