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- 8/15/2013
Ask the Experts: Becoming a psychiatric pharmacy expert
How can I become an expert in mental health pharmacy? Are there certain courses (online or in person) or resources that you'd recommend? - 8/15/2013
Yaz Plus: first OC with folate
Product was designed to reduce the occurrence of neural tube defects. - 8/14/2013
Press Review - August 16, 2013
Check out our review of recent medical stories in the media - <strong>Top Story: </strong>New research has linked anti-social personality traits with staying up late.. Read this and more - 8/14/2013
Why we need routine vision testing programs for school-age children
despite multiple recommendations from professional health organizations including the Canadian Association of Optometrists, the National Coalition for Vision Health and the Canadian Pediatric Society, there remains no standard routine vision testing or eye exam programs for school-age children and youth across the country. - 8/14/2013
New function for old gene leads to possible kidney disease therapy
TORONTO | Mount Sinai Hospital researchers may have found a way to slow the progression of kidney disease, one of the most serious complications for patients with diabetes. - 8/14/2013
Research finds no link between faster drug approvals, warnings, withdrawals
TORONTO | Faster drug approvals are not linked to increases in the number of serious drug safety warnings issued by regulators, nor to actual evidence of health risks, according to new research. - 8/14/2013
Edmonton MD rapped after patient hooked on prescription drugs
An Edmonton doctor was found guilty of “unbecoming conduct” after his provincial college found he “inappropriately prescribed” narcotics and barbiturates to a patient. - 8/14/2013
Pharmacy IV automation is a mature, proven technology
As automation technologies enhance a growing number of healthcare services – including imaging, surgery, radiotherapy and rehabilitation, among others – the pharmacy remains largely un-automated. Despite its important role in patient care, technicians in most pharmacies still compound medications manually, in much the same way it’s been done for generations.