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Not so fast, says Canadian expert, while lamenting physiotherapy funding problems

Asking patients to track their nausea and vomiting after a course of chemotherapy helped the health care team to adjust medications and achieve better control of symptoms, according to the results of a small single center study.

VANCOUVER | British Columbia will be the first jurisdiction in Canada to use a new, more accurate HIV detection test.

MONTREAL | Abbott says its i-STAT b-hCG is the only in vitro diagnostic point-of-care whole blood test for the early detection of pregnancy capable of delivering both quantitative and qualitative results within 10 minutes at the patient's bedside.

Pharmacists around the world used the hashtag #Pharmacist to document some of the ways they help their patients.

Ingredient previously used to promote vomiting in poisoning cases shows promise as bladder cancer treatment.