Alberta- Hospitals

Hospitals turn to Internet to fight emergency room wait times

Patients who log on to the website for Calgarys hospitals are offered a surprising choice these days wait times for four emergency departments across the city posted automatically 247 in real time A hospital in the Southern Ontario city of Kitchener has just become the first in that province to launch its own enhanced version of the same idea am... Read More

Statins cut risk of bowel cancer Danger halved by cholesterolbusting pills

Pills taken by up to seven million Britons to combat high cholesterol could more than halve the risk of bowel cancer according to researchers Statins which cost as little as 40p a day slashed the chances of the disease developing by an average of 57 per cent And in patients taking higher doses of the cholesterolbusting drugs or were on them for ... Read More