Patient Compliance

Researchers track pregnant women’s elevated cobalt and chromium from metal-on-metal hip implants

Sixty-two per cent of community-dwelling Canadians age 65 and older are on at least five different prescription medications, reports the Canadian Institute for Health Information.

Doctors are sometimes powerless to stop addiction and can only act as petitioning observers

But researchers admit the studies weren’t powered to detect increases in ‘atypical’ femur breaks

Canadian centres find few reports of devastating ‘pseudotumours’ after resurfacing

A joint effort by the Saskatchewan Medical Association and ministry of health provides doctors funding and “change management services” to help their transition to EMRs.

Deadline to have EMR for all Ontarians ‘still doable’