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- 8/8/2021
VIDEO: 10 ways to ace your job as a pharmacy technician
Here's a quick refresher on some of the most important steps you can take to ensure your skills and attitude are valued in your own workplace. - 8/5/2021
Sudbury health unit setting up Hepatitis A vaccine clinics in response to warning about frozen mango products
A completely new vaccine push is on in Sudbury, but this time it is for a possible Hepatitis-A contamination linked to certain frozen mango products. - 8/5/2021
Ongoing study tests remote lung-health monitoring for COVID-19 patients recovering at home
Canadians who test positive for COVID-19 can enroll in the program and be sent Butterfly iQ+ at-home point-of-care lung ultrasound device. - 8/5/2021
Equity and diversity cannot be left to chance
The Canadian Medical Association (CMA) wants to engage a diverse group of leaders to help shape our association and our future work. And so, we need to ensure our board and committees are made up of people from a broad range of communities and backgrounds. - 8/5/2021
Can beautiful VR experiences help patients endure painful procedures?
A urology study found that patients experienced fewer indicators of pain while watching and listening to an Icelandic waterfall. - 8/5/2021
Bird is the word!
Here's the first entry in our Pharmacists' Favourite Photo contest. Send us your favourite photo to enter! - 8/4/2021
Biologics and targeted therapy for severe refractory asthma
According to Asthma Canada, 3.8-million Canadians suffer from this chronic inflammatory condition and estimates 250,000 have severe asthma. Asthma has entered the era of personalized medicine with therapies that target specific inflammatory pathways in people with severe disease who don’t respond to normal inhaler therapy. - 8/4/2021
Controversial Alzheimer’s drug highlights concerns about Health Canada approval process
I see people suffering from dementia almost every day when I’m working in the emergency department in downtown Toronto, and I’ve watched friends stripped of their lives by this disease.