Healthcare

Doctors talk about the best and worst parts of their jobs.

Other changes include recommendations for de-escalation of dual antiplatelet therapy in select patients and dual antiplatelet therapy post-CABG.

Doctors are demoralized and struggling to cover overhead costs, said Alberta Medical Association president Dr. Paul Parks. The province is finally 'starting to hear and understand.'

The province is the eleventh Canadian jurisdiction to implement a biosimilar switching program; only Manitoba and Nunavut don’t have one. 

Specialty medications treat chronic, complex, rare or genetic conditions. They are revolutionizing treatments and may even be a cure for debilitating diseases such as cancer, hepatis C and autoimmune disorders. And they are complicated. And costly.

Some pharmacy staffers believe that all relief pharmacists are lazy and incompetent. I’m here to tell you that is absolutely not the case!

When it’s for-profit clinics and hospitals in the province of Ontario, everyone ends up with less— at least, that's what a new report from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives says.

Providing extensive sexual health services in a pharmacy setting has been proven to ease the strain on the primary healthcare system while reducing barriers for vulnerable and underserved patients.