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Repurposing medications to treat people with rare diseases
HN Summary • Innovative Program for Rare Diseases: The new Coastal Program for Rare Inflammatory Diseases at Vancouver Coastal Health, led by Dr. Luke Chen, is building a collaborative network of researchers and clinicians to accelerate treatments for patients with rare and orphan diseases through...
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Preventing micronutrient deficiencies: Safe medication use considerations
Mrs. L, a 72-year-old woman with type 2 diabetes, had been taking metformin for the past 8 years to control her blood sugar. Recently, she began experiencing persistent fatigue and a tingling sensation in her hands and feet. She wondered if this was due...
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The role and considerations of pharmacogenomics in safe medication use and practices
HN Summary •Pharmacogenomics (PGx) and Testing: PGx studies how an individual’s genes affect their response...
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Corticosteroids: Safe medication use considerations in the pediatric population
LS is an 8-year-old girl who has been having a tough time with her...
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Pediatric dosage forms: Safe medication use considerations
As a parent, when your child is sick, it is not uncommon to have...
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Pharmacy is everywhere healthcare happens: a new era for pharmacy professionals
You can find pharmacy anywhere healthcare happens. It’s easy to picture the pharmacist behind a...
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Pharmacy professional collaboration in motion in air and on ground, wherever care goes
With a mandate to deliver life-saving critical care transport to over 14 million patients...
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Pharmacy without walls: Redefining acute care with hospital at home
Hospital at Home (HaH) at Island Health is an innovative model that delivers acute-level...
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HHS pharmacy sets national benchmark: First-ever delivery of groundbreaking $4.5M Hemophilia B treatment
Hamilton Health Sciences (HHS) outpatient pharmacy recently made history by becoming the first in...
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Antimicrobial stewardship at a distance: How telepharmacy is fighting superbugs in hospitals across Canada
Antimicrobial resistance develops when bacteria no longer respond to the drugs we use against...
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The role of drug access navigators in healthcare-systems pharmacy
Imagine being prescribed a life-changing medication – one that could manage your condition, improve...
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Gender-affirming hormone therapy: What you need to know about medication safety
Xander (they/them), a 22-year-old non-binary person assigned female at birth (AFAB), arrives at their...
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Accelerating drug development with AI
Waterloo researchers use machine learning to predict how new drugs could affect the body. Developing...
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Safe medication use of blood thinning medications
Blood clot is an accumulation of blood that has thickened and clumped together. The...
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