Archive for August, 2009
Friday, August 28th, 2009
New Brunswick has betrayed its doctors - and the public - Globe Life.The provincial government in New Brunswick passed a draconian law to retroactively impose a contract to cancel a three year wage increase that had been negotiated with the New Brunswick Medical Society.
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Thursday, August 6th, 2009
H1N1 flu vaccine is a "eugenics weapon": Quebec ex-MD/conspiracy theorist - Canadian Medicine.
The problem with conspiracy theorists is that they think that someone is in control of what happens on planet Earth.
Maybe it is only the butterfly effect.
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Wednesday, August 5th, 2009
Regenerative stem cells isolated in human umbilical cord tissue - University of Toronto.A first for Canadian researchers:Published in the Public Library of Science journal. Stem cells from human umbilical cords can be used to regenerate tissues.
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Wednesday, August 5th, 2009
Medical Journal Club article for August 2009:
Mindful medical practice: just another fad? | Canadian Family Physician Journal -
"First of all, what is mindfulness? Jon Kabat-Zinn at the University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester, drawing on his long experience and many studies, described it as the practice of moment-to-moment, open-hearted ...
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