at 03:55 on May 17, 2012, EDT.

Doctors ditching the prescription pad as more than a third of prescriptions now are electronic

WASHINGTON - Doctors increasingly are ditching the prescription pad: More than a third of the nation's prescriptions now are electronic, according to the latest count.

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at 20:15 on May 16, 2012, EDT.

Hockey players on ice for 11 days best world record in fundraiser for cancer

CHESTERMERE, Alta. - Lyall Marshall pushed harder through the pain, the numb toes and utter exhaustion whenever he saw his daughter's dimpled smile through the Plexiglas.

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at 19:50 on May 16, 2012, EDT.

Saskatchewan changes foreign-trained doctor recruitment to deal with shortage

REGINA - Saskatchewan is giving health care a booster shot with a plan to recruit more foreign-trained physicians.

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at 17:44 on May 16, 2012, EDT.

Ex-Ornge exec says former McGuinty chief of staff contacted government

TORONTO - New questions are being raised about whether well-connected Liberals lobbied the Ontario government on behalf of Ornge, the provincial air ambulance service that's currently under a criminal probe.

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at 17:00 on May 16, 2012, EDT.

Coffee drinkers live longer, big study finds; regular and decaf are equally good

MILWAUKEE - One of life's simple pleasures just got a little sweeter. After years of waffling research on coffee and health, even some fear that java might raise the risk of heart disease, a big study finds the opposite: Coffee drinkers are a little more likely to live longer. Regular or decaf doesn't matter.

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