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- 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. - 7/22/2013
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
Misconduct ruling for Victoria pharmacist
College finds man guilty of having inappropriate relationships with patients, keeping loaded handgun in drugstore. - 7/22/2013
Press Review - July 23, 2013
Check out our review of recent healthcare stories in the media - <strong>Top Story: </strong>Bedbugs reality in Hamilton hospitals. Read this and more. - 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
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
Nurses union files grievance
Fearing patient care will be negatively affected if layoffs continue, the United Nurses of Alberta recently filed a grievance against Alberta Health Services. - 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.