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- 5/18/2009
FEE RELATIVITY: How N.B. is trying to correct fee disparities
New Brunswick is also a spot where attempts are being made to correct some of the most egregious fee disparities. - 5/18/2009
AAOS: Middle-aged patients benefit from ACL reconstruction
Long-term followup reveals most continue to have good knee function decades later - 5/18/2009
Hope floats
A houseboat clinic created by the Canada-Africa Community Health Alliance is bringing care to remote areas of Gabon - 5/18/2009
Billing number system may soon end, says N.B. health minister
Provincial health minister Mike Murphy says the days of N.B.'s much reviled billing-number quota system may soon come to an end. - 5/18/2009
Ontario NPs taking on anesthesia care
- 5/15/2009
Colon cleansing: ineffective and potentially harmful
A Medical Letter review concludes that there is no evidence of beneficial effects from colonic cleansing or irrigation for "detoxification," and such procedures may be harmful. - 5/15/2009
PEG 3350 for childhood constipation
Polyethylene glycol (PEG) 3350 is a safe and effective long-term laxative in pediatric populations, but only limited studies are available for its use in children younger than two years of age. - 5/14/2009
Pharmacists take CVS Caremark before Trade Commission
The U.S.-based National Community Pharmacists Association met with the Federal Trade Commission to ask for an examination of the merger between CVS and Caremark. - 5/13/2009
Two groups to feed off strengths to Enhance patient care, safety and delivery
York University and health network create joint nursing academy