ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR
- 11/15/2020
Ray of hope for pharmacy grads
While about 1,000 candidates took the November exam, it was cancelled in Toronto, with Ottawa's capacity reduced. Two days before the scheduled OSCE, 80 pharmacy grads in Toronto and 40 in Ottawa were disappointed when they received notice they couldn't take the exam as scheduled. - 11/15/2020
Physicians’ abuse
- 11/15/2020
Caring for kids with colds
It often seems like children catch one cold after another all winter long. In fact, they can get as many as eight to 10 colds each year before they turn two years old. - 11/14/2020
Pharmacists helping pharmacists
- 11/14/2020
Little miss perfect: a portrait
Lakshmi gave every appearance of being perfect. Her marks in undergraduate medical school were exceptional. She was intelligent, well prepared, charming and efficient. Always beautifully dressed, her hair was professionally blown out, her nails never ragged or chipped. Unlike the other often frazzled and sleep-deprived members of her resident cohort, she never looked flustered, exhausted and overworked. - 11/12/2020
Timing is everything: Understanding the optimal duration of antibiotic therapy for common infections
Antimicrobial resistance is one of the biggest threats to global health, including the health of Canadians. - 11/12/2020
5 Tips: Enhancing adherence to inhaler therapy
Whether being used to treat asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, respiratory inhalers have very high nonadherence rates at 30%-to-70%. - 11/12/2020
Chains, independents partner with U.S. Health and Human Services to distribute COVID-19 vaccine
Ahead of vaccine approval, pharmacies have been named key immunization sites by the U.S. health agency - 11/12/2020
Assisted dying bill sparks ferocious debate among Canadians with disabilities
Bill C-7 attempts to strike a balance between an individual's right to personal autonomy and self-determination and the need to protect vulnerable people who might feel pressured—either directly or indirectly by societal attitudes and a lack of support services—into seeking medical help to end their lives.