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- 3/9/2020
OCP investigating workplace environment with eye on patient safety
Working conditions has become an important issue among community pharmacists who've raised concerns over staff shortages, increased workload and quotas - 3/9/2020
Ontario company among seven warned by FDA over false coronavirus claims
There is not yet a scientifically validated treatment for COVID-19, but some companies have falsely claimed to sell products that mitigate, prevent, cure or diagnose it - 3/9/2020
Casebook of a Community Internist: Cassie, the cardiac-assist dog
Surprisingly, my chocolate Lab seemed to increase the level of 'humanity' when I brought her to the office - 3/9/2020
Generic versions of Advair Diskus dry powder inhaler now available in Canada
Indicated for use in the maintenance treatment of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease - 3/9/2020
COVID-19: The heroes and the culprits
If we think about the novel coronavirus epidemic as a rapidly unfolding story, each new crisis reveals a great deal about the characters involved - 3/9/2020
Officials weigh infection control against risk of isolation at nursing homes
Ontario announced ramped-up screening while Nova Scotia outlined a two-week waiting period for any out-of-country traveller who wanted to visit a nursing home - 3/9/2020
Helping patients with late-life depression
About 14%–20% of elderly people living in the community and 40% of those living in long-term care facilities are depressed. Late-life depression is often underdiagnosed and undertreated due to the misconception that depression is a normal consequence of aging, or because of the stigma associated with mental illness. - 3/8/2020
Former CEO of massive cannabis firm backing psychedelic pharmaceutical venture
Bruce Linton, the former CEO of Canopy Growth, is now a board member at Mind Medicine, a company investigating the therapeutic potential of psychedelics - 3/8/2020
Death in B.C. care home believed to be first COVID-19 fatality in Canada
Canada reported what's believed to be its first COVID-19 death on Monday, March 9, after a man died at a seniors care home in North Vancouver, health officials said.