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- 8/24/2014
Liberian doctor succumbs to Ebola despite receiving ZMapp
But Canadian companies are continuing their search for an effective treatment - 8/24/2014
Expanded practice uptake slow in Manitoba
College Registrar not discouraged by pace of progress. - 8/23/2014
Ireland moving dozens of prescriptions to OTC status
Pharmacists have lobbied for the change for several years. - 8/22/2014
U.S. campaign opposes preferred pharmacy plans
Organization representing independents wants congress to ban the practice. - 8/21/2014
Big lawsuit filed after doctors' tube accident at Quebec hospital
QUEBEC CITY | Three doctors and this region's largest hospital are being sued for nearly half a million dollars by the family of a man who died after a feeding tube was allegedly inserted into one of his lungs instead of his stomach. - 8/21/2014
What's the best-paid specialty in Saskatchewan?
The annual statistical report from Saskatchewan’s Ministry of Health found the average ophthalmologist in the province was paid $1.02 million last year from Medical Services Plan alone, the CBC said. - 8/21/2014
Canadians rank high among 'death tourists' to Switzerland
A new study has found that hundreds of patients every year travel to Switzerland to die, since the country's laws on assisted suicide provide a legal grey area. - 8/21/2014
OPA tweets back to school advice
Association holds Ask a Pharmacist Day on Twitter to answer questions from students and parents. - 8/20/2014
'Concierge' fees turning doctors' offices into airlines?
Many family practices in Canada are adopting so-called "concierge fees," where doctors charge patients for things like writing sick notes or giving referrals for physiotherapy. - 8/20/2014
Video: Researchers developing labels that detect counterfeit drugs
Engineers develop solution they claim would be near impossible for counterfeiters to duplicate. - 8/20/2014
U.K.-wide push to abolish co-pays heats up
Recent research found eliminating prescription fee in Scotland did not result in more prescribing.