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Canada’s Drug Mythology: Labyrinth Up North
Submitted by Sally C. Pipes on 10.24.2003
Consider what drove New Brunswick's Bill and Mary Cooper (names changed to protect privacy) to head south to the U.S. for treatment of their Type II Diabetes. Bill discovered Glucophage XR was the most-effective drug, but it wasn't available under his provincial health plan.
Border Crossings
Submitted by Sally C. Pipes on 10.17.2003
A lot has been made by some U.S. politicians about elderly Americans crossing the border into Canada to buy medications because they are cheaper there. Little attention, though, is given to the fact that thousands of Canadians are coming to the United States for vital diagnostic tests, new treatments, and better medicines.
Outta Control
Submitted by Sally C. Pipes on 10.16.2003
The world is in the midst of a "third revolution" in pharmaceutical drugs that is both saving lives and improving their quality.
The Best Medicine the 1970s Can Provide
Submitted by Sally C. Pipes on 10.15.2003
In 1998, The Toronto Star reported that St. Joseph's Health Centre in London, Ontario, was renting access to its MRI machine to veterinarians for after-hours use on pets even as Canadian human patients waited for waited for diagnoses.
Woe, Canada
Submitted by Sally C. Pipes on 10.14.2003
On the first Monday after the first Sunday of the National Football League season, four Arizona Cardinal players had MRIs (magnetic resonance images) studies to detect whether they might need surgery. Tuesday, after the NFL's first Monday night contest, three Philadelphia Eagles got scanned.
Last-Minute Menace
Submitted by Sally C. Pipes on 10.3.2003
The California legislature's greatest hits of last minute legislating include the 1996 botched restructuring of the electricity industry that helped, in part, to put the state in its current fiscal condition. This year's crew is seeking to surpass that boondoggle with the recently passed Health Insurance Act of 2003, a state intrusion into the health insurance marketplace financed by a tax on California's businesses.
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