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- 10/4/2021
Canada's changing pharmacy landscape
Rising banners reflect the new reality of exciting new pharmacy practice opportunities - 10/3/2021
Non-melanoma skin cancer rates up 30% in Ontario from 2003 to 2017
While most deaths occurred in adults older than age 65, the study found the annual incidence rate of new cases was highest in people younger than 35. - 10/3/2021
Advil Cold & Sinus day/night blister packs recalled due to labelling error
Health Canada says mistakenly taking a nighttime caplet could result in serious health consequences for those who need to remain alert. - 9/30/2021
Drug combo yields ‘excellent’ survival outcomes in HER2+/HR- early breast cancer
Pertuzumab and trastuzumab plus paclitaxel strong survival outcomes in HER2+/HR- early breast cancer. Results from the WSG (West German Study Group)-ADAPT Her2+/HR- trial at the 2021 ASCO conference. - 9/30/2021
Coughing kids headed to Montreal ERs but not for COVID-19
A different respiratory virus is popping up among the city's young people. - 9/30/2021
NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen in health news this week
An examination of health-related stories and claims that made the rounds this week, despite being entirely false. - 9/30/2021
Spotlight 7: Massage therapist blessings
A patient who kept on wanting massage therapy for his chronic anxiety but wouldn’t consider meds or psychotherapy. That didn’t thrill Dr. Jassam—but then the patient’s requests went to something he had to say no to. - 9/30/2021
A year after the death of Joyce Echaquan: Quebec coroner urges government to recognize systemic racism
Coroner Gehane Kamel's report into the death of Echaquan, released Friday, finds that while the death was accidental, the racism and prejudice the Atikamekw woman was subjected to contributed to her death. - 9/30/2021
'Tightly knit': Small but mighty band of N.L. healthcare workers heading off to help Alberta battle COVID-19
Premier Andrew Furey says he's happy Newfoundland and Labrador will be sending a small team of healthcare workers to Alberta, a province closely linked with his own. - 9/30/2021
'Not prepared to commit fraud': How doctors are communicating with patients who demand vax exemptions
From general pestering to offers of payment, doctors are looking for effective ways to tell patients they don't have a valid reason to be exempt from vaccination. - 9/30/2021
Recall on one lot of Mirvala 28 birth control: Health Canada
The pill's blister pack may contain a placebo in part of the blisterpack that should contain the active birth-control pill.