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A Silversides

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PubMed1998

Depression often undertreated in HIV/AIDS patients, psychiatrist warns.

The clinic for HIV-related concerns at Toronto's Mount Sinai Hospital marked its 10th anniversary with the 2nd Dr. Stephen Woo Memorials Lecture, and Cornell University psychiatrist John Markowitz used the opportunity to report that depression tends to be undertreated in patients with HIV/AIDS. However, symptoms often melt away with proper treatment. He said depression used to be considered a logical and inevitable consequence of the virus, but these views have been changing.

Depression↗
PubMed1997

Confusion surrounding repetitive strain injury highlighted at conference.

Uncertainty about disorders that account for many of the claims related to job injury at work became clear during a recent meeting, when speakers referred to the same disorders by several different names, including repetitive strain injury. Speakers discussed different types of injuries and reasons why they appear to be coming more common.

Cumulative Trauma Disorders↗
PubMed1997

"Academic detailing" improving prescribing practices in north Vancouver, conference told.

Physician prescribing practices were the focus of a recent 1-day conference in Toronto. A BC hospital pharmacist outlined a successful initiative that provides physicians with impartial prescribing advice, saying it has resulted in considerable savings and improved prescribing practices in North Vancouver. Drugs of Choice author Dr. Joel Lexchin says such initiatives, called academic detailing, along with peer feedback, are cost-effective ways to improve prescribing habits.

British Columbia↗
PubMed1996

Cost of health benefits becoming major business issue, conference told.

As governments attempt to off-load health care costs in an attempt to cut budgets, the bills are being passed to businesses that provide supplementary health care coverage. Business representatives attending a recent conference heard that employers experienced a 26% increase in the cost of providing supplementary health and dental benefits between 1990 and 1994.

Budgets↗
PubMed1995

Role of private insurance in public system source of debate at CHEPA conference.

Supplementary health care insurance is the fastest growing segment of the insurance industry in Canada, but not because of a rise in the number of policy holders. Instead, revenue increase is primarily due to price increases for insured services, such as prescription drugs or semi-private hospital coverage, and the expansion of private coverage into areas vacated by public health insurance. The role of private insurance in the evolving Canadian health care system was debated during a recent conference sponsored by the Centre for Health Economics and Policy Analysis at McMaster University.

Canada↗