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The Nova Scotia Pharmacy Association launched the campaign to advise the public on how to make their interactions with pharmacies more efficient.

Neighbourhood Pharmacies takes initiative to demystify specialty market and unite stakeholders.

Canadian pharmacist becomes President of the International Pharmaceutical Federation's (FIP) Community Pharmacy Section (CPS)

Newfound and Labrador’s Health Minister Tom Osborne has said that an update on pharmacists scope of practice is coming soon.

CBC reported this week that a 26-year-old woman who went to the Dr. Everett Chalmers Regional Hospital last month after she had been raped was told there were no available nurses trained to perform the rape kit procedure.

The study found no increased risk of infections or overdoses and a decline in healthcare costs unrelated to primary care or outpatient medications after a year.

Three of the province's four health authorities have so far reviewed mammograms from 2,368 patients, out of a total of 10,883 patients, according to a joint news release Thursday.

Pharmacy personnel can identify and report unusual requests for chemicals that might be used to make drugs, say RCMP.