| Ont. nurse practitioners may ease hospital flow Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty sayd he'll consider easing the flow of traffic at the province's hospitals by allowing nurse practitioners to admit and discharge in-patients. cbc.ca |
McDonald's lowers salt in grilled chicken McDonald's has lowered the sodium content of its grilled chicken amid a slew of recent news reports about the dangers of a high-salt diet. cbc.ca |
The Next Big Treatment Era In Dentistry Scientists are reporting an advance toward the next big treatment revolution in dentistry - the era in which root canal therapy brings diseased teeth back to life, rather than leaving a "non-vital" or dead tooth in the mouth. In a report in the monthly journal ACS Nano, they describe a first-of-its-kind, nano-sized dental film that shows early promise for achieving this long-sought goal... mnt.to |
Edmonton tot coming home after U.S. surgery An Edmonton toddler was expected to return home on the weekend after life-changing surgery in the United States. cbc.ca |
Longer stockings reduce leg clots: study Compression stockings that reach above the knee work better at preventing a type of blood clot than those that end below the knee, researchers have found. cbc.ca |