| Quebec MD shortage spurs online pleas Quebec physicians have launched an online campaign to pressure the government to address a shortage of family doctors across the province. cbc.ca |
Volunteers sought for HPV vaccine trial Researchers at the IWK Health Centre in Halifax are studying a new vaccine that could offer better protection against a virus that causes cervical cancer. cbc.ca |
Tongue Piercing May Cause Gapped Teeth First, your child gets her tongue pierced. Then, as if you needed something else, she starts "playing" with the tiny barbell-shaped stud, pushing it against her upper front teeth. And before you know it, she forces a gap between those teeth a fraction-of-an-inch gap that may cost thousands of dollars in orthodontic bills to straighten... mnt.to |
New Corner Brook hospital gear welcomed Almost $4 million in new equipment will help reduce wait times for patients in western Newfoundland, a medical official says. cbc.ca |
Idaho Halts Medicaid Cuts For Dental Care; Georgia And Justice Department Reach Accord On Mental Health Services Boise Weekly: "Gov. C.L. 'Butch' Otter removed a political abscess Tuesday, restoring all previously contracted dental care providers to the state's Medicaid-funded Idaho Smiles program." About 150 dentists had been cut from the program as the state sought to trim its Medicaid costs... mnt.to |