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12/2/2008
Managing severe Alzheimer's disease
Canadian evidence-based guidelines support the use of a cholinesterase inhibitor or memantine, or both drugs for the management of patients with severe Alzheimer's disease.
11/30/2008
The pros and cons of PPPs
Emotions run high in the debate about using public-private partnerships to finance hospital construction. Harvey Schachter cuts through the rhetoric in the first of a two-part report
11/28/2008
Well.ca hailed by angel investors at summit
Well.ca, an online health and beauty store, was named one of the Canadian Angel Capital Top 10 Companies at the First Canadian Co-investment Summit in Toronto.
11/28/2008
U.K. pharmacy chain pilots private HPV vaccination service
Boots has announced it is piloting a private cervical cancer vaccination service at 10 branches in London, England.
11/27/2008
Calgary Co-op enters home health-care market
Calgary Co-operative Association Limited has made its first foray into the home health care market with the recent purchase of Home Health Care and Medical Supply Centre.
11/27/2008
COLD-Fx to be used in leukemia patient study
The U.S. National Cancer Institute recently announced it's sponsoring a study focused on the cold and flu fighting potential of COLD-Fx in leukemia patients.
11/27/2008
Pilot phase of MedsCheck Consult coming
Ontario Public Drug Programs is asking pharmacists to be part of a pilot project for the next phase of MedsCheck, which is expected to begin in January 2009.
11/26/2008
Asthma overdiagnosed in adults
About one-third of adults with physician-diagnosed asthma do not have asthma, according to the results of a new study.
11/25/2008
New Rexall pharmacy opens at Mount Sinai
Rexall officially opened a new pharmacy in Toronto's Mount Sinai Hospital in late October.
11/24/2008
Vancouver methadone pharmacy licence suspended
The AYC Pharmacy on Vancouver's downtown East Hastings Street has had its pharmacy license suspended indefinitely following an investigation by the College of Pharmacists of B.C.