Helping women and families make confident health decisions with trusted pharmacist-backed education.
The short list of medicines and supplies worth keeping at home, from a Canadian pharmacist and mom of three: what to stock, what to leave on the pharmacy shelf, and where the cabinet belongs when you have little kids.
Flu vaccine is free for every Albertan 6 months and older, but where you get it depends on your age, and COVID vaccine is free only for some. A pharmacist and mom of three sorts your household by age: who goes to the pharmacy, who goes to public health, what carries a fee, and when to book.
We waited five hours in the emergency room and never saw a doctor. The urgent care I drove to next took two hours. Here is how to choose the right door the first time.
I went looking for the Canadian rule on when a sick child can go back to daycare, and found out there isn't one. Alberta and Ontario say 48 hours. Quebec and Nova Scotia say 24. BC and New Brunswick don't set a number at all. Here's what your province actually says, and who really decides.
Most childhood rashes look worse than they are. A Canadian pharmacist explains the one test that separates harmless rashes from emergencies, what works at home, and exactly when your child can return to daycare.
Most parents wait for the school medication form to come home before calling the prescriber. That's the wrong order, and it costs weeks. Here's what to sort out first.
Behind on your child's vaccines? You almost never start a series over. A pharmacist walks through what Canadian kids need before September, grade by grade.
Antibiotic side effects are common, but they don't always mean you should stop the medication. Learn which reactions are normal, which need a call to your pharmacist, and which warning signs mean seek care now, for both kids and adults.
A pharmacist breaks down the drug interactions hiding in everyday medicine cabinets, from grapefruit and statins to calcium and thyroid pills, and what to do instead.
