Pharmacists and doctors are in a battle over new plans to allow some pharmacists in Australia to diagnose 23 diseases—including heart failure, type 2 diabetes and asthma.
As a researcher no day is like the next, and that’s why I love research. Yes sure, there are days when nothing works, and it seems like the “chemistry gods” are laughing at you.
Thanks to regulatory changes from the College of Pharmacists of Manitoba, the province’s pharmacists are allowed to diagnose recurrent, uncomplicated infections in non-pregnant women.
Dr. Richard Barr's actions did not cause his patient's stroke two days after a lithotripsy, but he should have made sure the patient was informed about a plan for discontinuing his anticoagulation medication.
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The child's mother said she found a tick and removed it forcibly without any regard for technique. All seemed well. Then, a week later, this rash developed on the site of the bite.
