Events

In an innovative teen-focused outreach program, three Toronto transplant centres are teaming up with young transplant recipients and Trillium Gift of Life Network to educate high-school students about the lifesaving impact of organ and tissue donation.

How one registered tech is freeing up time for pharmacists. Plus, a refresher on compounding, the true cost of becoming registered, and a CE lesson on cough and cold product use in the pediatric population.

Addition of pharmacists to one of Canada's largest family medicine conferences indicative of their evolving role on primary care teams, says conference director.

If you’re a person who finds joggers insufferable, it’s only going to get worse. Regular jogging increases the life expectancy of men by 6.2 years and women by 5.6 years, according to the latest data from Copenhagen.

A new campaign banner has emerged in this year’s British Columbia Medical Association elections. “B.C. Doctors for a Democratic Future” is an initiative to flag BMCA candidates who are seen as more likely to be pro-democracy. “Our message to doctors is, ‘Pay attention, engage and start making meaningful decisions or forever have health authorities and government do it for you.’”

A 16-year-old Ontario student who invented a disease-fighting, anti-aging compound using nano-particles from trees has won top national honours in the 2012 Sanofi BioGENEius Challenge Canada.

The Ontario Hospital Association (OHA) is organizing a conference, "Post-Drummond Report and Budget: Moving Forward with Implementation of Health Care Reforms," to be held June 11 at the InterContinental Toronto Centre in Toronto.

The Ontario Association of Radiology Managers (OARM) will hold its 29th annual fall conference at Hockley Valley Resort in Orangeville, Ont., Sept. 12-14.