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- 9/24/2018
Pharmacy holding free educational sessions to fill in gaps in Ontario's revised sex-ed curriculum
A Barrie pharmacy is holding monthly sessions about sexual health to provide information that it says is lacking in Ontario schools. - 9/24/2018
Provinces rev up their flu vaccine programs
Just about all of Canada’s provinces and territories have updated their influenza vaccination programs for the 2018-2019 season. A review of these programs reveals that public funding for the high-dose trivalent inactivated vaccine (TIV), for adults aged 65 and older, is the biggest change: it’s now in place for six programs, up from just one a year ago. - 9/24/2018
Doctors need to support legalizing illicit drugs: BMJ authors
Several global drug policy experts say regulated markets for illicit drugs are necessary not because those drugs are safe, but because they are risky - 9/23/2018
Shoppers Drug Mart gets medical pot licence from Health Canada
Shoppers' parent company, Loblaw Companies Ltd., is also looking to sell recreational pot in Newfoundland and Labrador once it is legalized across the country - 9/23/2018
September 25 is World Pharmacists Day
International Pharmaceutical Federation encourages pharmacists worldwide to promote their role in improving health - 9/21/2018
Unremunerated pharmacy services save Quebec $500 million a year: AQPP study
The head of the Quebec pharmacy association said the study provide 'concrete proof' that much of the value of the pharmacist's work is now beyond dispensing - 9/20/2018
Webinar on demand: Enhancing Flu-ency for Your 65+ Patients
Join Dr. Brian Aw, pharmacist Umberto Leone and Dr. David Colby in this interactive session - 9/20/2018
B.C. seniors advocate questions why undiagnosed elderly getting antipsychotics
About 25% of long-term care residents in B.C. are on antipsychotics without a diagnosis—a rate that is believed to be far too high