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- 10/20/2021
Can dogs really help detect cancer?
While initial studies suggest dogs could be helpful in the detection of certain diseases, University of Montreal and Institut Curie researchers are looking to improve upon those initial experiments. - 10/20/2021
Who else – other than FPs – can they blame, Melissa?
Dr. Jabir Jassam was heavily moved by an item from Dr. Melissa Yuan-Innes titled: “Stop blaming family doctors.” Here is his response. - 10/20/2021
Group of BC docs has set up their own COVID briefing calling on province to focus on aerosol transmission
Dr. Victor Leung, an infectious disease physician and medical microbiologist, says the province and public health have been too slow to amend mandates to limit the spread of the virus. - 10/20/2021
Pharmacy Leader Pavithra Ravinatarajan RPh: "Pharmacy is at a turning point."
There is so much potential for the profession and each and every person entering it. What used to be a primarily patient-facing career can be anything you’d like it to be. - 10/19/2021
3 years after legalization, we have shockingly little information about how it changed cannabis use and health harms
The slow roll-out of Canada’s cannabis retail market combined with the glacial speed of academic research means everything you and the government will be hearing about the health effects of legalization is based on outdated and often irrelevant data. - 10/19/2021
What keeps customers coming back to your pharmacy?
The biggest challenge of every retail pharmacy business in today’s hyper-competitive market is finding the right formula to attract customers and keep them. Many businesses believe that the key to success is customer service satisfaction. But just satisfying customers doesn’t cut it anymore. - 10/19/2021
Practice management: Does your staff need diversity training?
Approaches differ but a range of resources and courses are available - 10/19/2021
Refugee, undocumented healthcare workers demand access to permanent resident program
While the government has already received the maximum number of applications for recent university graduates and other essential workers, there have been few applicants accepted to the healthcare stream.