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- 1/30/2009
It's time to kick-start NPS: Health Council of Canada
Economic times are tough-all the more reason why the governments of Canada should quickly make good on their promise of a National Pharmaceuticals Strategy. - 1/30/2009
Editor's letter: Stimulating times
- 1/30/2009
Health leadership: The top health story of 2008
The woes of General Motors illustrate the cost of American inaction on healthcare reform - 1/30/2009
The polarizing potential of PPPs
In the second of a two-part report on public-private parnerships, Harvey Schachter investigates why PPPs provoke such strong and divergent reactions - 1/30/2009
Women feel informed about their health
- 1/29/2009
Therapeutic substitution policy costs B.C. $43.5 million: study
A therapeutic substitution policy that was expected to save the B.C. government $42 million has instead cost the health care system $43.5 million, says a new study. - 1/29/2009
PACT launched in Sask
The Pharmacists' Association of Saskatchewan is helping smokers kick the habit this January with the Partnership to Assist with Cessation of Tobacco. - 1/28/2009
Federal budget includes millions for EHRs, aboriginal health
As part of the federal stimulus package aimed at kick starting Canada's slumping economy, the Conservatives announced a number of healthcare investments. - 1/27/2009
Pfizer to acquire Wyeth for $68 billion
Pfizer Inc., the world's leading drug maker, is buying Wyeth for $68 billion US. - 1/27/2009
Olanzapine for long-term treatment of bipolar disorder
Stronger evidence supports the use of lithium rather than olanzapine as a first-line maintenance treatment of bipolar disorder, according to new research.