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- 12/19/2012
Bill 50 awaits Royal Assent in Newfoundland and Labrador
Statute will allow pharmacy board to regulate pharmacy technicians, expand its own regulation-making authority to address expanded scope of practice. - 12/19/2012
Photographer's art project brings hope to sick children
GUELPH, ONT. | The Drawing Hope Project is a multifaceted creative initiative that touches, changes, improves and perhaps even saves the lives of children. - 12/19/2012
Alberta MD gets 10-month ban for relationship with patient
EDMONTON | A doctor in Alberta has been given a lengthy suspension, a hefty fine and a list of other conditions for having a romantic affair with a female patient. - 12/18/2012
Newspaper says doctors have become a 'militant labour group'
The two sides are still seeking an agreement by Dec. 31, and in the meantime, the AMA is asking doctors to reach out to patients. - 12/18/2012
Insect bite prevention for travellers: updated Canadian guidelines
Recommendations updated for the use of personal protective measures to prevent arthropod bites while travelling outside Canada. - 12/17/2012
Are you who you thought you’d be when you started med school?
A new batch of recruits looking to the future reminds me of my own journey - 12/17/2012
Sutureless valve permits heart surgery on high-risk elderly patients
NEWMARKET, ONT. | When 94-year-old Victor Lawrence visited Southlake Regional Health Centre for an aortic valve replacement (AVR), he was the oldest patient to undergo surgery that day. Remarkably, he was also the first to leave the intensive care unit afterwards, thanks to a novel approach to AVR.