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- 10/14/2013
Student nurses provide hope for future of health care
There’s an “epidemic” of disjointed communication through the health care system, according to a Thompson Rivers University nursing instructor. - 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
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
Alberta gene therapy trial to help those with genetic eye diseases
EDMONTON | Researchers Dr. Ian MacDonald and Dr. Tania Bubela have been awarded a Collaborative Research and Innovation Opportunity Team grant for up to $5 million for the next five years, from Alberta Innovates - Health Solutions. - 10/14/2013
New guideline addresses radiotherapy for prostate cancer
Document a combined effort of radiation oncologists and urologists - 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
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
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
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.