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- 6/23/2019
Oral steroids put patients with inflammatory disease at high risk of infection
Oral steroid use in patients with the inflammatory diseases polymyalgia rheumatica and/or giant cell arteritis significantly increased the risk of infection, and the risk increased with higher doses - 6/23/2019
Shoppers to provide same-day home delivery across Ontario
Customers across Ontario now have access to same-day delivery of groceries, everyday essentials and over-the-counter medications - 6/23/2019
It's going to take emotional intelligence to solve pharmacy's problems
Finding fulfillment in a career as a pharmacist is about a lot more than just how smart you are - 6/23/2019
Few specialists provide majority of care to more elderly seniors: report
While most physicians provide care for seniors, seven specialities provided more than half of all their medical services to seniors over the age of 65 - 6/20/2019
A deep dive on Dr. Hoskins' pharmacare proposal
The report is indeed 'bold' and 'clever' but there are still questions that need to be answered - 6/19/2019
B.C. home support for seniors is unaffordable, which boosts care costs: advocate
Most seniors in British Columbia can't afford the public home support system to keep them in their own homes for as long as possible, says a report from the province's advocate for seniors. - 6/19/2019
Teens have privacy rights, doctor tells inquest into 16 year old's opioid death
The family doctor who delivered Elliot Eurchuk as a baby and saw him as a patient until 18 months before his death told a British Columbia's coroner's inquest that teens have the right to privacy about their medical issues. - 6/19/2019
Without safe injection sites, more opioid users will die
A landmark 9–0 Supreme Court of Canada decision in 2011 ruled that barring safe injection sites was unconstitutional as it deprived Canadians of life-saving medical care - 6/19/2019
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