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Thursday March 11, 2010
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Union fires back on Ontario's new plan to make hospitals compete for cash
TORONTO - The conversation Premier Dalton McGuinty said he wanted to have about Ontario's health-care system seems to be turning into a shouting match....
U.S. govt panel finds too many women denied chance to avoid repeat C-section
WASHINGTON - Too many pregnant women who want to avoid a repeat cesarean delivery are being denied the chance, concludes a U.S. government panel that urged doctors to rethink litigation-spurred policies that have swung the pendulum back...
Genetic researchers share $500,000 prize for medicine and biomedical research
ALBANY, N.Y. - Three American scientists who contributed to the mapping of the human genetic blueprint - an advance that continues to give the medical world a better understanding of human disease - were awarded the country's richest prize ...
Government backs away after B.C. ambulance union says it will roll over deal
VANCOUVER, B.C. - In an effort to wrap up stymied contract talks, B.C.'s ambulance paramedics have agreed to roll over their collective agreement for two more years....
Saskatchewan doctors warned over Ontario company's offer to store patient files
REGINA - Saskatchewan's privacy commissioner is warning the province's doctors about an Ontario-based company that is offering to store patient files....
US philanthropist Raymond Tye, who paid for conjoined twins' separation, dies at age 87
BOSTON - A Massachusetts philanthropist who gave away millions of dollars to meet medical expenses for needy people and paid for the separation surgery of conjoined Egyptian twins has died. A. Raymond Tye was 87....
