Fewer multiple births under Quebec IVF programSingle embryo transfer results in healthier babies, doctors report based on data from program’s first three months Ontario starts paying for phone consultationsOntario has joined British Columbia and Alberta in introducing telephone consultation fees. Opioid prescribing rates, doses and mortality rise in nonmalignant pain Increase mainly due to an escalating use of long-acting oxycodone. Social media tools can play role in improving patient care Accept patients as Facebook friends and give out e-mail address, physician urges, to answer questions and overcome boundaries MedsChecks catching on in long-term care Apixaban prevents clots after knee, hip surgery New anticoagulant taken orally has advantage over standard therapy that is injected subcutaneously daily “Blitz” $2.2 million targets MRI wait times in Toronto Handheld computers improve patient care Doctors using personal digital assistants report finding valuable information New Canadian Physical Activity Guidelines Children need at least 60 minutes of physical activity daily, adults 150 minutes weekly. Power of placebo rooted in patients’ beliefs Echinacea and inactive pills both effective in battling colds among fans of the herb, but beliefs change with trends Resistant infections on rise among middle-age adults U.S. hospital-based study documents two-decade drop in mean age since 1997 ‘Risky’ prescribing common in primary care Product warnings often go unheeded, Scottish researchers find First Previous 1797 1798 1799 1800 1801 Next Last
