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- 11/21/2011
Grey Bruce Health Unit board ratifies agreement with nurses
Deal honours provincial public sector wage freeze with no increase in the first two years. - 11/21/2011
Clinical question databases in early stages
U.K. thinker leads push to help doctors locate relevant research findings - 11/21/2011
Poor dental health common in Canadian seniors
Access to private dental insurance generally decreases with age, according to a survey of 6,000 patients. - 11/21/2011
Social media campaign aims to fight morbid obesity
The Coalition against Morbid Obesity has launched a social media campaign to combat morbid obesity. The campaign includes two video testimonies that viewers are invited to watch and share, in which two people affected by morbid obesity recount their stories. - 11/21/2011
No hard feelings as OMA readies for contract talks
President says government's wage-freeze talk only a typical starting point - 11/21/2011
MoCA cognitive screen test effective for Alzheimer's
The Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), a rapid screening test for mild cognitive dysfunction, has been shown to correlate with measures of brain atrophy in patients with Alzheimer's disease. - 11/21/2011
ER doctors place money on 'BETs'
'Best evidence topics' increasingly embraced as tool for synthesizing research - 11/21/2011
Half of elderly admitted to hospital are malnourished
Ongoing study also showed older patients less likely to miss meals in hospital due to tests, but problems arise when back home - 11/21/2011
Memantine fails in trial of severe psych symptoms
But study shows comprehensive treatment can keep even very agitated patients at home