Healthcare

New product: Colgate PerioGard toothpaste

A new toothpaste from Colgate promises to reduce gum bleeding and inflammation through its antibacterial ingredients.
Blank pages and empty spaces

Even in the emptiness there is alway something, as Dr. Gary Kinney discovers.
Feds launch new Model Practice Standard for MAiD

The new model aims to help clinicians and regulators alike through complex cases.
B.C. to announce plan for access to diabetes drug Ozempic, hyped for weight loss

Adrian Dix said in January that the government would be investigating why almost 10% of prescriptions for the drug in B.C. were filled for American citizens.
Rise in TTC violence sign of failure to address poverty, mental illness: psychiatrist

The TTC has also said it’s critical to address underlying social issues.
POLL: Are you an OTC counsellor?

Counseling patients on the use of nonprescription products is a part of a pharmacist's scope of practice that's often under the radar. What's your personal experience with OTC counselling?
Several southern Ontario public health units warn whooping cough on the rise

Normally caseloads are in the single digits for these regions, but dozens have popped up so far this year.
Podcast digs into the lives, and deaths, of Barry and Honey Sherman

A new podcast from the CBC and Lionsgate Sound looks back on those deaths and the extraordinary lives of Barry, founder of the pharmaceutical company Apotex, and Honey, his philanthropist wife.

Doctor decries gun violence after school shooting near miss