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- 9/18/2023
How to make your mark with marketing
You don’t need a big budget to promote your pharmacy. What you do need is a well-thought-out strategy. In this two-part series, we talk to pharmacists who have found innovative ways to stand out from the competition. Spoiler alert: YOU are your best marketing tool! - 9/17/2023
Common ground
Six mostly straightforward ER patients—but Dr. Raj Waghmare realizes finding ‘common ground’ didn’t help one of them. - 9/17/2023
Aging with a healthy brain: How lifestyle changes could help prevent up to 40% of dementia cases
A 65-year-old woman repeatedly seeks medical help for her failing memory. She is first told it’s nothing to worry about, then, a year later, that it’s “just normal aging.” Until finally, the penny drops: “It’s Alzheimer’s. There is no cure.” - 9/15/2023
5 Tips: Educating patients and managing risk factors to prevent stroke
Nine in 10 Canadians have at least one risk factor for stroke or cardiovascular disease—many of which are modifiable. - 9/14/2023
QUIZ: Polycystic ovary syndrome
PCOS: 10%-to-13% of women suffer from it worldwide. Do you know your stuff? - 9/14/2023
Health Canada to review U.S. panel’s conclusion that common decongestant doesn’t work
The U.S. FDA must still decide whether to revoke the over-the-counter designation for medications containing phenylephrine, meaning they may need to be removed from store shelves. - 9/14/2023
Health professionals, patients challenging rejection to use psilocybin in training
Health Canada turned down the request last month to allow health workers to access and consume psilocybin. - 9/14/2023
Smith announces funds for families affected by E. Coli outbreak at Calgary daycares
The Alberta government will immediately provide families $2,000 for each child affected by an E. coli outbreak related to several Calgary daycares, Premier Danielle Smith said Friday. - 9/14/2023
Dear OMA board member . . . about that mandate for negotiations
Other provinces are coming up with loads of ad-ons and extras to make the deal for their doctors sweeter—and Ontario needs to step it up. - 9/14/2023
Fishing in the ER
Dr. Jabir Jassam realizes a colleague has a different attitude toward work-life balance during a fishing trip.