Public Health

Diabetic Canadians experiencing significant emotional distress, discrimination
Almost 30% of Canadians living with diabetes have experienced significant emotional distress and 15% have felt discriminated against due to their disease. These figures are included in the global Diabetes Attitudes, Wishes and Needs 2 study (DAWN2).
Alberta pharmacists step up during flood crisis
Pharmacists are known to go the extra mile to look after patients when a major crisis hits – and that’s exactly what happened in southern Alberta when extreme flooding forced tens of thousands of people out of their homes, knocked out electricity and caused severe damage to countless residences and businesses.

FDA shuts down 1,677 Internet pharmacies

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), in partnership with international regulatory and law enforcement agencies, has cracked down on thousands of rogue internet pharmacies, including some that present themselves as Canadian.
Video: Kicking tobacco with E-cigarettes

Some smokers who've failed to quit take the battery-operated option
Video: Preschool diet and heart disease

Eating habits of preschoolers could put kids at risk of heart disease later in life.
Countdown to OPA conference!

Just a few days remain until pharmacists gather at the annual Ontario Pharmacists’ Association conference, to be held at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre June 20-22.
Confusion universal on prostate cancer screening, U.S. group charges

WASHINGTON, D.C. | The U.S. Prostate Cancer Roundtable has expressed concern about the utterly confusing guidance being offered – to both the professional healthcare community and to individual consumers – about whether men should or should not be tested ("screened") for risk of prostate cancer.
Longer impact hoped for from one-day drug drop-off campaign

Pharmacies across Canada may see a jump in the number of unused and expired medications that are turned in for disposal if the campaign message from the first National Prescription Drug Drop-Off Day resonates with consumers.
Asthma Society endorses BCPhA program

Just in time for World Asthma Day––May 7, 2013––the British Columbia Pharmacy Association (BCPhA)’s proposed asthma consultation program has received the endorsement of the Asthma Society of Canada.
Feds propose interim solution to close cancer drugs oversight gap

Temporary solution found to eliminate a jurisdictional grey area that may have contributed to over 1,200 patients receiving diluted chemotherapy drugs.

Diabetic Canadians experiencing significant emotional distress, discrimination

Alberta pharmacists step up during flood crisis

FDA shuts down 1,677 Internet pharmacies

Video: Kicking tobacco with E-cigarettes

Video: Preschool diet and heart disease

Countdown to OPA conference!

Confusion universal on prostate cancer screening, U.S. group charges

Longer impact hoped for from one-day drug drop-off campaign

Asthma Society endorses BCPhA program

Feds propose interim solution to close cancer drugs oversight gap