Pharmacists in B.C. are now allowed to renew medications and administer more vaccines, and minor ailment prescribing is not far behind. "It's exciting," says Geraldine Vance, Chief Executive Officer of the BC Pharmacy Association.
Vaccines to the rescue! Pfizer and BioNTech have partnered with Marvel Comics to release an “everyday heroes” comic book that promotes vaccines.
In the sponsored comic book, the Avengers fight against the evil Ultron, a villain who keeps changing and evolving.
It is estimated that in 2022, 24,600 Canadians will be diagnosed with prostate cancer, and 4,600 Canadians will die from it. This represents 10% of male cancer deaths in the country.
Understanding the hardships of building a new life in an unfamiliar country, I am driven and passionate about helping my patients who face similar challenges to those I faced not so long ago.
'This is why I always have to wear my white coat because otherwise people don’t think I’m a doctor—even though I run the division,' one doctor wrote after reading the study and accompanying commentary in JAMA.
