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- 1/25/2024
POLL: Are you under pressure to promote clinical services?
The ongoing expansion of pharmacy professionals’ scopes of practice has allowed more pharmacies across to country to add to their menu of clinical services. - 1/25/2024
Eby underscores ‘fundamental’ disagreement with B.C. chief coroner on safe supply
B.C. Premier David Eby has rebuffed the province's retiring chief coroner's swansong pleas for non-prescription safe supply of drugs. - 1/25/2024
Dietary fibre affects more than your colon: How the immune system, brain and overall health benefit too
Not all fibre is good fibre. - 1/25/2024
Alberta welcomes expansion of 44 new ‘pharmacy care clinics’ in communities across province
The clinics, located in the store's pharmacies, provide access to a range of pharmacy healthcare services, including assessment and treatment of colds, pink eye and urinary tract infections. - 1/24/2024
It’s time to get digital
Two doctors from OntarioMD recognize the barriers to expanding digital adoption but say there are resources that support clinicians. - 1/24/2024
Weight loss alone can treat type 2 diabetes effectively but not many actually achieve it: study
Researchers emphasized that the earlier the weight loss was achieved, the more likely the patient was to see normal blood glucose levels over the years. - 1/24/2024
Manitoba, Saskatchewan raise concerns about expanding eligibility for assisted dying
Federal Health Minister Mark Holland recently said he’s hearing concerns about readiness from provinces before the change takes effect in March. - 1/24/2024
‘Risky play’ can be good for kids, pediatricians say in new guidance
While it can be scary for parents to allow risk into their kids’ lives, the Canadian Paediatric Society says this sort of play is crucial for children’s mental, social and physical development. - 1/24/2024
Experimental gene therapy allows kids with inherited deafness to hear
A small study documents significantly restored hearing in five of six kids treated in China. On Tuesday, the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia announced similar improvements in an 11-year-old boy treated there.