Guidelines

Current pharmacy Acts continue to require pharmacists to perform as de facto security guards. Surely other trusted staff are qualified to take on that responsibility so we can stick to patient care.

The outcomes for patients with persistent low back pain are substantially less favourable than previously thought, according to a study in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.

Combining both throat and nasal swabs improves sensitivity, Danish study says.

‘Despite the fact that systems [around the world] are so different, the challenges are very much the same,’ says Sandra Hanna, chief executive officer of the association.

A hepatologist outlines what actually happens to this organ when you lay off the sauce, even just for a few weeks.

In a live poll at the OPA RxTalks conference, 95% of pharmacists in the audience said they had experienced or witnessed mistreatment by a patient. The problem goes beyond the people in that room and it's time to address it.

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Quebec study examines the risk of a severe exacerbation when patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease take gabapentin or pregabalin.