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- 11/18/2012
Cracking the complexity of chronic pelvic pain
The causes of CPP can be challenging to diagnose and treat, but family physicians are in an ideal position to help women struggling with this pain - 11/18/2012
Ottawa rejects plea for generic OxyContin ban, tells provinces to better control abuse
Aglukkaq is also telling the provinces to use their own power over doctors and pharmacists to crack down on wayward prescriptions - 11/18/2012
Over half of Canadian family doctors now use EMRs
More Canadian physicians than ever are embracing the move from paper to electronic medical records (EMRs), according to a new international report. - 11/18/2012
Spicing up the sodium debate
MDs and MPs stir the pot over federal inaction and alleged misuse of research findings - 11/18/2012
Scene Dignitas: ending the epidemic
- 11/18/2012
Cancer drug treats MS
- 11/18/2012
Fasting not needed
- 11/18/2012
A vote in favour of seniority – and against the Ontario doctor deal
Perhaps the most important of several reasons why I will vote against the tentative Ontario Medical Association-Ontario Ministry of Health Physicians Services Agreement is the abandonment of the Service Recognition program. Personal economic loss is not a consideration here, since I now work to keep the brain from boredom rather than because I have to. But relinquishing this single item illustrates better than any other I can think of why the OMA not only seems to have lost its way, but also seems befuddled in its role as bargaining agent. - 11/18/2012
Probiotics (yes, yogurt!) could minimize C. difficile in hospitals
TORONTO | Medical use of probiotics could be significant in minimizing C. difficile infection among hospitalized patients taking antibiotics, according to new research from The Hospital for Sick Children and McMaster University. - 11/18/2012
Is there a poet in the hospital?