Travel Immunizations Are you traveling to a different country to get away from our sometimes volatile southern Alberta winter? Do you need any immunizations before you leave? Two of the many services we provide at Stafford Pharmacy are travel consultations and the administration of travel vaccines. Here are a few tips to help you get […]
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The March issue of our newsletter, The Mortar & Pestle is available on our site, as well as previous issues. This month’s issue discusses Travel Medicine, new supplements from SISU and in recognition that March is Pharmacist Awareness Month across Canada, a focus on Pharmacist’s professional services. Pharmacists across Canada are quickly moving away from
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On average, children get 7 to 10 colds per year or more if they attend day care. Each cold can last one to two weeks; this means that children can be sick for 1/3 of every year, and this is considered normal! However, the use of medicine to suppress a cough or treat cold symptoms
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There are now multiple different styles of asthma inhalers on the market, and each requires a different inhalation technique for proper use. Having one or more styles of inhalers can make using each one a little more challenging for anyone including those managing asthma for many years. How do you use your inhaler? Did you
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It’s been in the news, you’ve heard people talking about it, and it is enough to really frighten a lot of people. Partly because we really don’t know that much about this viral infection here in Canada, because up until now it has never been a concern to those living anywhere but parts of West
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Did you figure this out yet? If you didn’t, not to worry about it. It’s not something we hope you will have any personal experience with but if you do, it can be life saving. That is the lead article for July’s issue of The Mortar & Pestle. HPTP is the acronym for the home
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Do you have a family history of diabetes? Are you worried that your diet and activity levels are putting you at risk of developing diabetes? Or, are you just concerned about the growing number of Canadians being diagnosed with diabetes and want to make sure you aren’t the next? Diabetes is a chronic disease that results
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Seasonal influenza (flu) is a contagious viral respiratory disease that causes thousands of deaths every year. Thankfully, there is a simple way to help prevent it: the flu vaccine. Should I get vaccinated? Yes! It is recommended for everyone over six months of age who is able to get the vaccine! As well, if any
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If you don’t take them each day as directed, medications just will not work. That means with each forgotten dose, your health may suffer. How does one remember to take medications and/or vitamins each day? I have been searching for that answer and come up with a few simple solutions in a quest for
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Our view of Vitamin D certainly has changed in the past few years. No longer is it the vitamin with maximum doses of 400IU per day. Instead dosing is from 400IU to daily amounts of 5000IU and more, with upper end doses still climbing higher as new information is uncovered about its physiologic role and
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