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KINGSTON, Ont. | American doctors’ fears that converting to a “Canadian-style” health care system will hurt their incomes are unfounded, says a Canadian researcher who looked at income patterns of doctors in the two countries.

One drawback is shorter time to a patient's first vascular access intervention

Oral MS treatment yields 'exciting' trial results

But study shows risk was better than expected-so expanded-criteria organs might be 'only marginally worse' than standard

When multiple sclerosis patients also have comorbid diabetes, their disability scores tend to be greater than those of MS patients who do not have the disease.

The new drug safinamide might have some impact in preventing the involuntary movements characteristic of Parkinson's disease. However, it did not perform any better than placebo over a two-year period.

Real-world outcomes with investigational drug still favourable

Study shows it's safe and can desensitize, but response range is wide