Healthcare

Loblaw purchasing Zellers' prescription files for $35 million

Arrangement includes prescription files from 95 Zellers pharmacies across the country.
Hypogonadism risk higher with long-acting opioids

Testosterone can fall to ‘near-castrate’ levels, researcher says
Learning from Rx mistakes
Alternative relationship plan fears crop up in Alberta

Health minister defends order, but AMA worries it puts 1,800 MDs under ‘political control’
Star-shaped cells shed light on MS
Quick scan for vaccines
Nursing home beds cut back, even as Calgary faces dire shortage

The province plans to reduce the number of nursing-home spaces this year, despite new figures that show a rising number of Albertans are still stuck in hospital or at home waiting for a bed to become vacant.
Upon arrival

Smooth moves in the exam room ballet