Skin care
How’s your liver doing?
In light of Dry January, when many people choose to go a month without alcohol or reduce their alcohol consumption, it's encouraging to know that doing so is good for...
Winter skin care
Now that winter solstice is behind us and it's officially winter, we thought that a refresher about taking care of our skin might be useful. We have tried to keep...
Different ways of taking medications
When a person thinks about different ways of taking medications, what comes to mind would include: by mouth (orally), maybe by the skin (cream or a patch), or maybe...
A Few Minutes with Mary
Meet our multi-faceted pharmacist Mary... She is a generalist pharmacist, interested in the whole patient and from a professional perspective, all aspects of pharmacy. As patients who consult with her...
Bad Breath
We have all probably experienced this at one point or another... we get a whiff of someone's bad breath and then we think, oh no! What if it's me?! Called...
Did you know?
In our monthly email newsletter, we often have a section entitled "Did you know?". As the heading suggests, it's usually about a little known or surprising fact. Here's a selection...
Chickenpox and Shingles
With greater awareness of vaccines in the last few years, we thought it might be useful to review chickenpox (varicella) and shingles (zoster), two related diseases. We hope that this...
Melatonin and sleep
As we move into travel season and people are going farther distances, we've had more questions about the sleep aid and hormone melatonin. Does it work for jet lag? How...
Weight training and women
A typical image that comes to mind when we think of a gym is one filled with fairly young and fit bodies, with motivating trainers here and there, and mostly...