Patient Compliance

Statistics show Alberta doctors, nurses and other health staff have been getting the seasonal flu shot at a rate of between 40 and 50 per cent in recent years, stirring debate about whether it should be mandatory.

More dilute oxychlorosene has fewer adverse effects, study shows

VANCOUVER | British Columbia will be the first jurisdiction in Canada to use a new, more accurate HIV detection test.

Patients, nurses and employees of Rouge Valley Health System and The Scarborough Hospital are launching a campaign on Tuesday, Oct. 15, against “hospital service cuts” in Scarborough and Ajax.

Ingredient previously used to promote vomiting in poisoning cases shows promise as bladder cancer treatment.

Compound counteracts condition where erections are so long lasting they can cause permanent damage.

Ontario Health Minister Deb Matthews should fulfill a promise and give registered nurses the right to prescribe basic drugs, like the first-level antibiotics.

Document a combined effort of radiation oncologists and urologists

Nurses are frequently placed in situations where they lack the time, and in some cases the resources to care for patients in the way they would like to.