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- 3/22/2012
Signs that you should get a new financial adviser
After selecting an adviser to attend to their financial planning, often physicians are content to leave the matter in the experts' hands so they can focus on their demanding jobs. Some doctors haven't even met their advisers face to face. But how do you know whether your adviser has been attending to your needs? While you don't need to be thinking about finances all the time, you should feel secure about whether you've hired the right person for the job. - 3/21/2012
B.C. pharmacists on front line against whooping cough
Pharmacists administering pertussis vaccines to combat province-wide outbreak. - 3/21/2012
CPSO strips anesthesiologist of licence after liposuction death
Dr. Bruce Liberman, the anesthesiologist who played a key role in a liposuction surgery that went wrong, leading to the high-profile death of a local real-estate agent several years ago, has lost his licence. - 3/21/2012
Drug shortages: Stay informed
Keep up to date about the widespread medication supply problems plaguing healthcare systems across the country and access helpful resources here. - 3/21/2012
Pharmacy supports FDA proposal for new category of nonprescription drugs
Federal agency considering making more currently prescription drugs available only in pharmacies under "conditions of safe use." - 3/20/2012
Prophylaxis against Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia in HIV-positive adults
PJP is one of the most frequent AIDS-defining opportunistic infections in HIV-infected patients. This special feature outlines drug therapy options and the role of the pharmacist. - 3/20/2012
Promising pact bridges Alberta doctors to new master agreement
Alberta's doctors and the provincial government have hammered out a short-term "bridge" agreement over pay and work conditions, a pact the Alberta Medical Association says goes a long way toward mending fences between the two parties. - 3/20/2012
Dinner tonight: Lemony fish pie
- 3/20/2012
University of Alberta researcher Dr. Lorne Babiuk takes Canadian Gairdner prize
The Gairdner Foundation has announced the recipients of the 2012 Canadian Gairdner Awards, recognizing contributions to some of the most significant medical discoveries around the world. - 3/19/2012
Health Canada licenses deep brain stimulation therapy for epilepsy
Medtronic has received a licence from Health Canada for its deep brain stimulation (DBS) therapy for refractory epilepsy patients. This delivers controlled electrical pulses to a location inside the brain involved in seizures.