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People with diabetes are at higher risk for complications from vaccine-preventable diseases, even if their blood glucose levels are well controlled.

Any support you can provide to your sight-impaired patients can help keep them self-sufficient in their diabetes management.

The guidelines recommend beginning discussions about deprescribing after a patient has been on medication for 12 months.

How effective are the tools pharmacists have available for handling this complex problem for patients?

Pharmacists are pivotal in recognizing and managing pelvic pain, particularly primary dysmenorrhea.

Key considerations for pharmacists providing EC.

Lean management should be about ensuring that everyone works at their highest skill level.

The primary goals in the treatment of pediatric fever should be to improve the patient’s overall comfort, maintain hydration and address signs of serious illness.

A qualitative study found that 51% of women taking lamotrigine were unaware of the interaction with their COCs.

In most instances, numbness is a temporary symptom of multiple sclerosis and it remits without intervention. Consequently, numbness is often considered more of an annoyance than a disabling symptom. However, in severe cases, numbness can interfere with a person’s ability to function normally.

Optic neuritis is the presenting feature of MS in 15 to 20 percent of patients and occurs in 50 percent of patients with MS at some time during the course of their illness.

Here's the uncomfortable question: Are we, as pharmacists, practicing what we're preaching?

Pharmacists who succeed won't be those who resist change; they'll be the people who learned to control what they can while adapting to what they can't.

Shortages, confusion about access, multiple points of contact: didn't we learn anything from the pandemic about streamlining access to crucial vaccines?

With the rise of mail order and PPNs, community pharmacists are seeing more patients who already have their medication, but need our counsel and advice. With our fees tied to dispensing, who will pay for this important counselling work?

Pharmacists often tell us that while they appreciate the information we provide, they just don’t have the time to practice to their full capability.

I can’t fathom the energy required to keep pushing the door closed against the endless barrage of health misinformation that threatens us.

Most Canadians will get the folic acid they require if they eat grains which are fortified with this nutrient as per government mandates. But here are a few interesting studies to consider.

Saunas and hot tubs are a relaxing part of the occasional spa experience, but is there any benefit to the regular use of heat therapies?

For patients who present with an MI and have an LVEF ≥ 50% post-vascularization, the benefit of beta-blockers, if one truly exists, is likely modest at best.

Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists have gone Hollywood.

We’ve all been to businesses where employees clearly don’t want to be there. When that happens, customers don’t want to be there either. Customers are perceptive. They can tell when they’re treated like an inconvenience. And you know what? They stop coming back. When customers don’t return, the business fails. It’s that simple. Is it possible to avoid challenging days?

Leading through change means inspiring, listening, and securing buy-in from your team. It’s about painting a vision that energizes and equips people to move forward, even when the road is rough.

Initially I was nervous about this opportunity to practise in a French-speaking community, as I had never actively spoken French outside of grade school. Although challenging, the experience had boosted my confidence and helped me to feel confident in another language.

Join new practitioner Andrew Tu as he shares his experiences beginning his career as a community pharmacist. ‘I finally made it: all the studying and preparation over the past four years has paid off. Today, I am the pharmacist in the dispensary.’

Boards are always looking for talent to support their vision and mandate. Pharmacists are uniquely qualified to offer healthcare leadership iinsights.

Pharmacists have important insights. They understand which are the important problems to solve in the healthcare space, making them the ideal people to develop solutions to those problems.

You’re struggling because you’re doing it all, in a healthcare system that thinks pharmacies can make it on 2005 margins in a world of 2025.

Breaking the cycle requires us to recognize that balance isn’t selfish, it’s protective.

Guard your joy like it’s your licence. It will keep you curious. It will keep you steady. It will pull you toward moments that make this work worth doing.

What a seamless flow of information between a patient and their various care providers could look like.

There's a frighteningly small window in which a glance away from the screen can turn a routine prescription into a preventable tragedy.

The following article does not constitute medical advice. No baristas, coffee beans, or double-doubles were harmed in the making of this semi-satire.