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As someone who edits and writes for a pharmacy publication, it may seem strange that I am not a pharmacist. Nor do I have experience taking prescription medicines, other than the occasional antibiotic.

Even in patients who were informed beforehand that they would be taking a placebo, the inactive pills worked.

N.W.T.’s health department says there is enough supply for those who were exposed, and to maintain routine vaccinations.

Artificial intelligence is a tool. So what exactly are we trying to achieve with it when it comes to patients?

Study assesses deprescribing claims made by Quebec community pharmacies over a 23-month period, with identification of the most commonly deprescribed medications.

Treatment expectations, tolerance, side-effects and more are different across patient ages, British study shows.