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July 14 — December 22, 1999

Dec. 22, 1999
3:07 pm  Ontario doctors applaud primary care reform proposals
  
Dec. 21, 1999
3:15 pm  Poison-pen letters lead to suspension of Sick Kids' MD
7:43 am  Canadian health spending expected to reach $86-billion
  
Dec. 17, 1999
11:10 am  Be careful about petting zoos, public health officials warn
  
Dec. 16, 1999
12:41 pm  Renowned cardiac surgeon resigns post
  
Dec. 15, 1999
3:54 pm  'Injury epidemic' strikes Ontario
  
Dec. 14, 1999
2:30 pm  One in 10 people disabled, WHO reports
  
Dec. 10, 1999
12:49 pm  Diabetes-associated fat disorder traced to genetic mutation
  
Dec. 9, 1999
1:03 pm  What's the special today?
  
Dec. 8, 1999
3:53 pm  Easing the burden of parents with special-needs children
  
Dec. 7, 1999
3:14 pm  Butting out for a new millennium?
2:55 pm  BC workplace fatalities take devastating toll
  
Dec. 3, 1999
12:20 pm  Health Canada warns of diet drug danger
12:17 pm  Researchers link AIDS resistance and smallpox
  
Dec. 2, 1999
10:42 am  Unwrapping the gift of life
  
Dec. 1, 1999
3:19 pm  Niagara-area hospital hopes to get to the "heart" of the problem
  
Nov. 30, 1999
3:10 pm  London researchers attract $17 million in xenotransplant funding
  
Nov. 29, 1999
2:46 pm  Number of AIDS deaths declining rapidly
  
Nov. 26, 1999
3:50 pm  Health groups call for workforce plan
  
Nov. 25, 1999
11:49 am  Joint Canadian-US research venture snags grant
  
Nov. 24, 1999
3:04 pm  Change drug laws to help stop spread of HIV, hepatitis: report
  
Nov. 23, 1999
2:58 pm  Private role in health care debate rages
  
Nov. 22, 1999
2:13 pm  Ontario family doctors speak out on air pollution
  
Nov. 18, 1999
3:43 pm  Ontarians complain of too few frontline physicians
  
Nov. 17, 1999
10:30 am  Who to believe? The GM food fray rages on
  
Nov. 16, 1999
2:39 pm  A type of equality women could do without
  
Nov. 15, 1999
1:46 pm  New guidelines for treating the "winter blues"
  
Nov. 12, 1999
8:21 am  An ACE inhibitor in the hole for cardiovascular prevention
  
Nov. 11, 1999
8:57 am  Lest we forget
  
Nov. 10, 1999
3:29 pm  More defibrillators needed in Canada
  
Nov. 9, 1999
2:34 pm  Physician honoured with eagle feather
  
Nov. 8, 1999
1:41 pm  Closure of patent 'loophole' outrages generic drug manufacturers
  
Nov. 5, 1999
12:29 pm  Ignoring cholesterol risks could be a heartbreaker
  
Nov. 4, 1999
3:51 pm  Rock announces "new era for health research"
  
Nov. 3, 1999
2:12 pm   Health PlaNET
  
Nov. 1, 1999
2:39 pm  Canadian Blood Services introduces new $20-million test for Hep C
  
Oct. 29, 1999
8:48 am  Health PlaNET
  
Oct. 26, 1999
2:36 pm  Do a better job washing hands, dentists told
  
Oct. 25, 1999
1:56 pm  Ontario police warn of jimson weed dangers
  
Oct. 22, 1999
10:59 am  Canadian kids not immune to childhood disease dangers
  
Oct. 21, 1999
1:23 pm  Women seek answers on menopause
  
Oct. 20, 1999
3:33 pm  Physicians urged to take precautions against sniper
  
Oct. 19, 1999
11:28 am  Souped-up MRI provides images of heart more quickly
  
Oct. 18, 1999
3:28 pm  Halloween and allergies
  
Oct. 15, 1999
2:45 pm  Flu, you and what to do
  
Oct. 13, 1999
3:26 pm  An apple a day won't always keep the doctor away
10:48 am  Peering into the future of medical imaging
  
Oct. 12, 1999
11:54 am  Scientists working on killer cure
  
Oct. 8, 1999
1:46 pm  Nurses want strong health care message in throne speech
  
Oct. 7, 1999
10:39 am  When a cure is not possible
  
Oct. 6, 1999
9:30 am  New shorter, computerized medical qualifying exam
  
Oct. 5, 1999
2:52 pm  Rising concern about falls
  
Oct. 4, 1999
1:59 pm  Dr. Abbott makes an impression
1:43 pm  Hidden danger
  
Oct. 1, 1999
2:10 pm  Awareness the best weapon against breast cancer
  
Sept. 30, 1999
1:19 pm  Food labels confuse Canadians
  
Sept. 29, 1999
11:48 am  New Brunswick short 300 doctors
  
Sept. 28, 1999
2:43 pm  Stressed out? You are not alone
  
Sept. 27, 1999
3:35 pm  Changing the face of family medicine in Ontario
  
Sept. 24, 1999
2:13 pm  Groups unite to battle prostate cancer
  
Sept. 22, 1999
4:04 pm  United Nations group urges "have" countries to help "have-nots"
2:18 pm  Palliative care crusader's gift aims to reduce suffering
  
Sept. 21, 1999
3:13 pm  Attention deficit drug pulled from shelves
  
Sept. 20, 1999
2:48 pm  Forces' disaster response team almost finished in Turkey
9:24 am  Promising new therapy for cancer
  
Sept. 17, 1999
1:59 pm  Health ministers duck workforce question
  
Sept. 16, 1999
3:50 pm  Hurry up and wait
11:07 am  African nations need money to fight AIDS pandemic
  
Sept. 15, 1999
3:29 pm  Psychiatrists leave the couch to tackle mental health problems in youth
  
Sept. 14, 1999
1:54 pm  Out-of-sight, out-of-mind for immunization?
  
Sept. 13, 1999
3:47 pm  Alberta not training enough nurses: RN association
3:29 pm  Former University of Ottawa dean receives gender equity award
  
Sept. 10, 1999
2:43 pm  New test measures treatment effect
  
Sept. 9, 1999
9:54 am  Grassroots movement aims to change the world
  
Sept. 8, 1999
10:08 am  Health PlaNET
  
Sept. 7, 1999
11:42 am  In a pig's ear
8:42 am  Dentists sour about amount of sugar in drugs
  
Sept. 2, 1999
2:11 pm  Dentists can do more to uncover child abuse, journal says
  
Sept. 1, 1999
2:29 pm  Health food
  
Aug. 31, 1999
2:53 pm  A matter of restraint
  
Aug. 30, 1999
10:58 am  National medical women's group marks 75 years
  
Aug. 26, 1999
2:32 pm  There's 57 channels and nothing on
  
Aug. 20, 1999
11:21 am  Battle on over health spending figures
  
Aug. 19, 1999
11:02 am  Canada' first HIV vaccine trial seeks volunteers
  
Aug. 18, 1999
1:28 pm  Health Canada allows laxative cholesterol claims
  
Aug. 17, 1999
2:28 pm  Canada and the US banning blood donations from some UK visitors
  
Aug. 16, 1999
2:48 pm  The doctor is in Vancouver, or New York, or . . .
  
Aug. 13, 1999
8:54 am  Health PlaNET
  
Aug. 12, 1999
11:21 am  Physician population growing, but aging too
  
Aug. 11, 1999
3:30 pm  Ontario family doctors propose cure for ailing health care system
  
Aug. 10, 1999
2:36 pm  Drug firm seeks second opinion
  
Aug. 9, 1999
3:24 pm  Winnipeg becoming Canada's MRI capital?
  
Aug. 6, 1999
11:43 am  Health PlaNET
  
Aug. 5, 1999
3:06 pm  Raising the roof
  
Aug. 4, 1999
3:39 pm  Aging population causes dialysis hike
1:23 pm  European bovine growth hormone ban should continue says expert
  
Aug. 3, 1999
3:01 pm  Psychiatry via televideo an answer to specialist shortage?
  
July 30, 1999
11:45 am  Health PlaNET
8:17 am  New video aims to solve The Puzzle of Menopause
  
July 29, 1999
2:51 pm  Dalhousie lab snags $2.9 million federal grant
9:22 am  Pediatricians sound child-poverty alarm
  
July 28, 1999
11:34 am  Republican doctors fight for patients' rights
10:08 am  School meal programs face criticism in study
  
July 27, 1999
3:20 pm  World conference on breast cancer opens in Ottawa
11:12 am  Prescription soap?
  
July 26, 1999
2:44 pm  Kassirer to leave New England Journal of Medicine
10:43 am  WorldHeart ride not for the faint of heart
  
July 23, 1999
9:47 am  Tuition battle at U of T far from over
7:58 am  Dalhousie's ER doctors given departmental status
  
July 22, 1999
9:44 am  Health Canada ready for Y2K
  
July 21, 1999
12:32 pm  Nursing shortage blamed for bed closures
9:00 am  Spironolactone saves lives in heart failure
  
July 20, 1999
2:23 pm  Don't Panic!
10:15 am  Doctors urge parents to butt out at home
  
July 19, 1999
3:30 pm  French drug firm opening means more research jobs
2:03 pm  Alberta doctors "walk the walk" on preventing injuries
  
July 16, 1999
11:54 am  A draining experience
9:17 am  Health PlaNET
  
July 15, 1999
3:29 pm  All DND wants is a few good doctors
8:06 am  Billing dispute infuriates Montreal ER doctors, sparks mass-resignation threat
  
July 14, 1999
12:03 pm  Report recommends better sex education for youth
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