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- 1/20/2019
Why private, for-profit health care is a terrible idea
In 2017, Saskatchewan’s auditor general showed that a private pay MRI program actually increased wait times for scans rather than the promised reduction - 1/20/2019
There were 29 homicides in long-term care homes in the past six years: report
There have been at least 29 homicides in long-term care homes in Ontario in the past six years, a health-care advocacy group said Monday, Jan 21. - 1/17/2019
Walmart, CVS Health hammer out new PBM pharmacy network deal
The two have now come to terms following a break over a dispute over drug pricing - 1/17/2019
NL pharmacists agree to new contract—but no new money
Pharmacists in Newfoundland and Labrador have signed a new contact with the provincial government that ensures it is business as usual. - 1/17/2019
Pharmacy students encouraging Ontarians to sign up for MedsChecks
At the beginning of this year, George Daskalakis from Waterloo Pharmacy, Sera Lee from the Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto, and their peers put out a video with a special message for Ontarians: Book a MedsCheck appointment with your pharmacist. - 1/17/2019
Research pinpoints frailty as risk for Alzheimer's disease, dementia
Researchers have discovered that frailty is a key risk factor for dementia. A study by Halifax's Dalhousie University and Chicago's Rush University found frailty aggravates the effects of plaques and tangles—the jumbled strands of proteins that accumulates in some brains. - 1/16/2019
Doctors concerned about Canada's new food guide
For years, hundreds of Canadian physicians have been criticizing the existing Canada's Food Guide. A new one is coming out this spring, but they're not sure it will be specific enough.