Ontario postpones changes to generic drug policy
Ontario Health Minister Deb Matthews says a delay in eliminating fees that pharmacies receive from generic drug companies has nothing to do with the province's fight with pharmacists. cbc.ca |
Menopause timing test proposed
Doctors could one day use a blood test to predict decades in advance when women will go into menopause, scientists say. cbc.ca |
Ontario to pay victims in Charles Smith cases
Ontario will offer payments of up to $250,000 for people whose lives were adversely affected by Dr. Charles Smith's flawed pediatric forensic pathology. cbc.ca |
S. African hospital charged in organ trafficking
A South African hospital chain and its chief executive have been charged with international trafficking in human organs. cbc.ca |
Children's eating disorders jump in U.S.
Eating disorders are sending more U.S. children to hospital and pediatricians should be on the lookout for patients suspected of having a problem, according to a new report. cbc.ca |