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- 10/1/2020
An inspiration to me
She was being followed yearly by some of the more famous specialists in the city and was on a first name basis with them. I asked what she did and she humbly told me some very general descriptions. - 10/1/2020
Phone ringing off the hook at Waterloo's first pharmacy to offer COVID-19 tests
To get tested at a pharmacy, an individual must be free of symptoms and be part of a group the provincial government has identified as a target, such as workers in or residents of homeless shelters. - 10/1/2020
Shoppers’ employees positive for COVID-19
Seventeen employees at Shoppers Drug Marts in Ontario have tested positive for COVID-19 since Sept. 24. - 10/1/2020
Ontario doctor wants public medical cannabis coverage, citing benefits to dementia patients
He emphasized the COVID-19 pandemic is worsening agitation and similar symptoms in dementia sufferers, which could be alleviated with prescribed cannabis. - 9/30/2020
2021 OTC most-recommended brands by Canadian pharmacists and physicians
2021 OTC most-recommended brands by Canadian pharmacists and physicians. For years, Pharmacy Practice + Business and The Medical Post have been asking our extensive audience of Canadian pharmacists and physicians to participate in our annual Survey on OTC. Here are the results. - 9/30/2020
Naked and vulnerable: what we lose when we can't embrace our neighbours and friends
For a short period of time, COVID-19 has taken handshakes, hugs, cheek kisses and words of greeting away from us. But, do you know what is really sad? We were already losing these very important culturally appropriate greetings, well before COVID-19. Their loss adds to our sense of loneliness and isolation and our feelings of being disconnected, vulnerable and unsafe. - 9/30/2020
In school vaccination programs moved to clinics, doctors' offices: officials
Students in Grade 7 are typically given vaccines for Hepatitis B, Human Papilloma Virus and Meningococcal disease in school. Some of those shots require more than one dose. - 9/30/2020
Scotiabank launching physician wellness initiative in partnership with CMA, MD Financial
The f$15 million in funds will flow to provincial and territorial medical associations, as well as key medical organizations identified as being best attuned to the specific needs of physicians in various fields. - 9/30/2020
'Dressing in the dark:' Ottawa's medical officer of health shares story of wardrobe malfunction
Wednesday morning, Dr. Vera Etches, tweeted about arriving at Ottawa City Hall without a skirt underneath her raincoat.