Patient Lifestyle

Pharmacy wolves—why people need a pack leader
The act of having someone in charge, responsible for the overall pharmacy operation, gives everyone structure, which is a foundational element of humans to build anything. Once this is established, the operators of any dispensary have someone to go to with problems, instead of living in the anxious environment of not knowing if or when their concerns will be resolved.
POLL: How will your pharmacy respond to the nicotine pouch changes?
Health Canada has ruled that as of this week, nicotine pouches (Zonnic) will only be allowed to be sold from behind the pharmacy counter. Similar to Schedule II drugs, only a pharmacist or a dispensary staff supervised by a pharmacist may sell the pouches.

Advocates vow to fight Ford on consumption sites, he says they should be grateful

Health Minister Sylvia Jones cited increased crime and concerns from neighbours and parents about problems near those sites.
WHO launches plan to stanch mpox transmission and says the virus can be stopped

The agency is ‘significantly scaling up staff’ in affected countries, it said. In mid-August, WHO classified the current mpox outbreak as a global health emergency.
Meet Aiskyra: Pharmacists create AI Health Consultant company

The first offering from the company, an AI Medication Expert, is available now as a beta version on Aiskyra’s website for public use.
Tattoos associated with a 21% greater risk of lymphoma: new study

Regret was for many years considered the most severe side-effect of tattoos. But a new study suggests there could be much worse things to worry about than that.
‘The therapist will reply to you now’

Can artificial intelligence replace mental healthcare?
‘Placebo’ or ‘sham’ surgery is not a cruel trick—it can be very effective

Ten years ago, a scan showed that I had torn the meniscus in my knee. The pain was bad and I was limping a lot of the time. My doctor recommended arthroscopic knee surgery to fix it.
A new class of antipsychotics to treat schizophrenia show encouraging results

Treatment with KarXT, currently in trials, is well-tolerated without many of the problematic side-effects of current antipsychotics used to treat schizophrenia.
Health minister puts nicotine pouches behind the counter, bans flavours

‘Nicotine pouch flavours like berry frost or tropical breeze are not going to be allowed to be sold anywhere. They’ll be recalled.’

Pharmacy wolves—why people need a pack leader

POLL: How will your pharmacy respond to the nicotine pouch changes?

Advocates vow to fight Ford on consumption sites, he says they should be grateful

WHO launches plan to stanch mpox transmission and says the virus can be stopped

Meet Aiskyra: Pharmacists create AI Health Consultant company

Tattoos associated with a 21% greater risk of lymphoma: new study

‘The therapist will reply to you now’

‘Placebo’ or ‘sham’ surgery is not a cruel trick—it can be very effective

A new class of antipsychotics to treat schizophrenia show encouraging results

Health minister puts nicotine pouches behind the counter, bans flavours