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Canada's Council of Federation's new generic drug bulk buying plan has disappointed groups representing community pharmacy and pharmacists.

BERLIN | Surgeons in Germany allegedly left 16 items inside a patient after a prostate surgery, the Associated Press reports.

Police asking pharmacies to hide fake pill bottles fitted with GPS devices among legitimate supplies on shelves.

CBC investigation reveals many veterinarians charge a premium on prescription drugs.

FREDERICTON | New Brunswick's auditor general says the provincial government should release the details of compensation paid to doctors through medicare each year to provide greater accountability.

About one-third of American adults have used the internet to self-diagnose, according to a new study.

A Cox South nurse who would not get a flu vaccine and was fired for subsequently refusing to wear a surgical mask said Tuesday she now thinks the hospital violated its policy by not offering her other options.

Class-action lawsuits make news for their big sums – last year, pharmaceutical giant Merck settled a suit over its heart drug Vioxx for $37-million – but a more prosaic challenge gets less attention.

The majority of new graduates of Nova Scotia’s nursing programs are staying and working in this province, a Canadian Institute for Health Information report released Thursday says.