Discussions

Dr. Dominik Nowak outlines how the Centre for Effective Practice and other resources can help clinicians connect patients to non-clinical services and programs.

Dr. Noah Ivers argues that a panel proposing CanMEDS be centred on social justice rather than medical expertise is poor policy.

Over 6,000 community pharmacies, acting as collection locations and working alongside HPSA, have collected 4,677,811 kg of unwanted medications since the program's inception.

Solutions to a crisis of this magnitude are necessarily complex—but there is hope. 

Tiny Nova Scotia is leading the world in pharmacy innovation right now. By planning with care for the future of pharmacy, they’ve set themselves up for success.

Even an ultimate victory at the discipline tribunal does not undo the financial and reputational harm to the physician.

As I prepared my children’s orange shirts earlier this week, I couldn’t help but reflect on what a different world this conversation now lives in.

A 65-year-old woman repeatedly seeks medical help for her failing memory. She is first told it’s nothing to worry about, then, a year later, that it’s “just normal aging.” Until finally, the penny drops: “It’s Alzheimer’s. There is no cure.”

People are chugging bubble water like never before—but are their potential health concerns?

The verdict is mixed when considering all the gold-standard evidence available.

Once more for the record: pharmacists do not receive money for the prescriptions they prescribe.

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