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- 5/27/2013
A springtime doc walk
- 5/27/2013
Ontario hospital cuts will hurt patients: Nurses
Cutbacks will hurt patients at Orillia Soldiers’ Memorial Hospital, warns the Ontario Nurses’ Association. - 5/27/2013
Quebec rolls out $1.6-billion plan for electronic health records
MONTREAL | Quebec is rolling out its new electronic records program, the Quebec Health Record (QHR), to physicians and health professionals across the province after a lengthy pilot project. - 5/27/2013
Prone positioning promoted
- 5/27/2013
HRT benefits post-menopause
A patient who reached menopause in her early forties was prescribed combined HRT, though she is no longer experiencing menopausal symptoms. Her doctor advised her to remain on this treatment until the age of about 50, as it would be helpful in preventing heart disease and osteoporosis. Could you shed some light on this recommendation for this sub-group of women? - 5/27/2013
It’s not cancer: Five common benign skin lesions
These conditions don’t necessarily warrant treatment, but can be tricky to diagnose - 5/27/2013
B.C. touts success of rapid HIV testing
Targeted program responsible for disproportionate share of diagnoses - 5/27/2013
Confusion universal on prostate cancer screening, U.S. group charges
WASHINGTON, D.C. | The U.S. Prostate Cancer Roundtable has expressed concern about the utterly confusing guidance being offered – to both the professional healthcare community and to individual consumers – about whether men should or should not be tested ("screened") for risk of prostate cancer.