Just a few days remain until pharmacists gather at the annual Ontario Pharmacists’ Association conference, to be held at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre June 20-22.
WASHINGTON, D.C. | The U.S. Prostate Cancer Roundtable has expressed concern about the utterly confusing guidance being offered – to both the professional healthcare community and to individual consumers – about whether men should or should not be tested ("screened") for risk of prostate cancer.
Pharmacies across Canada may see a jump in the number of unused and expired medications that are turned in for disposal if the campaign message from the first National Prescription Drug Drop-Off Day resonates with consumers.
Just in time for World Asthma Day––May 7, 2013––the British Columbia Pharmacy
Association (BCPhA)’s proposed asthma consultation program has received the
endorsement of the Asthma Society of Canada.
Temporary solution found to eliminate a jurisdictional grey area that may have contributed to over 1,200 patients receiving diluted chemotherapy drugs.
New Brunswick pharmacists have been busy fielding calls from anxious patients after news of an urgent recall of Alysena-28 birth control pills broke last Monday, the CBC reported.
TORONTO | A report by the Canadian Liver Foundation shows an almost 30% increase in deaths from liver disease in the eight years from 2000 to 2007. Ontario, Quebec, Alberta and British Columbia are the hardest hit.
MISSISSAUGA, ONT. | The need for home care services in Canada is outpacing public funding. The result is service limitations, increased demand on family caregivers, unnecessary hospital visits or premature admissions to long-term care facilities.
