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Archive
January 5 — December 20, 2000

Dec. 20, 2000
3:15 pm  Doctors on the Rock urged to seek out blood donors
  
Dec. 19, 2000
2:45 pm  Does Winnipeg need more family doctors? Physicians say yes, province says no
  
Dec. 18, 2000
2:15 pm  NB physicians continue job action
  
Dec. 15, 2000
11:58 am  Canada's aging population runs greater dementia risk
  
Dec. 14, 2000
9:30 am  Casino brings ill fortune to Hull
  
Dec. 13, 2000
1:40 pm  Patch beats pill in new research
  
Dec. 11, 2000
1:46 pm  Heads of new institutes will set tone of Canadian research in new century
  
Dec. 8, 2000
2:29 pm  BSE panic reigns in Europe but hard decisions pay dividends in UK
  
Dec. 7, 2000
2:22 pm  Many US physicians favour medical involvement in executions
  
Dec. 6, 2000
7:09 am  Global survey shines light on plight of the disabled
  
Dec. 4, 2000
1:45 pm  Social sciences meet basic sciences in new era of health-services research
  
Dec. 1, 2000
7:45 am  Ontario's flu-shot program keeping doctors busy
  
Nov. 29, 2000
1:45 pm  Alberta doctors square off against government
  
Nov. 28, 2000
3:25 am  Eight physicians elected to Commons
  
Nov. 27, 2000
3:25 pm  Epic inquest finally rules Winnipeg baby deaths preventable
  
Nov. 24, 2000
8:32 am  University refuses tobacco-sponsored scholarship
  
Nov. 23, 2000
9:27 am  Vancouver home to Canada's first privately owned PET-scanning clinic
  
Nov. 22, 2000
11:18 am  Parties quizzed on food stance
  
Nov. 21, 2000
11:22 am  Severity of winter depression "dismissed," psychiatrist complains
  
Nov. 20, 2000
10:02 am  American pediatricians sound snowmobile warning
  
Nov. 17, 2000
10:35 am  Pleasegive.com
  
Nov. 16, 2000
8:15 am  Canadian Cancer Society releases good news/bad news predictions
  
Nov. 15, 2000
8:45 am  Canadian MDs question dual transplant lists in US
  
Nov. 14, 2000
7:33 am  Health insurance rules tighten in Quebec
  
Nov. 10, 2000
12:05 pm  Crackdown on hospital incinerator emissions coming soon
  
Nov. 9, 2000
1:50 pm  Health care reform in Hong Kong: no easy task
  
Nov. 8, 2000
3:30 pm  Americans to have their say with ballot measures
  
Nov. 7, 2000
11:15 am  Health Canada downplays stroke risk from PPA
  
Nov. 6, 2000
2:15 pm  Australian doctors warn of waiting list crisis
  
Nov. 3, 2000
2:15 pm  Denial among terminal cancer patients can spark depression
  
Nov. 2, 2000
3:55 pm  Number of medical school applicants drops on both sides of border
  
Nov. 1, 2000
3:05 pm  Malpractice fees for Ontario’s ob/gyns double
  
Nov. 1, 2000
11:05 am  Theft of rural symbol sparks outrage
  
Oct. 31, 2000
11:05 am  Sheep develops vCJD after receiving blood from another sheep
  
Oct. 30, 2000
4:05 pm  New guidelines against "silent threat" of hepatitis C
  
Oct. 27, 2000
2:05 pm  The election cometh: eCMAJ polls the federal parties on health
  
Oct. 26, 2000
2:45 pm  Health sector not so healthy for the environment
  
Oct. 25, 2000
1:41 pm  Rural BC physicians mediate in "poisonous atmosphere"
  
Oct. 24, 2000
3:35 pm  New food labels to reveal nutritional content
  
Oct. 23, 2000
2:03 pm  BC town rallies for new hospital
  
Oct. 20, 2000
7:28 am  Just say No to pesticides
  
Oct. 19, 2000
7:20 am  Waiting list improvement plan slated for March
  
Oct. 17, 2000
11:20 am  Ebola virus outbreak spreads to north of Uganda
  
Oct. 13, 2000
11:20 am  Saskatchewan first province to use urine samples for STD testing
  
Oct. 12, 2000
4:20 pm  Battle not over for RU-486 in the US
  
Oct. 11, 2000
2:16 pm  Attitude crucial to reducing cesarean section rate
  
Oct. 10, 2000
3:16 pm  New Brunswick family doctors say 'enough is enough'
  
Oct. 6, 2000
11:56 am  Private MRI clinics flourishing in Quebec
  
Oct. 5, 2000
3:07 pm  Introduce screening for women abuse at age 12: task force
  
Oct. 4, 2000
3:37 pm  Canada hopes to follow US lead in approving "abortion pill"
  
Oct. 3, 2000
3:49 pm  Shining the light on mental illness
  
Oct. 2, 2000
1:45 pm  More Americans have health insurance
  
Sept. 29, 2000
2:00 pm  Former PM's death shines spotlight on prostate cancer
  
Sept. 28, 2000
10:47 am  Ottawa U med school embraces "high-tech, high-touch" medical education
  
Sept. 26, 2000
3:21 pm  Religious practices speed recovery in mental illness, study finds
  
Sept. 25, 2000
1:29 pm  Desperately seeking Northern nurses
  
Sept. 22, 2000
12:07 pm  Nova Scotia pushing for health funding "equality"
  
Sept. 21, 2000
11:27 am  Letter to the Editor — Is polio really on its deathbed?
  
Sept. 20, 2000
2:47 pm  Is polio on its deathbed?
  
Sept. 19, 2000
3:31 pm  Fewer antibiotics being prescribed to American kids
  
Sept. 18, 2000
4:15 pm  New money not likely to solve rural medical services quagmire in BC
  
Sept. 15, 2000
1:17 pm  Health Canada sounds "distant early warning" against burning materials from radar stations
  
Sept. 14, 2000
2:36 pm  Poor conditions in refugee camps makes malaria screening difficult: expert
  
Sept. 14, 2000
8:31 am  Clarification
  
Sept. 13, 2000
3:57 pm  World Health Organization refutes link between Polio and HIV
  
Sept. 12, 2000
7:17 am  Ontario RNs go back to high school
  
Sept. 8, 2000
1:54 pm  Shadow of lawsuits still looms over antinausea drug
  
Sept. 7, 2000
3:51 pm  BC doctors sue over uninsured patients
  
Sept. 6, 2000
2:26 pm  New ammunition against tobacco
  
Sept. 5, 2000
2:22 pm  WHO study: 1 in 5 children smoke in developing countries
  
Aug. 31, 2000
3:17 pm  Health Canada extends ban to blood donors who visited France
  
Aug. 30, 2000
3:21 pm  New Ontario ads hit the airwaves in preparation for first minister's conference
  
Aug. 29, 2000
1:35 pm  Yellowknife physicians get enticements to stay put
  
Aug. 28, 2000
2:00 pm  Air Canada to carry defibrillators
  
Aug. 24, 2000
8:11 am  Canada's organ transplant patients living longer
  
Aug. 23, 2000
8:15 am  Report says Canada losing ground in fight against child poverty
  
Aug. 21, 2000
3:38 pm  WHO warns of spread of malaria by jet-setting mosquitoes
  
Aug. 17, 2000
9:25 am  CMA rescinds policy of mandatory HIV testing for nonconsenting patients
  
Aug. 16, 2000
8:50 am  Are MDs falling behind as patient demand for health information grows?
  
Aug. 15, 2000
8:56 am  How do we sustain medicare? The debate begins in Saskatoon
  
Aug. 14, 2000
4:38 pm  Saskatchewan premier presents plan to overcome "considerable strain on system"
  
Aug. 10, 2000
3:38 pm  Canadian effort provides global link of mental health resources
  
Aug. 9, 2000
3:23 pm  Canada's tobacco labeling garners international audience
  
Aug. 8, 2000
11:36 am  International "poaching" of nurses bound to get worse
  
Aug. 4, 2000
1:31 pm  Australian MDs wary of health database plan
  
Aug. 2, 2000
3:45 pm  New guide to complementary HIV/AIDS therapies
  
Aug. 1, 2000
4:09 pm  Medical marijuana law needs work
  
July 31, 2000
3:26 pm  "Final assault" launched on polio
  
July 27, 2000
3:15 pm  On the lookout for northbound mosquitoes
  
July 26, 2000
3:56 pm  Ontario targets flu bug as solution to emergency room overcrowding
  
July 25, 2000
2:51 pm  Malpractice fee dispute settled
  
July 24, 2000
1:55 pm  Newfoundland seeks solution to MD turnover
  
July 21, 2000
3:07 pm  Call for more open access to AIDS treatment signals new era of political activity for Medécins sans Frontières
  
July 20, 2000
2:47 pm  Health ministers bury the hatchet?
  
July 19, 2000
3:26 pm  Almost half of Canadian registered nurses now working part time
  
July 18, 2000
3:10 pm  French at heart
  
July 17, 2000
3:23 pm  Saving face: doctors lobby for hockey visors
  
July 14, 2000
12:55 pm  Britain's doctors lose confidence in their regulatory body
  
July 12, 2000
2:36 pm  Letter from Durban
  
July 11, 2000
3:32 pm  Alzheimer vaccine one step closer to reality?
  
July 10, 2000
1:28 pm  Curb use of drugs in farm animals, WHO advises
  
July 7, 2000
12:03 pm  Fire-safe cigarettes ignite New York
  
July 5, 2000
2:25 pm  UK pays for prescribed exercise
  
July 4, 2000
11:42 am  Drug resistance a worldwide threat, WHO warns
  
June 29, 2000
2:54 pm  Canada's only human milk bank may close
  
June 28, 2000
2:59 pm  Canadian gene researchers have sights set on future
  
June 27, 2000
3:15 pm  OMA attaches human, economic price tag to air pollution
  
June 26, 2000
3:23 pm  BC doctor deal hopes to solve surgeon shortage
  
June 23, 2000
2:04 pm  Letter to the editor — Those sentenced to death deserve chance to atone
  
June 22, 2000
2:08 pm  Veterans get 2600 new beds
  
June 21, 2000
11:44 am  Canada ranks 30th in first analysis of world's health systems
  
June 20, 2000
2:35 pm  Coalition calls for new breast cancer strategy
  
June 19, 2000
3:33 pm  Movie perpetuates harmful stereotypes about mental illness, critics charge
  
June 16, 2000
1:31 pm  BC physicians strike over workforce issues
  
June 14, 2000
3:13 pm  US physicians reject moratorium on capital punishment
  
June 13, 2000
3:47 pm  Rural health non-announcement harbinger of new beginnings
  
June 12, 2000
4:17 pm  Canadian research facility enters the big league
  
June 8, 2000
3:39 pm  Senate committee speaks out for the dying
  
June 7, 2000
2:57 pm  Doctor's firsthand accounts of tobacco tragedies hit home
  
June 6, 2000
3:13 pm  Orthopods "embarrassed" by failure to fight musculoskeletal disorders
  
June 5, 2000
2:24 pm  Fighting car accidents by fighting the causes
  
June 1, 2000
8:09 am  Shared care = better mental health care?
  
May 30, 2000
3:04 pm  Health care among the list of most dangerous professions
  
May 29, 2000
3:06 pm  New water rules coming to make Ontario water safer
10:57 am  BC doctors speak out on pollution
  
May 26, 2000
2:55 pm  New E. coli fighter rushed to Walkerton
7:52 am  Patient grateful as Ottawa seeks source of medical marijuana
  
May 25, 2000
3:33 pm  Death toll mounts in Walkerton due to E. coli
11:18 am  Tuition fees for medical students up 27% at U of T
  
May 24, 2000
1:30 pm  An unhealthy labour situation in Alberta's hospitals
8:59 am  Another megadeal in online health finalized
  
May 17, 2000
11:41 am  Psychosocial health of teens with disabilities declines in adulthood
  
May 16, 2000
1:25 pm  Alberta allows midwives in hospitals if patients pay
  
May 15, 2000
1:39 pm  Consumers skeptical of health info on Internet
  
May 10, 2000
1:57 pm  Wart virus implicated in some head and neck cancers
  
May 9, 2000
2:01 pm  Asthma poorly controlled in many Canadians
  
May 8, 2000
3:24 pm  South Asian women in Canada at higher risk of heart disease
  
May 4, 2000
10:27 am  "Genetic starting point" boosts xenotransplantation survival
  
May 3, 2000
3:17 pm  Ontario budget a boon to health spending and physician supply
  
May 2, 2000
3:27 pm  Nova Scotia study finds 1 in 4 patients could be moved out of hospital
  
May 1, 2000
11:30 am  Smokers' helpline should improve odds of quitting
  
Apr. 28, 2000
12:44 pm  Is physiotherapy a microcosm of Canada's health system?
  
Apr. 27, 2000
3:31 pm  Grow your own herbal remedy
  
Apr. 26, 2000
11:49 am  Canadians sue for fire-safe cigarettes
  
Apr. 25, 2000
2:43 pm  Manitoba college calls for raise in drinking age
  
Apr. 20, 2000
2:22 pm   NBA first pro-sports league to have "official drug"
  
Apr. 19, 2000
10:28 am  Canada's pathetic organ-donation rate getting worse
  
Apr. 18, 2000
2:58 pm  Research program hopes to create better life for people with hemophilia
  
Apr. 17, 2000
3:02 pm  Study finds shocking messages on cigarette packs deter smokers
  
Apr. 13, 2000
2:52 pm  Healthier living, medical advances bring cancer progress
  
Apr. 12, 2000
1:35 pm  New McMaster health program overrun with applicants
  
Apr. 11, 2000
1:31 pm  Huge study questions HRT's role in heart health
  
Apr. 10, 2000
9:20 am  Health Canada sounds warning over St. John's wort
  
Apr. 6, 2000
1:39 pm  Global access to effective TB treatment a human right, countries declare
  
Apr. 5, 2000
1:57 pm  Ban guns in homes and communities say US pediatricians
  
Apr. 4, 2000
11:41 am  NWT report urges recognition for aboriginal healers
  
Apr. 3, 2000
11:16 am  Turning off "master switch" for cancer
  
Mar. 30, 2000
9:54 am  New rapid HIV test opens Pandora's box of ethical concerns
  
Mar. 28, 2000
3:09 pm  Is Newfoundland's increased health spending part of premier's bid to become PM?
  
Mar. 27, 2000
3:22 pm  Courts' views on MDs' standards of practice changing, rural docs warned
  
Mar. 22, 2000
3:21 pm  Public health association wants "right balance" of health reforms
  
Mar. 20, 2000
3:08 pm  Costs delay global ban on pollutants
  
Mar. 17, 2000
12:51 pm  Medical graduates shun family practice residency
  
Mar. 16, 2000
10:53 am  Earth's water woes expected to grow
  
Mar. 15, 2000
9:55 am  Doctors take NB government to court
  
Mar. 10, 2000
10:56 am  Ontario's francophones have special health needs
  
Mar. 9, 2000
11:25 am  Canada's street drug problems could be prevented
  
Mar. 8, 2000
3:39 pm  Physicians fight for tobacco info, hope to demonstrate criminal negligence
  
Mar. 6, 2000
10:11 am  MRC says goodbye to its name, doubles its budget
  
Mar. 2, 2000
3:34 pm  Conference sounds warning of BC hepatitis epidemic
  
Mar. 1, 2000
9:55 am  Ontario documents northern health problems
  
Feb. 28, 2000
9:55 am  Italian precedent should ease worries
  
Feb. 24, 2000
3:16 pm  Ontario MDs asked to support financially strapped medical students
  
Feb. 23, 2000
9:10 am  Vague Ontario child protection law puts onus on physician to report
  
Feb. 21, 2000
3:14 pm  Canadians resist the urge to overuse antibiotics
  
Feb. 17, 2000
3:29 pm  Ontario physicians lose as Quebec's win in malpractice fee shuffle
  
Feb. 15, 2000
3:31 pm  Desperately seeking MDs
Alberta boosts postgraduate training pot
  
Feb. 10, 2000
3:33 pm  Health Canada gathers population health experts
  
Feb. 9, 2000
3:04 pm  Major cost reductions reported in Canadian pneumonia study
  
Feb. 8, 2000
3:54 pm  Blood donor campaign boosts donations by 11%
  
Feb. 7, 2000
2:34 pm  Stumping for health care
  
Feb. 3, 2000
11:49 am  Doctors to Rock: Don't blame us for your mistakes
  
Feb. 2, 2000
2:47 pm  The politics of waiting
  
Jan. 31, 2000
2:32 pm  French physicians strike against budget cuts
  
Jan. 28, 2000
3:05 pm  Flu drug made available for nursing home residents
  
Jan. 27, 2000
3:24 pm  Who's taking what?
  
Jan. 26, 2000
3:44 pm  Lactose intolerant? Get milk
  
Jan. 25, 2000
3:17 pm  Letter to the editor
Dr. Koren can serve as warning to others
  
Jan. 20, 2000
11:02 am  Pharmacologists honour MD at centre of Sick Kids' controversy
  
Jan. 19, 2000
2:05 pm  Health Canada proposes scary pictures to reduce smoking
  
Jan. 18, 2000
9:34 am  UK bumps up health spending
  
Jan. 17, 2000
2:29 pm  Stand by your man
  
Jan. 17, 2000
2:13 pm  A smokin' Web site
  
Jan. 14, 2000
2:21 pm  New year, new help, could mean more smokers butt out than ever
  
Jan. 13, 2000
1:47 pm  NWT residents are accident-prone, die younger
  
Jan. 12, 2000
12:07 pm  MRC and drug companies promise millions more for health research
  
Jan. 11, 2000
10:19 am  No Y2K danger to patients
  
Jan. 10, 2000
1:23 pm  Most medical Y2K bugs squashed
  
Jan. 6, 2000
3:22 pm  Private industry carrying more of R&D load
  
Jan. 5, 2000
2:25 pm   Yet another specialty warns of looming MD shortage