The best way to prevent Lyme Disease is to avoid being bitten by a tick. These ticks are generally found near grassy and wooded areas with trees, shrubs and piles of leaves. Use these tips when heading outside in an area where ticks can be found:
Xerox: Innovation at Work/19 jobs for ‘bots (and why that’s not such a a bad thing) This morning I stumbled on this posting which was sent to me via Quartz Daily Brief, a subscription I have that drops a collection of links to topics on politics, technology, global affairs, science and economics just to name
Since its approval by Health Canada in 2008, the shingles vaccine (Zostavax®) has been in very high demand even at times becoming unavailable due to manufacturing delays in combination with a demand that may not have been anticipated. Merck, the company producing Zostavax®, has finally produced enough of the vaccine to fill back orders and
Zostavax: The Shingles Vaccine & Shingles Protection Read More »
Recently returned from CES 2016 in Las Vegas, the annual Consumer Electronics Show. This was a first for me and for anyone who has attended you’ll understand when I say it was ‘information overload’, but in a good way – if there is such a term. For those of us who have grown up with
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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
Newsletter Archives, Pharmacist Awareness Month & 30 Year Anniversary Read More »
Don’t believe everything you see on social media, YouTube, Blogs and the news. This story will hopefully show you how fast these sites can take official statements and turn them in to something they aren’t. Before you share links, post comments and start telling everyone not to get the flu shot this year, slow down,
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Use this simple 5 question test to determine if your asthma is controlled! Answer the following questions with either a ‘yes’ or a ‘no’: 1) Do you cough, wheeze, or have a tight chest because of your asthma? (4 or more days a week) YES / NO 2) Do coughing, wheezing, or chest tightness wake
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Here is a new theory to think about, could it be possible that men have actually caused menopause?! This isn’t a crazy theory from a woman mad at her husband either! An evolutionary geneticists at McMaster University has backed her new theory with computer models generated by colleagues in hopes that new research on the
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Have you ever received a sample of a medication from your doctor? Medication samples are provided to physicians by drug companies. Physicians can then choose to provide these samples “free” of charge to their patients for a small duration, in order to determine if the patient tolerates the medication before they receive a prescription for
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Cardiovascular disease causes one third of the deaths in Canada – more than any other illness. Although February was Heart Month and to celebrate, we were checking in on your heart health we think this is important enough to continue this service twelve months of the year. We offer the Framingham Cardiovascular Risk Assessment. The
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