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- 11/24/2011
Private clinics no answer to surgery waits: CMA
Dr. John Haggie slams Fraser Institute's suggestion as 'simplistic' - 11/24/2011
Summit calls for national guidelines strategy
Group to try project involving three to five clinical practice guideline areas first - 11/24/2011
Medical education reform not 'just rhetoric'
Future of Medical Education in Canada project aims to change 'hidden curriculum' at nation's medical schools - 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. - 11/23/2011
Hitting home: Time to ban physical punishment of children
Canada needs physicians to take a firmer stand about physical punishment and educate parents about the harm it causes - 11/23/2011
Stroke sufferers less likely to return home if they have dementia
Those who go home after hospitalization more likely to become disabled - 11/23/2011
Video game used to teach teenagers about diabetes
Tower Defense-like game helps teens with type 1 diabetes learn about managing food intake and insulin in proper ratios - 11/23/2011
Baxter and Medbuy synchronize medical-surgical product data
Baxter Corp., the Canadian subsidiary of Baxter International, and Medbuy, a national group purchasing organization, have established a single source of medical-surgical product data for supply chain business transactions using the GS1 Global Data Synchronization Network. - 11/23/2011
Parent behaviour training programs rated best therapy for ADHD
As ADHD drug prescriptions rise, Canadian study evaluates interventions’ effectiveness - 11/23/2011
Doctors can learn empathy – from a computer