Giant rats detect TB Sk conference to highlight collaboration Pharmacy school produces quit smoking video The Media Centre at Dalhousie University is marking National Non-Smoking Week with a video featuring pharmacy professor Dr. Neil MacKinnon. New statement on thromboembolism risk with oral contraceptives What to do when you make a medical error Attitudes and knowledge concerning adverse events vary, but the Canadian system is evoloving to learn from and prevent errors without creating a climate of blame and fear Smartphones will be standard MD tools by 2015: EMR guru But with their ubiquity will come novel patient-boundary problems Obesity: Healthcare providers contribute to discrimination 1st Canadian Summit on Weight Bias and Discrimination Pomegranate may benefit dialysis patients Study links the fruit’s juice with reduced inflammation and hospitalizations due to infections and heart troubles Stem cell treatment for urinary incontinence shows promise Phase III trials of technique, which uses quadriceps tissue injected into sphincter muscles, are nearing completion To touch or not to touch Why is it easier to reach for a speculum than to hold a patient’s hand? First Previous 1979 1980 1981