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Nova Scotia announces details of review of Halifax psychiatric facility

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's Health Department has released details of a review of a Halifax psychiatric facility that released a patient who was later charged in a fatal assault....

posted: May 17,2012





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Doctors ditching the prescription pad as more than a third of prescriptions now are electronic

WASHINGTON - Doctors increasingly are ditching the prescription pad: More than a third of the nation's prescriptions now are electronic, according to the latest count....


Ex-Ornge exec says former McGuinty chief of staff contacted government

TORONTO - New questions are being raised about whether well-connected Liberals lobbied the Ontario government on behalf of Ornge, the provincial air ambulance service that's currently under a criminal probe....


Ont. nursing homes need flexibility to handle abusive staff, residents: report

TORONTO - Ontario needs specialized nursing homes for aging residents with behavioural problems if it hopes to curb abuse in long-term care facilities, an industry group said Wednesday....


Expansion of B.C. insulin pump program would save millions, says CDA

VICTORIA - The Canadian Diabetes Association is calling on the British Columbia government to extend coverage of its insulin pump program to adults with type 1 diabetes....


Agriculture Department study concludes healthy diet is less expensive than junk food

WASHINGTON - Is it really more expensive to eat healthy?...


Saskatchewan changes foreign-trained doctor recruitment to deal with shortage

REGINA - Saskatchewan is giving health care a booster shot with a plan to recruit more foreign-trained physicians....









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