Healthcare

Safe needle distribution effective: Montreal study

An epidemiological study indicates that Montreal's safe needle injection program is highly effective at reducing the HIV infection rate among drug users.
More male nurses in Japan’s schools
Recruitment, retention woes grip northern B.C.

Physicians leaving or planning to leave due to overwork
So-called ‘non-inflammatory’ acne responds to anti-inflammatories

Treatment with anti-inflammatory agents appears to favourably affect so-called “non-inflammatory” acne, researchers reported at the American Academy of Dermatology annual meeting.
ERNI expands to reduce wait times in Ontario emergency rooms

In May, 91 hospitals across Ontario will see the expansion of the Emergency Room National Ambulatory Initiative (ERNI).
Relaxation tips for nurses
ER wait plan working: Alberta government

Median patient waits fall by roughly five hours in Edmonton and Calgary, province claims
B.C. program helps MDs find their own physicians

Program officials do telephone leg work, offering discretion to doctors seeking care

Alta.’s IMG practice-readiness evaluations revamped