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- 9/23/2013
Tower of research power
The Hospital for Sick Children’s new $400-million research tower in central Toronto is designed to foster constructive collaboration among scientists - 9/23/2013
Trailblazers: Pushing the envelope
Working with colleagues in Canada and Russia, Dr. Luis Schang has found a new way of stopping enveloped viruses from infecting cells - 9/23/2013
Manitoba's quick health-care fix
They were touted as a way for folks with minor health ailments to avoid six- to eight-hour waits in hospital emergency rooms, but in the 18 months since the first Quick Care clinic opened on McGregor Street, the clinics -- staffed by nurses and nurse practitioners -- have largely operated below the public's radar. - 9/23/2013
SARS doctor Donald Low pleads for legalized assisted suicide in posthumous video
TORONTO | The infectious disease doctor who guided Toronto through the 2003 SARS crisis made an appeal prior to his death for Canada to change the law and legalize assisted suicide. Dr. Donald Low made his plea in an emotional video shot eight days before his death last week from a brain tumour. - 9/23/2013
Healthcare IT: Disaster-proofing health IT systems
Alberta’s recent floods showed why hospital systems need disaster protection. But what’s the best way to do it? - 9/23/2013
Nurse practitioner joins Sudbury ER
- 9/23/2013
Alberta jobs attracting New Brunswick nurses
Alberta Health Services may be in the midst of a controversial transformation, but that’s not stopping some nurses in New Brunswick from having their sights set on working here. - 9/23/2013
Nursing student’s first patient is her father; she helps save him after massive heart attack
Anna Kraemer, a 20-year-old second semester nursing student at the University of Kentucky College of Nursing, thought briefly about reviewing the steps to CPR on her smart phone, but there was no time as she dragged the unconscious body out of the car onto the pavement outside the UK Emergency Department and began CPR.