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- 9/30/2020
Do pharmacists want to perform COVID-19 testing?
Survey show some hesitancy, however there are ways to mitigate common concerns. - 9/30/2020
Naked and vulnerable: what we lose when we can't embrace our neighbours and friends
For a short period of time, COVID-19 has taken handshakes, hugs, cheek kisses and words of greeting away from us. But, do you know what is really sad? We were already losing these very important culturally appropriate greetings, well before COVID-19. Their loss adds to our sense of loneliness and isolation and our feelings of being disconnected, vulnerable and unsafe. - 9/30/2020
Scotiabank launching physician wellness initiative in partnership with CMA, MD Financial
The f$15 million in funds will flow to provincial and territorial medical associations, as well as key medical organizations identified as being best attuned to the specific needs of physicians in various fields. - 9/30/2020
Fibristal voluntarily withdrawn in Canada due to risk of serious liver injury
Allergan withdraws and recalls uterine fibroid drug ulipristal acetate in Canada due to rare cases of severe liver injury requiring liver transplantation - 9/30/2020
Group of Ontario doctors send letter urging Ford not to implement new COVID-19 lockdown
The letter comes as new modelling suggests COVID-19 case counts in the province could soon hit 1,000 per day. However, the doctors noted the shifting age demographics coming through in the latest numbers as once reason to take a different approach. - 9/29/2020
Walmart in US piloting drone delivery of home COVID-19 tests
The trial deliveries kicked off on September 22 in Las Vegas, with plans for deliveries to begin in Cheektowaga, NY in October. - 9/29/2020
Fort McMurray health centre completes major repairs
Upgrades to the Northern Lights Regional health centre in Fort McMurray, Alta. have just wrapped up completion. The upgrades, which began in spring of 2016, involved major repairs to the roof and exterior building, including replacing all exterior windows and doors, building insulation, exterior finish materials and support framing. - 9/29/2020
Pharmacist leads therapeutic nutrition program for disease management
Virtual conference on October 3 to focus on the implications of therapeutic nutrition on Type 2 diabetes.