ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR
- 4/8/2024
How long will a loved one live? It’s difficult to hear, but harder not to know
Clinicians can offer broad estimates of survival—in days to weeks, weeks to months, or months to years. But patients and care partners often want greater precision. - 4/8/2024
Gut bacteria and the immune system: How aging changes the microbiome and can lead to ‘inflammaging’
Research has shown that changes to the composition and diversity of the microorganisms in the gut may explain the differences in how the immune system ages. - 4/4/2024
The seven recommendations from the Cannabis Act review healthcare professionals should know
Pharmacists dispensing cannabis, healthcare professionals' potential conflicts of interest and youth use were all covered in the first review of the impacts of legalization. - 4/4/2024
‘Just a pinch’: Women frustrated as medical community downplays pain of IUD insertion
Thousands of TikTok rants, viral tweets, a change.org petition signed by more than 36,000 women and peer-reviewed studies have all documented the grossly insufficient pain relief offered for IUD insertions by practitioners. So why isn't Canadian medicine changing? - 4/2/2024
Missing medication, dosing errors and more: ISMP Canada on mistakes from using central fill pharmacies
Having the right processes in place prevents the confusion and safety issues that can come from community pharmacies working with central fill pharmacies. - 3/27/2024
This is why you’re tired: Pharmacies did 5.8 million flu shots, 5.2 million prescription renewals and adaptations and more last year
The Canadian Foundation for Pharmacy's annual claims analysis shows which services are rising at a 'scorching pace' and seeing double-digit rises, and which are levelling off. - 3/27/2024
Toronto pharmacist chosen for Women4Climate mentorship program
Janet Chong-Lee won for her company, VialCycle, which offers reusable glass vials to pharmacies. - 3/26/2024
$30K in scholarships available through Indigenous Pharmacy Professionals of Canada
Applications are now open to people who will be in PharmD or pharmacy technician programs in Canada in 2024-25, and who are First Nations, Métis or Inuit. - 3/25/2024
Most federal supply of Paxlovid will expire on March 31, Ontario, B.C. tell pharmacists
The rest of the supplies will expire on May 31. - 3/25/2024
Students pitch an app to screen patients for minor ailments
A group of third-year students at the University of Waterloo are working on an app that would screen patients coming in for minor ailments using chatGPT technology.