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- 10/14/2013
CDRD, Dalhousie, IWK establish new Atlantic research node
VANCOUVER and HALIFAX | The Centre for Drug Research and Development, Canada's national drug development and commercialization centre, and its partners Dalhousie University and the IWK Health Centre, have established a new CDRD Atlantic Research Node. - 10/14/2013
Nurses 'disappearing' from workforce: CIHI
OTTAWA | Some confusing data seems to indicate a significant number of newly-graduated registered nurses (RN) have “disappeared,” are not working as nurses. At the same time there is a growing number of RNs reaching retirement age. - 10/14/2013
Tracking nausea/vomiting in diary helped health care team reduce symptoms
Asking patients to track their nausea and vomiting after a course of chemotherapy helped the health care team to adjust medications and achieve better control of symptoms, according to the results of a small single center study. - 10/14/2013
Alberta not ready to force health workers to get flu shot
Statistics show Alberta doctors, nurses and other health staff have been getting the seasonal flu shot at a rate of between 40 and 50 per cent in recent years, stirring debate about whether it should be mandatory. - 10/14/2013
History of Owen Sound nursing schools written
A retired Owen Sound nurse has compiled a 72-year history of nursing education at Owen Sound General & Marine Hospital School of Nursing and at its brief successor, the Owen Sound Regional School of Nursing. - 10/14/2013
Pressure on nurses
Nurses are frequently placed in situations where they lack the time, and in some cases the resources to care for patients in the way they would like to. - 10/14/2013
Health care workers may be immune to unemployment
Aging population means jobs in nursing, medicine and more. - 10/14/2013
Life Sciences Ontario, Rx&D announce joint membership initiative
OTTAWA | Life Sciences Ontario (LSO) and Canada's Research-Based Pharmaceutical Companies (Rx&D) have announced a joint membership initiative for emerging biopharmaceutical companies and associated stakeholders in Ontario. - 10/14/2013
Have researchers discovered the anti-Viagra pill?
Compound counteracts condition where erections are so long lasting they can cause permanent damage. - 10/14/2013
Nursing profession swells with young recruits while older workers stay on the job: report
A national portrait by the Canadian Institute for Health Information made public on Tuesday says the actual number of working nurses has grown by seven per cent in the last five years, outpacing growth in the Canadian labour force and population.