A round-up of Canadian health news, from coast to coast to coast and beyond, for Thursday, October 2.
Yet another investigation is launched over a death of someone who was Tasered by police, again in BC. In this case, a man who was seen robbing a bank was followed to his home in Langley, where he subsequently fell out of a second-storey window "naked and bleeding from a chest wound." reports CTV News. He was shot with a Taser as he tried to reenter the house. [CTV News]
The British Columbia Automobile Association's wait-list medical insurance is illegal, says BC Health Minister George Abbott. [Globe and Mail]
As a New York study on out-of-body experiences at death gets underway, a Montreal team is trying to get approval to do the same thing. [Canadian Press]
American economist Paul Krugman's admiration for Canadian healthcare was contradicted by some real, live Canadians during a debate last month. [The Club for Growth] (Thanks to Kevin Pho, of KevinMD, for pointing out this link.)
The October 2 edition of the Heath Wonk Review blog anthology is online now, with health-policy news on the US economy bailout proposal, and more. [Healthcare Economist]
A new article in the New England Journal of Medicine has sparked debate on executive physicals: beneficial or harmful? [Chicago Tribune]
UBC physician and public health expert Erica Frank is the founder and executive director of a new searchable online resource for medical information, called Health Sciences Online. [Medscape]
The mayor of St John's, Newfoundland, gave a Key to the City to 101-year-old GP/surgeon Nigel Rusted. [Memorial University]
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Thursday, 2 October, 2008
What's in the news: October 2 -- Another Taser death, insurance laws, and more
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