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- 11/27/2011
Manitoba targets consumers with meds return program
The national medications return program spearheaded by the Post Consumer Pharmaceutical Stewardship Association is ramping up in Manitoba, after a soft launch in January 2011 to educate pharmacists about the program. - 11/27/2011
Why patients go to walk-in clinics rather than their GPs
Being a GP is tough and we need to take care of ourselves - 11/27/2011
Best bets for holiday bubbly
From low-cost sparklers to high-end Champagne, good quality is available to fit any budget - 11/27/2011
Gifts that give twice
Bring joy to loved ones this holiday season with meaningful presents —that also benefit health-related charities - 11/26/2011
Narcotics crackdown: Act puts onus on Ontario doctors to track patients
An Ontario physicians' group is warning that doctors are putting their licences at risk if they fail to heed new provincial prescribing rules for monitored drugs that were introduced with little fanfare this fall. - 11/25/2011
Medical Council of Canada eyes role in revalidation
Doctors won't have to retake current MCC exams but rather 'new forms of evaluation' would be developed under plan - 11/25/2011
Medical director of P.E.I.'s ERs defends critique of system
Dr. Scott Cameron wasn't criticizing quality of psychiatric care but 'condemning' lack of access to emergency mental health care - 11/24/2011
MDs must create environment where young people can talk about mental health
In late March 2010, Eric Windeler and Sandra Hanington received the phone call all parents fear: It was the police, and they were sending an officer over. Three minutes later, an officer came to tell them their son Jack had died, a suicide. In the note Jack wrote to his family before his death, he said he was unable to reach out for help. - 11/24/2011
Summit calls for national guidelines strategy
Group to try project involving three to five clinical practice guideline areas first