After reviewing 82 studies, Canadian researchers say non-profit nursing homes give better care. The findings of the meta-analysis for thousands of mostly U.S.and some Canadian and Taiwanese nursing homes are published in the British Medical Journal. The studies of mostly U.S.

A major new statistical review of 82 individual research studies has revealed that nonprofit nursing homes deliver, on average, higher quality care than for-profit nursing homes.

NEW YORK and CHICAGO, Jan.

By Helen Branswell, Medical Reporter, THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO - The system that keeps working doctors abreast of medical developments is too reliant on drug company funding and organization and needs an overhaul, the Canadian Medical Organization Journal said in an editorial published Tuesday.

It's a common scenario in the world of medical research: Investigators announce in a major journal that the drug they've been testing has proven so effective they've stopped the trial early, to provide the drug's benefits to all patients involved.