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NACDS urges lawmakers to cement pharmacy’s pandemic-era gains
The U.S. National Association of Chain Drug Stores emphasized pharmacy’s central position in the American COVID-19 response in urging Congress not to roll back on the improved paccess it achieved during the pandemic.
FDA approves much-debated Alzheimer's drug panned by experts
U.S. government health officials on Monday approved the first new drug for Alzheimer's disease in nearly 20 years, disregarding warnings.

New insights to combat chronic refractory cough: Canadian Thoracic Society meeting

Chronic refractory cough is still a challenge, but improved understanding of the underlying causes and upcoming new treatments are giving doctors better tools to help patients.
Pharmacists can be key supports in the opioid crisis

Canada is experiencing a disturbing surge in opioid-related deaths during the pandemic. Pharmacists are often among the first to experience their patients’ health problems.
Forced and coerced sterilization of Indigenous women ongoing: Senate report

A Cree woman had just given birth to her sixth child in Saskatoon, when she was presented with a consent form for her sterilization. She was screaming that she "didn't want this,'' but it happened anyway.
Across Canada, pharmacies amp up vaccinations in race against Delta variant

Provinces acted quickly on NACI's recommendations about mixing and matching doses. All provinces are offering a choice, meaning that pharmacists will be fielding many questions.
Optometrists threaten to reject OHIP covered eye exams

Optometrists in Ontario say they will stop accepting OHIP for covered eye exams, citing underfunding from the government.
2021 is a particularly tough allergy season
Can you regulate racism out of medicine? Nova Scotia's medical regulator is working on it

As Canada's medical community continues to look for ways to eliminate discrimination in healthcare, the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Nova Scotia is moving to “regulate racism out of medicine.”
'Next big wave': Radiation drugs track and kill cancer cells

Doctors are reporting improved survival in men with advanced prostate cancer from an experimental drug that delivers radiation directly to tumour cells.

NACDS urges lawmakers to cement pharmacy’s pandemic-era gains

FDA approves much-debated Alzheimer's drug panned by experts

New insights to combat chronic refractory cough: Canadian Thoracic Society meeting

Pharmacists can be key supports in the opioid crisis

Forced and coerced sterilization of Indigenous women ongoing: Senate report

Across Canada, pharmacies amp up vaccinations in race against Delta variant

Optometrists threaten to reject OHIP covered eye exams

2021 is a particularly tough allergy season

Can you regulate racism out of medicine? Nova Scotia's medical regulator is working on it

'Next big wave': Radiation drugs track and kill cancer cells