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- 10/19/2022
Legal column: Jury verdict restored
The jury concluded doctors failed to do a C-section early enough but didn’t say how that caused a seizure months later. - 10/19/2022
Young Leader in Pharmacy Sarah Blythe: "Right from day one I knew I would be working in a community pharmacy in a small town."
After graduation, I started off as a staff pharmacist, providing patient care and practising to my full scope of practice. I learned a lot from my boss at the time, as well as from the other pharmacists and staff I was working with. Then the pandemic hit. - 10/19/2022
Canadian Paediatric Society releases guidelines for detecting anxiety in kids and youth
The lead author of two papers released Thursday says this is the first time the CPS has formalized its position. - 10/18/2022
POP QUIZ: Drug or Pokémon?
This is a little thing we like to call the Name Game. Today, we are playing Pokémon or drug. - 10/18/2022
What is the 'worst-case scenario' for which PHAC is preparing?
In the early days of the pandemic, the virus would mutate in all sorts of ways because people did not have immunity from previous infections or vaccines. - 10/18/2022
A new Alberta pharmacy wants to combine traditional and natural medicine
Latisha Schmid, owner of Naturally Yours IDA Pharmacy, is a registered pharmacist with a Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy, and is currently studying herbalism at Wild Rose College. - 10/18/2022
Using blood platelets to detect cancer
Study shows blood tests based on RNA can detect 18 types of cancer. - 10/18/2022
Ontario hospitals look to 'unconventional spaces,' new staff models to ease pressures
But what exactly is a 'temporary unconventional space?' - 10/18/2022
N.L. doctors push back against change that would give government a say in licensing
The Newfoundland and Labrador Medical Association says the move would compromise the profession's basic tenet of self-regulation. - 10/18/2022
What pharmacists can do for Flu 2022
After two years of atypically low flu seasons due to COVID public health measures, we may be in for a tough fall. As influenza transmission/exposure was low in the community over the last 2 years, there is concern over the reduction in natural immunity to influenza.