Ontario pharmacists now required to complete course in cannabis educationThe Ontario College of Pharmacists has made cannabis education mandatory in the wake of legalization and in anticipation of legal edibles set to arrive this fall. College of pharmacists to work with Ontario government on new minor ailment initiativeBritish Columbia, NWT, Yukon, Nunavut and Ontario are the only jurisdictions without a program for pharmacists to assess and prescribe for common conditions Doctor suspended for four years for 30-year-old sexual offence The penalty is one year shorter than the standard sanction imposed for similar offences Pharmacist accused of false drug claims goes MIA She is now facing fines of $50,000 after the Alberta College of Pharmacy handed down its ruling Suburban Detroit doctor gets 11-plus years in prison for opioid scheme A suburban Detroit doctor who admitted running an $18 million prescription drug scheme has been sentenced to more than 11 years in prison. What do you do when a patient threatens you? Threats undermine doctor-patient relationships; when I've been threatened, I've never been able to continue that relationship Medical council now allows menstrual products in exams Last fall, the MCC faced criticism for prohibiting women from bringing tampons or menstrual pads into exam rooms while writing multi-hour tests Cost of waiting under single-payer healthcare Single-payer healthcare has run its course. The experiment has more than enough data to prove that we need to do better. Pharmacist common ailment assessment coming to Ontario After years of lobbying the province, the Ontario Pharmacists Association (OPA) is finally getting new prescriptive authorities for the assessment and treatment of known common illnesses. Three Ontario doctors vying to become OMA president-elect First Previous 245 246 247 248 249 Next Last