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- 7/22/2013
My little miracle
Last week marked an inauspicious anniversary for me. Seven years ago I was on an extended canoe trip along the Kootenay River with my then-boyfriend (now husband). We were on the riverbank eating lunch in a grove of trees when a windstorm blew up and felled a massive cedar on top of me. My most serious injury was an L1 burst fracture, though later, when I noticed a chunk of hair missing out of the back of my scalp, I realized I was centimeters from a different story entirely. - 7/22/2013
Misconduct ruling for Victoria pharmacist
College finds man guilty of having inappropriate relationships with patients, keeping loaded handgun in drugstore. - 7/22/2013
Local nurse, volunteer in running for Walmart Canada’s Mom of the Year
Jackie Connolly, a local nurse and volunteer, has made it to the Top 20 of Walmart Canada’s Mom of the Year, it was announced today. - 7/22/2013
For vulnerable elders, NP-physician teams deliver better care than doctors alone
A recent study led by Dr. David Reuben, director of geriatrics at UCLA, and published in the Journal of American Geriatrics Society shows that patients co-managed by a nurse practioner and a primary care physician together were more likely to receive the recommended care than those seen by a doctor working independently. - 7/22/2013
Nurses, MDs, first hospitals in B.C. colon cancer screening program swamped with referrals
The much-ballyhooed provincial colon cancer screening program has hit some hitches that will delay its start-up. - 7/22/2013
Erie St. Clair Victorian Order of Nurses providing group classes starting Aug. 1
A new provincial initiative kicks in Aug. 1 to provide local seniors with exercise and fall prevention classes. - 7/22/2013
Epuris: new oral isotretinoin not interchangeable with existing products
The product should only be used when patients are unresponsive to conventional first-line therapies for these types of acne. - 7/22/2013
CHD alert: Eat early, not late
Male health professionals can lower heart disease risk with morning meal - 7/22/2013
Detroit Tunnel future critical for Canadian nurses
Debt-laden Detroit, which filed for bankruptcy last week, isn’t planning to sell off assets to pay back its creditors. - 7/21/2013
After watching parents suffer, ex-BCMA president joins right-to-die group
A prominent B.C. physician and a former president of the British Columbia Medical Association says he joined a right-to-die group after watching the painful decline of his parents. - 7/21/2013
Cancer report: consistent government funding, support desperately needed
TORONTO | The 2012-2013 Report Card on Cancer in Canada from the Cancer Advocacy Coalition of Canada says government funding and support are desperately needed consistently across the country to improve the current landscape for cancer care, treatment and prevention. - 7/18/2013
CPSO opens investigation into sports doctor Anthony Galea
TORONTO | The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario has opened an investigation into high-profile Toronto sports doctor Anthony Galea.