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- 5/20/2013
Alberta Health Services says nurse layoffs won’t affect 24 hour a day palliative home care
Alberta Health Services (AHS) said patients receiving palliative home care in Calgary will continue to receive the care they need despite recent nurse layoffs. - 5/20/2013
New Indication for Xarelto: Pulmonary Embolism (PE) Treatment
The incidence of PE in Canada has increased significantly due to the widespread availability and sensitivity of equipment used to diagnose this illness. - 5/20/2013
Press Review - May 21, 2013
Check out our review of recent healthcare stories in the media - <strong>Top Story: </strong>Canada’s Greenest Hospital. Read this and - 5/20/2013
Readers applaud Beth Israel Deaconess nurses who healed bombing suspect
I wrote in Sunday’s Globe about nine trauma nurses at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center who played a very private but critical role in the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombing: They cared for gravely wounded suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in a heavily-guarded ICU, nursing him back to health. - 5/16/2013
'Preposterous' acupuncturist bills for 461 patients in a single day
VANCOUVER | An acupuncturist in the Vancouver area who billed for 461 patients in one day is facing heat from his regulatory college. - 5/16/2013
Nurses' union is calling for a moratorium on RN job cuts
New information about the latest cuts of Registered Nurses (RNs) at The Scarborough Hospital, coming less than a week after National Nursing Week celebrations concluded, is further evidence that the Ontario government is cutting health care. - 5/16/2013
Press Review - May 17, 2013
Check out our review of recent medical stories in the media - <strong>Top Story: </strong>Why women live longer than men: Their immune systems age more slowly, Japan study finds. Read this and - 5/16/2013
Salute to amazing 'Dr. G': Gala raises $2.6M for Campaign to Cure Arthritis
It was a who’s who of the Canadian Establishment at a gala tribute at the Carlu in Toronto on May 15 for Dr. Bernard Gosevitz, known to many simply as Dr. G. - 5/15/2013
Water protects the kidney but not the heart
High intake linked with lower chronic renal disease risk