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Seven recommendations will help reduce the overuse of point-of-care (POC) testing in acute care settings.

Last year, U.S. President Donald Trump told pregnant women not to take Tylenol as he promoted unproven ties between the fever reducer and autism and touted an old generic drug as a treatment for the developmental condition.

Starting in August, provincially regulated workplaces will have to provide the products, such as pads and tampons, in washrooms or another accessible location, the government announced Monday.

The plan also says Saskatchewan will make virtual care visits available to all residents, but it will roll out to certain communities first.

Canadian Paediatric Society clarified what it intends to do to make it clearer in future that the scenarios in Surveillance Highlights (formerly CPSP Highlights) aren’t from real case re-ports.

Don’t scrap Canada’s $250-million e-prescribing system—mandate it, argues Dr. John Holmes.

Pharmacists working in interprofessional teams weigh in on why this practice model works.

Previous studies have suggested that the drugs known as GLP-1s, or glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists, could reduce addictions by targeting the brain’s reward pathways. But those studies have been small and often limited to one substance.