With the major advances in glucose self-monitoring that have taken place in recent years, new technologies such as sensor-based systems are currently gathering interest. Here’s an overview.
Pharmacists in Prince Edward Island are helping to address the EpiPen shortage by helping each other. When one pharmacy runs low or runs out, another steps up to offer some of their supply.
Premier Brian Gallant says referrals for such surgeries have been on the rise because of an aging population, making it difficult to ensure reasonable wait times. The money will be used to increase surgical capacity at the Moncton Hospital and Dr. Georges-L.-Dumont University Hospital Centre.
Over the weekend, Purdue said it eliminated more than half its sales staff this week and will no longer send sales representatives to doctors' offices to discuss opioid drugs
The government's proposal to impose an $1-per-gram excise tax on medical marijuana, equivalent to that of recreational weed, has left many patients fuming. One patient said the plan will drive patients to opioids or the black market.
