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- 3/19/2012
Ontario nursing home task force flooded with ideas for change
A long-term care task force created after a Toronto Star investigation into nursing home abuse has been swamped with complaints — and ideas for change. - 3/19/2012
Nurses sign petition criticizing new medical equipment
Critics say machines are unsafe because they set off false alarms too frequently to be trusted. - 3/19/2012
Uruguayan nurses charged with murder in 16 hospital deaths
Murder charges were filed against two male nurses Sunday and a female nurse was charged with covering up a crime in a case involving more than a dozen deaths at two Uruguayan hospitals, judicial officials said. - 3/19/2012
Saphris: new atypical antipsychotic
New drug indicated for treatment of schizophrenia, acute treatment of manic or mixed episodes associated with bipolar I disorder. - 3/19/2012
York nursing students conducting healthcare needs study for Innisfil
A group of York University nursing students will present the findings of their healthcare needs study to Innisfil residents March 27. - 3/19/2012
Special nurses guide seniors through ERs
Research showed seniors in community were readmitted to the ER at a lower rate than the national average. - 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. - 3/18/2012
The collaborative efforts of the Northern Alberta HIV Program
Multidisciplinary approach enables program to handle daunting challenges associated with treating HIV-infected patients.