Healthcare

Begin with the end in mind: Authors of new exit planning guide say many pharmacists wait until it's too late
Mike Jaczko and Max Beairsto's new book, The Pharmacists’ Guide to Selling Their Business: An Essential Exit Planning Resource for Canadian Independent Pharmacy Owners, is a comprehensive how-to on exit strategy development for pharmacists.
Licence stripped from doctor who falsely logged mental instability in patient's medical file after she ended their affair
Dr. Wequar Ahmad, a Calgary-based general practitioner, also breached a 2014 undertaking requiring a chaperone when seeing female patients. On at least 15 occasions, he noted the presence of a chaperone when in fact there was none.

Alberta increases funding for more cataract surgeries in private facilities

Health Minister Jason Copping said the province will fund 35,000 of the eye surgeries, an increase from 28,000.
Antifibrinolytic reduces non-cardiac surgical bleeding

POISE-3 results showed drug performed better than placebo.
Federal government scaled down drug-pricing reforms to keep pharmaceutical industry robust: Health Minister

The new regulations, which govern the Patented Medicine Prices Review Board, will lower pharmaceutical industry profits by $2.9 billion over a decade, rather than the $8.8 billion anticipated previously.
Mixing with unvaccinated increases COVID-19 risk for vaccinated people: study

Co-author Dr. David Fisman, of the University of Toronto's Dalla Lana school of public health, said the message of the study is that the choice to get vaccinated can't be thought of as merely personal.
Common virus may be linked to mystery liver disease outbreak

The U.K. Health Security Agency has recorded 111 cases of unexplained hepatitis in children under 10 since January. Ten of the children needed liver transplants.
No trash-talking please: Suspended pharmacist disparaged pharmacy students he was supposed to mentor

Salvatore Forcucci was also found guilty by the Ontario College of Pharmacists of misconduct related to medication dispensing.
Pharmacare, tax freeze and healthcare spending feature in Ontario NDP platform

NDP Leader Andrea Horwath released the platform today, saying it is taking practical steps to make life more affordable.
WHO: 1 child has died in mystery liver disease outbreak

The U.N. health agency said late Saturday that it has so far received reports of at least 169 cases of "acute hepatitis of unknown origin'' from a dozen countries.

Begin with the end in mind: Authors of new exit planning guide say many pharmacists wait until it's too late

Licence stripped from doctor who falsely logged mental instability in patient's medical file after she ended their affair

Alberta increases funding for more cataract surgeries in private facilities

Antifibrinolytic reduces non-cardiac surgical bleeding

Federal government scaled down drug-pricing reforms to keep pharmaceutical industry robust: Health Minister

Mixing with unvaccinated increases COVID-19 risk for vaccinated people: study

Common virus may be linked to mystery liver disease outbreak

No trash-talking please: Suspended pharmacist disparaged pharmacy students he was supposed to mentor

Pharmacare, tax freeze and healthcare spending feature in Ontario NDP platform

WHO: 1 child has died in mystery liver disease outbreak