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…

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…

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…

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 common that everyone smoked and no one thought of the health repercussions of smoking until years later people started getting diagnosed with lung…

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…

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…

Prescriptions just got easier for children and young adults 24 years of age or younger. In 2018, it was announced that more than 4400 drug products are now free for qualified individuals under the Ontario Drug Benefit program. This is great news for college and university students or those who are working in low-income jobs.…