Ten tips for improving pain management in the elderlyAwareness of the need to ask seniors about pain and the specialized tools available to doctors can help eliminate patients’ unnecessary suffering and improve their quality of life Press Review - November 20, 2012Check out our review of recent medical stories in the media - Top Story: The obesity crisis: Are doctors making us fat? Read this and Sulfonylureas: higher cardiovascular risk than metformin in type 2 diabetes Initiating treatment with a sulfonylurea rather than metformin in patients with type 2 diabetes is associated with an increased hazard of CVD events or death, new study finds. Pharmacy student Adrienne Penney wins the 2012 Kristine Cadigan Award Annual award presented in honour of the 21-year-old second-year student who died suddenly in 2005. The latest in targeted tumour therapy: Aspirin Study suggests ASA helps treat certain forms of colorectal cancer LETTER Re: B.C. College revises technician scope of practice Registrar clarifies bylaw revisions affecting technicians, seeks public feedback. Health Canada approves Cymbalta for the management of osteoarthritis knee pain Updated urinary incontinence guidelines Update provides concise approach to the evaluation, management of urinary incontinence in adults. Pharmacy making progress, but it’s not nearly enough: Forum CFP annual forum points to successes and the key areas that still need pharmacists’ attention Cancer gene testing gets speedier Faster test results will influence cancer treatment decision- making, B.C. doctor says First Previous 932 933 934 935 936 Next Last
