Patient Compliance

Sensory impairment: numbness or tingling
In most instances, numbness is a temporary symptom of multiple sclerosis and it remits without intervention. Consequently, numbness is often considered more of an annoyance than a disabling symptom. However, in severe cases, numbness can interfere with a person’s ability to function normally.
Advocacy Leader in Pharmacy Sham Moodley: ‘Challenges demanded urgent attention’
My journey into advocacy began in 1984 with the South African Health Workers Congress, a multidisciplinary team of healthcare workers united by common values, committed to fighting for equitable healthcare access and democracy.

Two 'little old ladies with confusion’

As part of a series of first-person true stories written by physicians, Dr. J. David Spence shares experiences from his early days making rounds in neurology.
Update on Helicobacter pylori infection testing guidelines

Quebec revises guidance to promote the judicious use of invasive and non-invasive tests, and the optimal use of antibiotics in the treatment of this infection.
Regular antibiotic use in pediatric recurrent UTI often isn’t needed

Clarifying who doesn’t need prophylaxis opens door for RCT candidates for MV140 vaccine.
Need to study up? Counselling cue cards for pharmacists

Resource aims to save time and provide counselling pearls easily accessible in practice.
Clinical viewers for community pharmacists could be mandated in Ontario

The OCP sees clinical viewers as essential tools in the face of the expected expanded scope of practice coming to the province.
Raw milk is more popular than ever—despite ongoing risks and new concerns

No matter what the celebrities, politicians and influencers say, unpasteurized milk still doesn’t do a body good, experts warn, with E. coli a primary present danger, and bird flu a possible future one.
Not all chronic pain is the same

Dr. Angela Mailis compares two patients who demonstrate how subjective the experience of pain can be—and what can be done about such differing cases.
Pharmacogenetics and the boy who cried revolution

Pharmacogenomics is often touted as revolutionary. Does the thought of a healthcare revolution make you feel exhausted? I suggest we take this revolution in increments, exactly the way this useful technology will impact patient care.

Sensory impairment: numbness or tingling

Advocacy Leader in Pharmacy Sham Moodley: ‘Challenges demanded urgent attention’

Two 'little old ladies with confusion’

Update on Helicobacter pylori infection testing guidelines

Regular antibiotic use in pediatric recurrent UTI often isn’t needed

Need to study up? Counselling cue cards for pharmacists

Clinical viewers for community pharmacists could be mandated in Ontario

Raw milk is more popular than ever—despite ongoing risks and new concerns

Not all chronic pain is the same

Pharmacogenetics and the boy who cried revolution