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Archive
January 2, 2001 – present

  
October 24, 2001
3:10 pm  Debate on assisted-human-reproduction rules rages on
  
October 23, 2001
4:00 pm  Calgary and Saskatoon health regions, medical schools forge alliance
  
October 22, 2001
4:00 pm  Suicide prevention trainers leery of Sept. 11 fallout among military personnel
  
October 19, 2001
10:55 am  New security package focuses on bioterrorism response training
  
October 17, 2001
3:30 pm  Cut greenhouse gases, improve health: scientists
  
October 16, 2001
1:25 pm  National evaluation program for foreign medical school grads touted
  
October 15, 2001
3:05 pm  Alberta: set standards, not user fees
  
October 11, 2001
3:10 pm  CMA, other groups offer psychological support network in aftermath of Sept. 11
  
October 10, 2001
3:10 pm  Talking about errors, not hiding them, boosts patient safety
  
October 9, 2001
2:30 pm  Touring refugee camp shows harsh realities
  
October 5, 2001
11:30 am  South African AIDS crusader hopes to bridge "chasm"
  
October 4, 2001
1:30 pm  Homicide third-leading cause of reduced life expectancy among US blacks
  
October 3, 2001
2:20 pm  Disgruntled Newfoundland doctors take job action
  
October 2, 2001
2:20 pm  Afghanis trying to survive in face of "extreme and unremitting vulnerability"
  
October 1, 2001
4:10 pm  Lessons learned in Swissair crash being applied in New York
  
September 28, 2001
1:45 pm  In Pakistan, Afghan refugees revel in the luxury of 40 litres of water a day
  
September 27, 2001
2:45 pm  Slumping economy boosting number of uninsured Americans
  
September 26, 2001
3:57 pm  Education cutting asthma hospitalization rates
  
September 25, 2001
2:57 pm  National patient-safety strategy takes flight
  
September 24, 2001
2:17 pm  Royal College moves on patient safety
  
September 21, 2001
4:05 pm  Royal College asks: are physicians too rude?
  
September 20, 2001
2:23 pm  Disgruntled Newfoundland physicians consider job action
  
September 19, 2001
2:53 pm  "Move or die": Already strained Afghani people face possibility of more war
  
September 18, 2001
2:00 pm  Saudi medical resident victim of backlash attack in Montreal
  
September 17, 2001
4:00 pm  Senate committee report sets out wide range of health system options
  
September 12, 2001
3:00 pm  Help offers pour in after terrorist attacks rock US
  
September 11, 2001
3:30 pm  Parents of dead infants file complaint with Manitoba physicians' college
  
September 10, 2001
3:42 pm  The NHS wants you! Canada's doctors told
  
September 7, 2001
2:15 pm  Scooter craze prompts safety warnings
  
September 6, 2001
3:45 pm  US agencies policing the Internet for health fraud
  
September 5, 2001
4:15 pm  Value of unpaid caregiving tops $5-billion: coalition
  
September 4, 2001
2:32 pm  Medical school tuition fees continue upward spiral
  
August 31, 2001
2:32 pm  New Brunswick's physician-management plan constitutional: court
  
August 29, 2001
3:42 pm  Clock ticking for solution to skyrocketing Ontario malpractice fees
  
August 28, 2001
3:27 pm  Failure to study FPs' medical errors a mistake
  
August 27, 2001
3:45 pm  Medical devices need more than a good scrubbing
  
August 24, 2001
12:45 pm  Safety first
  
August 23, 2001
3:35 pm  More provinces protecting MDs who practise alternative medicine
  
August 21, 2001
11:40 am  Arsenic from pressure-treated wood, fearmongering or public health concern?
  
August 20, 2001
4:40 pm   Provinces need to get their privacy legislation in order
  
August 17, 2001
1:36 pm  Legal concerns about postop directives a land mine: CMPA
  
August 16, 2001
3:06 pm  Harm-reduction initiative provides alcohol to Ottawa's street alcoholics
  
August 15, 2001
12:25 pm  From secrecy to full disclosure: changing the culture of medical error
  
August 14, 2001
2:15 pm  Romanow promises change, and lots of it
  
August 13, 2001
3:45 pm  MDs criticize Rock over medical marijuana, praise him for tobacco stance
  
August 13, 2001
7:23 am  Governments take a hit as CMA releases first health care report card
  
August 9, 2001
2:09 pm  Canada has more doctors, family physicians still in short supply
  
August 8, 2001
1:12 pm  Bayer pulls popular cholesterol-lowering drug from market
  
August 7, 2001
2:05 pm  US problem with OxyContin abuse has not spread to Canada: officials
  
August 2, 2001
3:28 pm  ParticipAction makes its business case
  
July 31, 2001
10:51 am  Pilot program gives rural doctors both CME and locum relief
  
July 30, 2001
9:40 am  New initiative gives developing countries access to biomedical journals
  
July 26, 2001
4:10 pm  Eerie parallels between British, Canadian inquests into infant deaths
  
July 25, 2001
2:45 pm  British patient rights bills continue to disappoint
  
July 24, 2001
3:14 pm  Vancouver meeting hopes to promote mental health globally
  
July 23, 2001
2:14 pm  Health care report milks sacred cows
  
July 20, 2001
11:44 am  New UN health fund not enough for poorer countries
  
July 19, 2001
3:34 pm  London puts money where its mouth is by supporting research ventures
  
July 18, 2001
11:14 am  "Legal minefield" awaits tobacco industry
  
July 17, 2001
2:14 pm  NB physician recruiter lured to Ontario
  
July 16, 2001
2:00 pm  New triage system cuts prisoner visits to ERs, reduces threats against staff
  
July 13, 2001
2:50 pm  US woman's death raises questions about safety of medical research
  
July 12, 2001
2:50 pm  Chile bans asbestos: Others to follow?
  
July 11, 2001
2:40 pm  Ontario ponies up more cash for rural physicians
  
July 10, 2001
12:20 pm  Massive walk-out by Nova Scotia nurses narrowly averted
  
July 6, 2001
12:50 pm  Ontario pharmacists offer emergency contraceptive pills in pilot study
  
July 5, 2001
2:40 pm  Artificial heart advances coming on several fronts
  
July 4, 2001
3:55 pm  It's official: feds approve medical marijuana
  
July 3, 2001
3:20 pm  NS town allowed to top up doctor's salary
  
June 29, 2001
10:40 am  Drug sales top $10 billion in Canada
  
June 28, 2001
3:10 pm  Ontario air quality getting worse, not better
  
June 27, 2001
3:30 pm  Profession seeks prescription for solving pharmacist shortage
  
June 26, 2001
1:04 pm  Raccoon rabies may have thumbed a ride to Canada
  
June 25, 2001
2:14 pm  Nothing is sacred, vows Romanow, not even Canada Health Act
  
June 22, 2001
1:54 pm  Test for early detection of BSE, vCJD on horizon?
  
June 21, 2001
3:24 pm  Attitudes and side effects hinder schizophrenic patients
  
June 20, 2001
11:54 am  Give us a seat at the primary care table, pharmacists ask
  
June 19, 2001
1:04 pm  Internet a prime venue for snake-oil sales, consumers warned
  
June 18, 2001
3:19 pm  Canada urged to take lead on climate change
  
June 14, 2001
12:19 pm  Medical care a boon to economy
  
June 13, 2001
2:19 pm  Family medicine remains unpopular with med students
  
June 12, 2001
3:49 pm  Canada won't (necessarily) ban HIV-positive immigrants
  
June 11, 2001
2:29 pm  BC's Liberals promised a revolution. Will they deliver?
  
June 8, 2001
12:45 pm  You bet your life: e-gambling threat worries addiction experts
  
June 6, 2001
2:45 pm  Emergency conflict management unworkable: emergency MDs
  
June 5, 2001
2:55 pm  20 years of AIDS
  
June 4, 2001
2:35 pm  Don't panic it's organic: Battle rages over regulations on natural health products
  
June 1, 2001
1:12 pm  First national anti-doping program for sport launched
  
May 31, 2001
1:25 pm  Ban smoking in all public places: WHO
  
May 30, 2001
2:35 pm  Unprecedented number of Canadians butting out
  
May 29, 2001
10:32 am  Is MD unemployment in Europe finally coming to an end?
  
May 25, 2001
2:15 pm  Politicians should get out of health system: BCMA
  
May 24, 2001
2:37 pm  Number of nurses in Canada rises for first time in 6 years
  
May 23, 2001
2:37 pm  Delve deeper into environmental illness, defence minister begs
  
May 22, 2001
3:57 pm  Job withdrawal a case of "clumsy human relations"
  
May 18, 2001
10:09 am  BMJ editor resigns academic post over tobacco funding
  
May 17, 2001
3:39 pm  New Ontario medical school to open in 2004
  
May 16, 2001
2:09 pm  Nurses decry profession's 1:19 male-to-female ratio
  
May 15, 2001
2:39 pm  Computer safety net touted as means to reduce medication errors
  
May 14, 2001
4:04 pm  Stress puts female physicians at higher risk for suicide
  
May 11, 2001
10:39 am  Ontario's desperate need for rural MDs reason for new medical school
  
May 10, 2001
2:49 pm  Global eradication of polio tantalizingly close
  
May 9, 2001
2:49 pm  Regional differences in care raises questions: CIHI report
  
May 8, 2001
2:49 pm  Canadian plans in place for West Nile surveillance
  
May 7, 2001
3:50 pm  Oldest drivers have highest accident rates: BC study
  
May 4, 2001
12:40 pm  Waiting list project walks before it runs
  
May 3, 2001
2:40 pm  Suicide eighth leading cause of death in US, rate even higher in Canada
  
May 2, 2001
10:40 am  Regulated stem cell research gets nod
  
Apr. 30, 2001
2:50 pm  Improve delivery of drug information, coroner’s jury rules
  
Apr. 27, 2001
10:43 am  Canadian health care system in a "straitjacket"
  
Apr. 26, 2001
11:03 am  New American patient privacy rules burdensome: AMA
  
Apr. 25, 2001
9:43 am  Old tools to help combat malaria in Africa
  
Apr. 24, 2001
12:53 pm  Mini-me at mini-med school
  
Apr. 23, 2001
3:53 pm  Quebec physicians open to delegating medical acts
  
Apr. 19, 2001
2:53 pm  Canada leads global fight against TB
  
Apr. 18, 2001
11:43 am  Acute care revolution in Saskatchewan?
  
Apr. 17, 2001
3:43 pm  Canada slipping on ensuring ethical clinical trials
  
Apr. 11, 2001
11:30 am  UWO medical students face huge tuition fee increase
  
Apr. 10, 2001
9:30 am  Canada a world leader in forensic DNA analysis
  
Apr. 6, 2001
11:13 am  Romanow next in line to examine health care system
  
Apr. 5, 2001
3:55 pm  Special CDC Web site debunks medical hoaxes
  
Apr. 4, 2001
1:34 pm  Global crusade to combat measles
  
Apr. 3, 2001
1:29 pm  Montreal ORs closed after fungus discovered
  
Apr. 2, 2001
2:27 pm  Canadian physicians oppose US national missile defence plan
  
Mar. 30, 2001
10:47 am  Extradition of alleged abortion sniper may be difficult
  
Mar. 28, 2001
10:56 am  Medical school enrolment growing too slowly: CMA
  
Mar. 27, 2001
3:05 pm  Bush marches to own tune as patient rights becomes cause célèbre in Washington
  
Mar. 26, 2001
2:19 pm  Debate continues over single Canadian medical license
  
Mar. 23, 2001
3:39 pm  Seven names added to Canadian Medical Hall of Fame
  
Mar. 22, 2001
2:28 pm  World water day accentuates the positive
  
Mar. 21, 2001
8:23 am  More money needed for toxicity research in Canada
  
Mar. 20, 2001
9:38 am  No surprise medical students shunning family medicine: resident
  
Mar. 16, 2001
1:53 pm  Minor link between venous thrombosis and airline travel?
  
Mar. 15, 2001
4:33 pm  Senator to hopes to improve federal palliative care efforts
  
Mar. 14, 2001
2:43 pm  Passing the buck for soaring drug spending
  
Mar. 13, 2001
11:53 am  US health system needs $1 billion overhaul
  
Mar. 12, 2001
3:33 pm  Medical students shunning family medicine, residency match indicates
  
Mar. 9, 2001
11:11 am  Is Australia's safe injection site bound for Vancouver?
  
Mar. 8, 2001
12:54 pm  Global warming: dire warning from UN
  
Mar. 7, 2001
2:25 pm  Places to smoke going way of the dinosaurs?
  
Mar. 6, 2001
10:40 am  Ebola scare: lessons in international gumshoe epidemiology
  
Mar. 5, 2001
1:57 pm  The confusing world of pregnancy counselling
  
Mar. 2, 2001
3:13 pm  Winter of labour discontent continues in New Brunswick
  
Mar. 1, 2001
2:27 pm  With latest Ebola outbreak over, WHO calls for stronger safeguards
  
Feb. 28, 2001
1:46 pm  Heart disease and stroke leading causes of hospitalization
  
Feb. 27, 2001
3:28 pm  Pediatricians push Tobacco Youth Protection Act
  
Feb. 26, 2001
2:08 pm  Turning hospital to homeless shelter an expensive proposition
  
Feb. 23, 2001
9:42 am  Bill 11 back in the public eye
  
Feb. 22, 2001
3:35 pm  Get polio shot before going to Dominican Republic, Haiti
  
Feb. 21, 2001
2:04 pm  Emergency department doctors and nurses prescribe overcrowding cure
  
Feb. 20, 2001
3:30 pm  Survey finds Canadians amenable to organ cloning
  
Feb. 19, 2001
3:20 pm  Health Canada moving toward nonprescription emergency contraception
  
Feb. 16, 2001
12:20 pm  One-in-four smoking rate too high: Non-Smokers’ Rights Association
  
Feb. 15, 2001
3:20 pm  Manitoba’s first private surgical centre gets thumbs down from minister
  
Feb. 15, 2001
7:30 am  Canada’s 17th medical school in Northern BC?
  
Feb. 13, 2001
1:55 pm  Canada's child death rate from injury among the highest in the OECD
  
Feb. 12, 2001
1:40 pm  Canada lags in development of report cards for hospitals
  
Feb. 8, 2001
1:40 pm  Peer-reviewed science necessary for all genetically modified products: report
  
Feb. 7, 2001
2:55 pm  National network formed to cope with female genital mutilation
  
Feb. 6, 2001
2:55 pm  No public funding for flu drug: report
  
Feb. 5, 2001
3:17 pm  Free guidebook for new pediatric cancer patients
  
Feb. 1, 2001
3:17 pm  All quiet on the flu front in 2001
  
Jan. 31, 2001
4:01 pm  Study finds vaccinations pose no risk to MS patients
  
Jan. 30, 2001
2:37 pm  Alberta invests $10-million to attract, keep specialists
  
Jan. 29, 2001
3:03 pm  Invest in children and reap financial benefits: UNICEF
  
Jan. 25, 2001
4:35 pm  Physician groups challenge charge of spreading "misinformation"
  
Jan. 24, 2001
11:45 am  Rabies death in Quebec a reminder of need for caution around bats
  
Jan. 23, 2001
2:37 pm  MSF makes appeal for aid to El Salvador
  
Jan. 22, 2001
2:01 pm  NS College develops withdrawal-of-services policy
  
Jan. 19, 2001
3:18 pm  Benefits outweigh risks for antidepressant use during pregnancy, breast-feeding
  
Jan. 18, 2001
3:18 pm  Cancer society decries smoking deaths
  
Jan. 17, 2001
3:18 pm  Quebec commission recommends group practice
  
Jan. 16, 2001
3:30 pm  Doctors asked to take pledge to shun drug company freebies
  
Jan. 15, 2001
3:00 pm  550-year-old lessons
  
Jan. 12, 2001
1:00 pm  Health care reform in Hong Kong - gradual steps forward
  
Jan. 11, 2001
3:15 pm  NB doctors end strike with dire warnings
  
Jan. 10, 2001
12:08 pm  BMJ on PubMed Central
  
Jan. 9, 2001
1:02 pm  Stee-rike! NB doctors close offices
  
Jan. 8, 2001
3:28 pm  Health Canada warns of lead danger from children's jewelry
  
Jan. 5, 2001
3:08 pm  BC water battle reaches boiling point
  
Jan. 4, 2001
1:33 pm  No more Dr. Nice Guys: NB doctors vow to walk off job
 
7:15 am  Epic Winnipeg inquest could force MDs to disclose level of experience to patients
  
Jan. 2, 2001
3:15 pm  Teen pregnancy rate down, abortion rate up