Many Seniors today are staying at their homes longer with the help of caregivers or they are moving into their Children’s homes! If you’re a caregiver and are preparing your home or your Parents home for a Parent to live safely, then you’ll need some advice on what essential safe proofing steps you may need […]
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The Importance of Children Getting Daily Physical Activity
Remember when you were a kid, riding your bike to the corner store or playing baseball with a group of friends? Humans were not meant to sit around watching TV or playing video games all day long. Early humans were always on the move to hunt and gather food, escape predators, and to build shelter […]
The Future of Virtual Doctor Visits With Mobile Devices!
Medical care could look like something out of a sci-fi film like Star Trek. Typically people call to make an appointment or visit a walk-in clinic, drive down to see the doctor and wait for an hour or two in a waiting room. That has been the standard practice for as long as we can remember. As technology […]
How Your Child Can Benefit From The New OHIP Plus Program
Perscriptions just got easier for children and young adults 24 years of age or younger. At the start of 2018, it was announced that over 4400 drug products are now free if you’re aged 24-years-old, or younger, under the Ontario Drug Benefit program. This is great news for college and university students or those who […]
Grand Opening: Little Blue House, fashions – Kingsville Ontario
Little Blue House, fashions items will be 20% off during our Grand Opening: Thursday, May 03 2018, Friday, May 04 2018 and Saturday, May 05 2018. We will have in store giveaways, snacks, and refreshments! We have the largest selection of Little Blue House in Southwest Ontario. Great Mother’s Day gifts available, we also offer […]
How Old is Your Glucose Meter?
CDA guidelines recommend upgrading your meter every 2 years! STOP by one of our 14 retail locations to talk to our pharmacy team about getting yourself a new meter! Sunshine Drugs Locations: Moy – 1407 Ottawa St., Windsor IDA 1909 – 1909 Tecumseh Rd. E. Westminster – 5115 Tecumseh Rd. E. Fontainebleu – 2901 Grandview […]
Ideal Protein! A Weight Loss Solution That Works! – Testimonial
In 2015 my pharmacy began offering the Ideal Protein weight loss and management program. After receiving the training to be a coach for future clients I decided I would try the protocol myself. It had been 3 years and I still hadn’t lost the weight I gained while pregnant. I had tried many times to […]
Prevention is Key? Yeah Right!
We’ve all heard that expression; but do we adhere to it? You would think that we would learn from our mistakes and for something we have. For example, years ago it was chique that everyone smoked and no one thought of the health repercussions of smoking until years later people started getting diagnosed with lung […]
What’s New With Blood Pressure?
Managing Hypertension “What’s New” is the title page of Hypertension Canada’s 2016 CHEP guidelines booklet for the management of Hypertension. CHEP stands for Canadian Hypertension Education Program. The dedicated men and women who compose this important document are unpaid volunteers comprised of clinical and scientific healthcare professionals. They selflessly contribute their time and expertise to […]
Lessons Learned from My Mother
By Frank Murgic President & CEO of Sunshine Drugs. Several years ago, I drove to my mother’s place to pick up a dinette table she no longer needed. The table was in good shape; the only reason she wanted to replace it was because the edges were too pointy, and she was worried the grandkids […]