Healthcare

NACI recommends offering influenza vaccine annually to anyone six months of age or older who does not have a contraindication to the vaccine. 

Here’s what Loblaw public relations told us.

New research suggests a strong connection between pain and elevated risk of suicide-related outcomes. But how can clinicians factor this in?

Artificial intelligence is a tool. So what exactly are we trying to achieve with it when it comes to patients?

Geriatricians see patients with complex conditions of aging, like osteoporosis, dementia, falls, stroke and mobility issues. As the tsunami of greying washes over Canada, these doctors are highly prized, and in short supply.

Study finding negligible effect on microvasculature may be more about selected patients.

This accounts for about 60% of medicine reviews done in that time in Ontario, but the Toronto Star reporting says Shoppers locations only make up 13% of the pharmacies in Ontario.

There was an uptick around in 2020 after the so-called Benadryl TikTok challenge on social media invited users to consume large quantities of medication tablets containing diphenhydramine.