Healthcare

Five hundred people were seen by Shoppers Drug Mart stores alone in the first week of the pilot program

I did not consider myself an entrepreneur when I graduated. I was dedicated to my profession and envisioned a career where I might possibly one day be my own boss. I know it’s very cliché to say this, but I could never have predicted what taking the plunge into pharmacy ownership was going to be like for me.

In her closing address to a Nova Scotia Supreme Court jury, Crown prosecutor Kim McOnie said Sandeson had planned to sell the marijuana he stole from the victim to clear a $78,000 debt just as he was starting medical school at Dalhousie University.

NDP Leader Rachel Notley says if her party forms government after the spring election, its goal would be for a million or more Albertans to be able to see their family doctor within a day or two near where they live.

Korsuva (difelikefalin) is administered intravenously at the end of hemodialysis sessions.

Pharmacist Amy Lamb and others debated the issue recently in Prince Albert, Alta., where zoning rules have prevented pharmacies that are adjacent to residential areas from dispensing the drug since 2018.

Members of the committee held 36 meetings, heard from nearly 150 witnesses and reviewed more than 350 briefs on the medically assisted dying program.

Doctors believe they do a great job of prescribing and fine-tuning medications, but the reality is that some patients still aren't taking them, says Dr. Hector Baillie.