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- 5/9/2013
Canada not planning H7N9 vaccine studies; will watch U.S. instead
TORONTO | Canada currently has no plans to ask its pandemic flu vaccine manufacturers to make trial batches of vaccine to protect against the new H7N9 bird flu, senior officials of the Public Health Agency of Canada have revealed. - 5/9/2013
Physicians group publishes low-risk drinking guidelines
Canadian Medical Association issues guidelines on what is considered a sensible quantity of alcohol to consume. - 5/9/2013
Excess glutamate an early driver for schizophrenia
An excess of the brain neurotransmitter glutamate could cause the transition to psychosis in those at risk for schizophrenia, according to a new study from researchers at Columbia University Medical Center. - 5/9/2013
Fact versus fiction: Letting the air out of the balloon
Alberta registrar offers rebuttal to colleges investigation - 5/9/2013
Lyme expert forced into retirement by college speaks out
An embattled B.C. doctor forced into an early and unwelcome retirement by the province’s College of Physicians and Surgeons is speaking out about his plight. - 5/8/2013
Changing the way healthcare in Canada is funded
The main fiscal problem with healthcare is that its costs are rising faster than the revenue of any government in Canada. Raising new revenue to fund increasing demand is an option for the provinces, since the federal government’s reduction of the GST from 7% to 5% left “tax room” that they could occupy. - 5/8/2013
Ontario nurses say patient care is compromised by increasing workloads
Nurses across the province say increased workloads are threatening patient care. - 5/8/2013
Toronto college takes the lead in first aid training for mental health
Institute gets $750,000 grant to spread initiative province-wide