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- 2/12/2013
Vancouver Prostate Centre receives $11M in additional funding
VANCOUVER | One of Canada’s most successful research commercialization programs has awarded additional funding to the Vancouver Prostate Centre’s Translational Research Initiative for Accelerated Discovery and Development program (PC-TRiADD). - 2/12/2013
UPS expands Burlington healthcare distribution facility
BURLINGTON, ONT. | UPS has expanded its global healthcare distribution network in North America, including its facility in Burlington, Ont. The company has 11 dedicated healthcare facilities in Canada, including three on its Burlington site. - 2/12/2013
My Town: Halifax
Between May and October, any visit to Halifax has to include the Public Gardens. They are right next to the medical school and major teaching hospitals, so physicians who are here for work should find it easy to drop by for a quick visit. The Gardens are closed in the winter, unfortunately. - 2/12/2013
Press Review - February 13, 2013
Check out our review of popular stories in the media - <strong>Top Story: </strong>Quebec needs to reel in healthcare costs. Read this and - 2/11/2013
Irregular heart rhythm clue to unexplained strokes: Canadian study
HONOLULU | A significant percentage of people experiencing unexplained strokes have silent atrial fibrillation. Researchers at 16 Canadian stroke centres discovered this as part of the largest study and first randomized clinical trial of heart monitoring in stroke patients. - 2/11/2013
Children’s care under attack in Fraser Valley, nurses warn
The BC Nurses’ Union is sounding the alarm about a move to convert children’s care beds at Abbotsford Regional Hospital for adult use. - 2/11/2013
B.C. hiring an extra 45 NPs this year
An extra 45 nurse practitioners are to be hired across B.C. this year, including 10 in Fraser Health and nine in the Vancouver Coastal health region. - 2/11/2013
Alberta nurses next deal for province to negotiate
Alberta nurses could be the next labour group dealing with a cash-strapped province as their contract expires next month. - 2/11/2013
U.K. offical aims to cut nurses' paperwork by a third
Jeremy Hunt, the Health Secretary, wants to cut the amount of paperwork doctors and nurses have to do by a third so they can spend hours more every week with patients, he will announce today. - 2/11/2013
Rexall vastly outdid other pharmacies on flu shot numbers
Out of the 200,000 flu shots administered by pharmacists in Ontario, a whopping 190,000 of those were given by Rexall pharmacists.