Patient Lifestyle

Canadian techs to gather in Halifax
Annual professional development conference of the Canadian Association of Pharmacy Technicians goes live in June.
‘Extremely serious and very repugnant’: Lifetime ban for doctor who sexually assaulted patient
Québec family physician Dr. Maurice Bosembo Ilondjo was also sentenced in criminal court to three years’ probation and 240 hours of community service. ‘You changed my life,’ the patient wrote in a victim impact statement read in court. 'Within minutes, my life became hell.'

Why it's high time for a national vaccine registry in Canada

Public health experts list some immunization strategies learned during the COVID-19 pandemic that can be applied to promoting routine vaccinations.
Minor ailments counselling tools: Skin lightening

Students from the Advanced Patient Self-Care elective at University of Waterloo's School of Pharmacy have created counselling tools and patient handouts on some common minor ailments and conditions. Here’s the third in this series.
Solve my problem: How do I get patients to pay for uninsured services?

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Acetaminophen overdose is a leading cause of liver injury, but it is largely preventable

Larissa was a 21-year-old Canadian college student recovering from COVID-19 when she died from complications related to an accidental overdose of acetaminophen, a medication in probably every drug store and most medicine cabinets in the country.
Health minister denies interfering in arm's length drug price agency before committee

NDP health critic Don Davies is accusing the minister of halting the implementation of a new rule intended to lower the cost of drugs at the behest of drug companies that have resisted the change.
Whooping cough cases increase in southern Alberta outbreak

An outbreak was declared Jan. 26, but AHS says the number of cases has increased by 120 over the last week.
Powerful new obesity drug poised to upend weight loss care

As a growing number of overweight Americans clamor for Ozempic and Wegovy—drugs touted by celebrities and on TikTok to pare pounds—an even more powerful obesity medicine is poised to upend treatment.
First pill for fecal transplants wins U.S. FDA approval

The new treatment from Seres Therapeutics provides a simpler, rigorously tested version of stool-based procedures that some medical specialists have used for more than a decade to help patients.

Canadian techs to gather in Halifax

‘Extremely serious and very repugnant’: Lifetime ban for doctor who sexually assaulted patient

Why it's high time for a national vaccine registry in Canada

Minor ailments counselling tools: Skin lightening

Solve my problem: How do I get patients to pay for uninsured services?

Acetaminophen overdose is a leading cause of liver injury, but it is largely preventable

Health minister denies interfering in arm's length drug price agency before committee

Whooping cough cases increase in southern Alberta outbreak

Powerful new obesity drug poised to upend weight loss care

First pill for fecal transplants wins U.S. FDA approval