March 19, 2019 Cardiovascular Diesase Aspirin is not recommended to prevent heart attack for people who have never had one. The risks and harms exceeds the benefit in this case.
March 11, 2019 Generic Drugs Health Canada issues recall over contaminated blood pressure medication.
February 20, 2019 Generic Drugs No place for opioid-based cough suppressants for children and adolescents
December 21, 2018 Addiction More talk but little action it seems on providing appropriate service for people suffering from opioid addiction.
December 18, 2018 Addiction Survey suggests that teens are turning to vaping more so than other drugs
November 7, 2018 General information “Hey! Can you please pass me the antibiotics? My google diagnosis says I should take them.”
October 24, 2018 Addiction Number of young people dying from opioid overdose is great enough to negatively affect Canadian average life expectancy
October 10, 2018 Food Science Meta-analysis of high vs low dose Vitamin D for prevention of fractures, falls, and effects of bone density concludes that the end result is the same. High and low doses had similar outcomes.
August 31, 2018 Addiction UK proposes ban on energy drink sales to children. Same logic applies to alcohol and cigarette bans. Caffeine falls into that category for children.