Expanded compassionate drug access in OntarioProvince expands compassionate review policy so more patients with rare clinical circumstances can benefit from OPDP coverage. Social media tools can play role in improving patient careAccept 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 “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 Remote dispensing machines get mixed reception Survey shows older patients are not keen on the bank machine-like service 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 Rivaroxaban reduces risk of venous thromboembolism Treatment with the oral factor Xa inhibitor rivaroxaban reduces the risk of recurrent venous thromboembolism—and it does so without an increase in bleeding, researchers said here. Abdominal massage eases constipation in MS patients Success of small feasibility study could lead to full multicentre trial First Previous 1657 1658 1659 1660 1661 Next Last
