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- 11/12/2012
Drug plan coalition names Loblaw preferred pharmacy provider
Loblaw Companies Limited has been selected as the preferred pharmacy services provider for Towers Watson Canadian Rx Coalition, a collaborative network of private sector drug plan sponsors. - 11/12/2012
Ontario nurse and new Canadian honoured with health care award
Ismail El-Assaad knew that transitioning to life in Canada wouldn’t be easy. - 11/12/2012
Jamaica T.O. series: Education key to success says Toronto nurse manager
Nurse Manager Dionne Sinclair an award-winning body builder, a model, a registered nurse, the owner of two master’s degrees, a fitness instructor and a motivational speaker. But if she had her way back in 1976, she would have walked back to Jamaica to get away from the London, Ont. winter. - 11/12/2012
Alberta MD suspended for ‘inappropriate’ touching
EDMONTON | An Alberta ear, nose and throat surgeon was given a six-month suspension for “inappropriately” touching two female patients, including a teenager. - 11/12/2012
Sulfonylureas: higher cardiovascular risk than metformin in type 2 diabetes
Initiating treatment with a sulfonylurea rather than metformin in patients with type 2 diabetes is associated with an increased hazard of CVD events or death, new study finds. - 11/11/2012
Acquisition creates largest private family cord-blood bank
TORONTO | Insception Biosciences says the integration of recently acquired Lifebank into the company’s operations will create the largest and most experienced national FACT-accredited cord blood bank in Canada. - 11/11/2012
Northwestern Ontario hospitals select Medbuy as their GPO
THUNDER BAY, ONT. | The hospitals of Northwestern Ontario have selected Medbuy as their primary group purchasing organization. - 11/11/2012
Canadian first: otolaryngology residents go to bootcamp
LONDON, ONT. | Faculty and junior residents from 10 universities and hospitals across Canada and the United States have participated in an emergency lifesaving skills bootcamp in London Health Sciences Centre's University Hospital. - 11/8/2012
Varenicline: no increased risk of cardiovascular events
New study shows no difference in risk of major cardiovascular events with the smoking cessation agents, varenicline and bupropion.