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CALGARY, March 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - The Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC) is pleased to confirm the appointment of Dr. David Goldbloom as its new Chair of the Board of Directors effective April 1, 2012. Prior to this appointment, he served as the Vice-Chair of the MHCC Board since its inception in 2007. He replaces the outgoing Chair of the Board, the Honourable Michael Kirby. Dr. Goldbloom is a practicing psychiatrist at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health in...

Contrary to previous evidence, a new University of Florida study shows the Isthmus of Panama was most likely formed by a Central American Peninsula colliding slowly with the South American continent through tectonic plate movement over millions of years.The study, co-authored by Florida Museum of Natural History researchers Michael Kirby, Douglas Jones and Bruce MacFadden, is published in the July 30 issue of PLoS ONE, the online journal of the Public Library of Science. The study uses...