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You've heard of social media. What about social medicine? That's when health professionals blog and tweet and text, not only to each other --...

Newfoundland and Labrador puts its money down

Good news for MS patients and medical professionals who have been advocating for more research into the so-called Liberation procedure. The government of Newfoundland...

Sneak Peek at WCBA's Next Show on Green Hospitals

Good environmental citizens reduce, reuse, and recycle. But hospitals have been slow to put the 3-Rs into practice in part because of fears that doing...

Euthanasia Debate Heats Up in Quebec

This week, a committee of Quebec's National Assembly begings public consultations on a controversial proposal to allow patients with terminal diseases to request a doctor's...

Medical Errors: a list you don't want to ignore

Medical errors have been in the news lately.  An Ontario provincial review probing unnecessary surgeries at a Windsor hospital found significant concerns with the work of...

MDs at the Root of Big Pharma's Influence

Big Pharma's influence on the practice of medicine is pervasive.  From med school to retirement, pharmaceutical companies nurture relationships with health professionals.  What strikes me...

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