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- 4/5/2022
Health workers have a small budget request to tackle the Canadian care crisis: a plan
Doctors, nurses and other health workers have reduced their hours and left the industry in droves, their professional associations say, but there is no national plan to figure out exactly how many have been lost or how to replace them. - 4/5/2022
POLL: How would you most like to respond to an angry patient?
Take our weekly physician poll. - 4/5/2022
POLL: Is your pharmacy seeing more demand for cold and flu remedies?
At the start of the pandemic, there was a marked drop in demand for typical cold and flu remedies. As Canadians have started to get out and about as restrictions lift, is your pharmacy seeing an uptick in demand for these medicines? - 4/5/2022
Manitoba expands eligibility for 4th dose of COVID-19 vaccine
Those eligible include residents of personal care homes and in congregate settings, such as supportive housing and assisted living facilities. - 4/5/2022
B.C. psychologists want to be available right in the family doctor's office
The British Columbia Psychological Association has proposed a program to the province that would see psychologists placed directly in primary care settings. - 4/4/2022
Target marketing and your pharmacy, Part 1
Most of us manage our lives by setting goals, sometimes on a long-term basis, other times on a short-term basis. Often people define these targets by simply making mental notes; others use written or journalized reminders. Managing a business is very similar. - 4/4/2022
UBC biochemist Pieter Cullis wins Gairdner Award for role in COVID-19 vaccines
When he established his lab in the 1980s, Pieter Cullis says he never could have fathomed that his "curiosity-based'' research would play a critical role in vaccines that have benefited hundreds of millions. - 4/4/2022
Do people with diabetes benefit from low- and no-calorie sweetened beverages?
Canadian study finds some benefits but with some caveats. - 4/4/2022
7 key questions to ask yourself before making a big change
Resisting temptation to grow and being sensitive to the concept of taking on too much or taking on tasks that are less like the ones we already have in play bring opportunity and risk. The right growth sets up future success. The wrong growth stretches our elastic too thin.