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- 5/27/2009
Direct health costs for treating pain to hit $10 billion a year by 2025
According to a survey done for the Canadian Pain Society and a coalition of pain support groups, direct health-care costs for treating pain amounts to more than $6 billion a year. - 5/27/2009
A tri-professional gathering in Alberta
Conference focuses on determining how culture affects change in healthcare. - 5/26/2009
Rx Canada system to track spread of H1N1
Rx Canada has contracted with the PHAC to provide an emergency data monitoring and reporting system to track the spread of the H1N1 virus and enhance patient care in Canada. - 5/26/2009
Duragesic MAT to replace Duragesic
Janssen-Ortho is beginning to phase out Duragesic reservoir patches. - 5/20/2009
Rofact - clonazepam mixup
Health Canada is warning that some bottles of one lot of Rofact 300 mg may contain clonazepam 0.5 mg instead. - 5/20/2009
Report of spouse carving
A unique and highly disturbing case report of domestic violence, in which a women's partner used a knife to carve his first and last name in different parts of her body, was described at the American Psychiatric Association's annual meeting. - 5/20/2009
Ontario MD hiring freeze over
- 5/20/2009
Ontario MD hiring freeze over
Ontario has fixed an internal ministry of health "administrative" issue that prevented physician recruiters from consummating doctor recruitment deals for a month. - 5/20/2009
CAW puts pressure on fees in Windsor
Many Windsor pharmacists are coming on board after the Canadian Auto Workers called on them to cover an additional $2 that CAW members would have had to pay for drug dispensing fees.