COVID-19

Why you should divide your pharmacy into its compartments
Compartmentalization permits risk management. Viewing your pharmacy down into its pieces can bring tremendous advantage. Structuring workflow or systems such that if disaster happens, only pieces are lost instead of the whole may sound tedious, but after one disaster the value will be evident.
It’s not your imagination: Hospital patients getting more complex according to study in B.C.
Dr. Hiten Naik, an internal medicine physician and research fellow at the University of British Columbia, said policymakers need to invest more in hospital care teams that include pharmacists and physiotherapists.

Is this common cold virus plus rheumatic disease a recipe for long COVID?

Previous infection to another coronavirus may weaken immune response.
Third child under 10 dies of complications linked to influenza in B.C.

Thursday’s report says cases of influenza are rising in B.C., along with RSV, while hospitalizations and deaths linked to COVID-19 have decreased since early November.
Pre-filled syringes, extra shots and unhygienic locations: ACP shares complaints about immunizations

Other complaints from the public included not providing informed consent and not being told to wait for observation after getting shots.
Does elderberry extract help prevent winter ailments?

Cold and flu season is here again, which naturally brings us questions about what is effective for prevention or treatment of this yearly affliction.
Thousands of doctors in Britain walk off the job in their longest ever strike

Managers said tens of thousands scheduled appointments and operations will be canceled during the walkout across England and Wales by junior doctors, those in the first years of their careers.
A layperson’s list of New Year's resolutions for physicians

Matt Maruca shares his seven key hopes for doctors in 2024.
Home HPV tests increase uptake of screening tests

Kits and info sent to homes better than education about screening alone
Jesse’s predictions for pharmacists in 2024

The beginning of a new year often has people looking hopeful at the possibility of what may be. Yet we know the vast majority of people who set New Year’s resolutions drop them within days or weeks of starting them. And they do this year after year.

Why you should divide your pharmacy into its compartments

It’s not your imagination: Hospital patients getting more complex according to study in B.C.

Is this common cold virus plus rheumatic disease a recipe for long COVID?

Third child under 10 dies of complications linked to influenza in B.C.

Pre-filled syringes, extra shots and unhygienic locations: ACP shares complaints about immunizations

Does elderberry extract help prevent winter ailments?

Thousands of doctors in Britain walk off the job in their longest ever strike

A layperson’s list of New Year's resolutions for physicians

Home HPV tests increase uptake of screening tests

Jesse’s predictions for pharmacists in 2024