NEWS
Stroke rehabilitation services inadequate, experts say
March 18, 2010
Rehabilitation services for stroke victims across the nation suffer from inadequate facilites, beds and staff to deliver services; inadequate treatment, including outpatient serices, and inadequate funding. Full article
Memorial and Western are leaders in incorporating technology in med schools
March 17, 2010
Canadian medical schools are increasingly incorporating technology into their curriculum, though some are much further ahead than others. Full article
Veterans stepping forward for treatment of operational stress injuries
March 16, 2010
Evaluating postgraduate medical education
March 12, 2010
National trauma divide must be narrowed
March 12, 2010
New Brunswick overhauls trauma services
March 11, 2010
Neonatologists urge national plan to improve infant mortality rates
March 10, 2010
Mental health in the military: a class where “stigma leaves the room”
March 9, 2010
Newfoundland premier not alone in venturing south of the 49th parallel for medical treatment
March 8, 2010
Federal budget light on initiatives for health, research
March 5, 2010
Recalibration or regurgitation?
March 4, 2010
Pilot projects lay foundation for national tissue surveillance and traceability system
March 3, 2010
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BRIEFLY
Proposals revised
March 18, 2010
The McGill University Health Centre in Montréal, Quebec, has announced that it has received revised proposals from the two public–private partnership groups bidding to build a hospital on the school’s Glen campus.
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FOR THE RECORD

Ottawa sketches management plan for emergencies
March 18, 2010
The federal government has released a national emergency response plan to deal with “the traditional spectrum of natural and human-induced hazards,” including disease outbreaks and pandemics. Full article
DISPATCH FROM THE MEDICAL FRONT

A large and a small hand
March 17, 2010
A physician/technophile feels lost and adrift in a sea of paper while working in a rural Ontario practice. Full article
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