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- 8/9/2011
Ask the Experts: Benefits vs costs of home blood glucose monitoring
Q. With all the controversy over the benefits vs costs of home blood glucose monitoring in patients with type 2 diabetes who are not receiving insulin, what are you recommending to your patients? - 8/9/2011
Batteries, eggs … and a medical checkup?
Medical clinics spring up in Walmart stores in four provinces - 8/8/2011
Pharmacists warned of break-ins
Pharmacists in Newfoundland and Labrador are being warned about a possible new surge in break-ins following three in just three days. - 8/8/2011
Sanofi announces nursing recognition program to help turn caring ideas into reality
Nurses worldwide are encouraged to enter an exciting recognition program which showcases their creativity and their care solutions/practice innovations. - 8/8/2011
New Canadian guidelines for prostate cancer screening
Guidelines promote early detection to reduce morbidity and mortality. - 8/8/2011
Canada's first chemotherapy robot installed at Royal Victoria Hospital
Royal Victoria Hospital in Barrie, Ont., is bringing state-of-the-art robotic technology to its Simcoe Muskoka Regional Cancer Centre. It is the first hospital in the country to install the Robotic Intravenous Automation System, or RIVA. - 8/8/2011
Calgary posts emergency room waits online
Alberta Health Services has begun to post wait times online for four Calgary hospital emergency departments. Updated every two minutes, the times reflect the estimated wait from assessment by a triage nurse to the moment a patient gets to see a physician at the Alberta Children’s Hospital, Foothills Medical Centre, Peter Lougheed Centre and Rockyview General Hospital.