Healthcare

2020 brought exponential change to the world of retail pharmacy (and not all of it Covid-related). So, what will things look like as we’re getting on with our new world?

Men with urinary tract infection (UTI) get as much benefit from a shorter, seven-day treatment with antibiotics as they do with a 14-day course.

To those pharmacists who go the extra mile, wait the extra hours, fix patients' watches, bring in fresh produce and eggs for their patients. I love you, but maybe it's time to dial it down a bit?

In recent weeks, vaccination against COVID-19 in Quebec pharmacies has experienced a sharp slowdown, in some cases forcing some pharmacists to throw away doses for lack of takers or to put their vaccination campaigns on hold.

"It was a breach of process," said Dr. Sheldon Salaba, president of the Ontario Association of Optometrists.

While counselling patients, consider becoming more and more aware of what might be really happening with patients under the surface.

Researchers say physicians from England, France and the United States have reported similar trends.