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