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- 8/21/2013
Shoppers warns consumers about phone scam
Automated phone call tells recipients that they have won a vacation from pharmacy chain. - 8/21/2013
What’s new in the 2013-14 Canadian influenza guidelines?
Key changes in the National Advisory Committee on Immunization’s latest update. - 8/21/2013
Ask the Experts: Stopping and restarting Concerta
I know a 65-year-old patient that is taking Concerta 36 mg daily for ADHD. He is teaching for six out of 12 months and was wondering if he should come off the drug when not teaching. He feels, however, it is helpful year-round—especially for his driving. If approved by his physician, how would you suggest he stop and restart the drug to minimize withdrawal and side effects? - 8/21/2013
iPod pharmacy a boon for patients and therapists
Charity refurbishes old MP3 players and donates them to music therapists. - 8/20/2013
From the CMA floor: OMA president decries dilution of Ont. influence in governance shakeup
This is about the principle going forward - 8/20/2013
Hope coming for Canadian doctor held in Egypt
Canadian emergency physician Dr. Tarek Loubani and his friend, filmmaker John Greyson, are still being held in Cairo but hopes are being placed on a Canadian consular visit planned for Thursday. - 8/20/2013
Pharmacist runs for Newfoundland Liberal leadership
Deer Lake pharmacist Dwight Ball recently stepped down as interim leader of Newfoundland and Labrador’s Liberal Party to run for the position permanently in the 2013 leadership election this fall. - 8/20/2013
Pointing fingers will not solve aboriginal youth suicide
The most effective prevention strategy is to have a positive role model - 8/20/2013
Psychiatric pharmacist joins our Ask the Experts lineup
Kalyna Bezchlibnyk-Butler has worked as a clinical pharmacist in the area of psychiatry for over 40 years.