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- 8/8/2013
Incoming CMA president talks specialist relations, wait lists and accountability
Healthcare transformation, health equity and advocacy are three themes that will permeate the presidency of Dr. Francscutti. In this interview, he discusses scope of practice and doctors' unique value proposition, why doctors need to get on with it and 'do what they need to do,' and why they need to love the system they work in. - 8/8/2013
Ask the Experts: Physical addictions and Gravol
Surely dimenhydrinate is mentally addictive, but is there a physical addiction to it? Any useful references on this subject? - 8/7/2013
New research findings for Alzheimer's reported at international conference
BOSTON, Mass. | Novel treatment and prevention strategies, possible new risk factors, advances in early detection and diagnosis, and an updated model of disease progression have been reported at the Alzheimer's Association International Conference 2013 (AAIC) in Boston. - 8/7/2013
Can marijuana help control diabetes?
New study suggests marijuana use might be beneficial in the future management of diabetes. - 8/7/2013
West Nile virus not detected in fatal U.S. transfusion
Donor’s viral load may have been waning, but not too low for immunosuppressed recipient, authorities suggest - 8/7/2013
The four things other countries do—and Canada doesn't—to solve the wait-time problem
Waiting for health care is not a necessary evil - 8/7/2013
Post-traumatic stress disorder and alcohol abuse can be treated together
Study allays fears that exposure therapy for PTSD would worsen drinking - 8/7/2013
Time for Ontario to focus on concurrent disorders
Ontario has been focusing on integrating the mental health and addition systems, but a new report reveals there is no provincial consensus on how to deliver services to people with concurrent disorders. - 8/7/2013
MDs suspended after 'altercation' at Flin Flon hospital
Two physicians in a northern Manitoba community have been taken off the job after an "altercation" at the local hospital, the CBC reports.