Report says Canadian hospitals are lacking in care for stroke victims
Canadian stroke victims are not getting to the hospital quickly enough and then are not receiving treatment fast enough once at the hospital, according to a new study.
Chicago Walgreens NPs to unionize
Nurse practitioners working at Walgreen Co. retail health clinics in Chicago voted to unionize in what could be the last step before they can begin collectively bargaining at more than 40 stores in the Chicago area.
MS risk linked to shingles
New evidence suggests that herpes zoster, or shingles, may increase the risk of MS in sufferers of the viral disease.
Millions of kids suffer food allergies
Approximately 8% of US children have some kind of food allergy according to researchers from Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.
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