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- 2/6/2013
Updated Canadian guidelines for managing dyslipidemia
Update replaces previous version published in 2009. - 2/6/2013
B.C. doctor advocates prescriptions for 'campus crack'
VANCOUVER | A B.C. physician caused a stir this week by suggesting that physicians should simply prescribe Adderall, since so many university students are getting the pills off the Internet. - 2/5/2013
Quebec hospitals shore up against risk of earthquakes
QUEBEC CITY | New provincial building codes and the threat of seismic activity along the biggest fault line in eastern Canada have triggered major infrastructure spending at three Quebec hospitals. - 2/5/2013
GSK shows industry leadership by opening clinical trials data
GSK has made the move, but will other pharma giants follow? - 2/5/2013
NHP approval backlog FINALLY cleared
Nearly 10 years after it started processing license applications for NHPs, Health Canada says it's all caught up and vows to avoid another approval logjam. - 2/5/2013
Surgical robotics conference scheduled for April 6
HAMILTON, ONT. | A full-day conference on the use of robotics in surgery will be conducted by the Centre for Minimal Access Surgery, St. Joseph’s Healthcare, on April 6, 2013. - 2/4/2013
London Health Sciences now national training centre for robotic surgery
LONDON, ONT. | London Health Sciences Centre has been selected by Intuitive Surgical as the exclusive training centre for robotic surgery in Canada. Intuitive is the manufacturer of what it terms the world's most sophisticated and widely used surgical robot, the da Vinci Surgical System. - 2/4/2013
Hepatitis C survey prompts call for all boomers to get tested
The Canadian Liver Foundation is urging general practitioners to immediately begin recommending a one-time blood test for all adults born between 1945 and 1975. - 2/4/2013
Pharmacists jailed for massive fraud scheme stateside
Canadian one of 20 defendants convicted in multimillion dollar scheme that also included doctors, patients.