Energy drinks are relatively new to the market, and began drastically gaining popularity in 2001. These beverages are packed full of ingredients that claim to boost your energy, enhance mental acuity, burn calories for weight loss and even “give you wings”. Originally these drinks were classified by Health Canada as Natural Health Products, which meant […]
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Homeopathy is a safe and effective treatment option for many, many minor health issues as well as for the treatment of more serious, complex disease when it is used by a knowledgable homeopathic practitioner. It’s true that a neat explanation for the mechanism of action seems to escape discovery by traditional scientific methods, but that does not
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In 2010, Canadian pharmacists filled a staggering 5.6 million prescriptions for sleeping pills. Of these 5.6 million prescriptions, approximately 60% were for women between the ages of 40-60. You may be asking yourself, who cares? What’s the big deal? The problem is that most cases of insomnia can be managed with non-drug therapy
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Concern about the availability of extremely important injectable drugs is growing across Canada. Previously, the reason behind our increasing number of shortages was a mystery. The reason for this shortage is however, quite clear. Sandoz Canada, a major producer of injectable antibiotics, pain medication and anti-cancer drugs, had to shut down its plant in Quebec
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On February 13th, 2012 Honourable Fred Horne, Minister of Health and Wellness, announced large changes to how pharmacists will be remunerated as of July 1st this year. Pharmacists across the province have been anticipating a change in how they are compensated for the many health services they provide not directly attached to the dispensing of
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Although the new Dietary Reference Intake (DRI) values for Vitamin D will apply to both Canada and United States, there appears to be some disagreement among the experts when setting these values. The Institute of Medicine (IOM) in December 2010, revised the DRI’s for Vitamin D intake. This was not without much discussion , some
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You will be seeing a new topic posted on our site, which we have entitled “Trends – Products to Watch”, which will be focused on new and promising products that we have discovered. Before we bring attention to any of these products we will endeavor to do our research, to verify any therapeutic claims or
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Are you looking for reliable information about your health, disease management, drug information, complementary and alternative medicine? Look no further! Take a look at the monthly Newsletter that is available in-store, via your e-mail and each month the previous month is archived online which you can access via the drop down menu just under the
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There is a new website, AdverseEvents (www.adverseevents.com) that has been reported to be somewhat troubling for some innovator pharmaceutical companies. These “innovators” are the companies that are involved in the development and marketing of new drugs, and sometimes even the basic research that leads to the new drug. Everyone should know that any and all
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