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What Your Pharmacy Can Do for National Nutrition Month

Digital Pharmacist

Springtime, March specifically, is an excellent time of year for you to start conversations with your patients about the various foods they’re eating and how they can enhance their diets to improve their overall health. The celebration was focused on the importance of choosing the right foods and starting a consistent exercise regimen.

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New technologies fuel advancements in digital health

Pharmaceutical Technology

How patients receive treatment is being revolutionised by advancements in AI and machine learning, the internet of things (IoT) and extended reality, coupled with a growing comfort with digital devices including smartphones and telehealth, as a part of managing one’s care. The Canadian digital health sector, like the global one, is growing.

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Why Balancing Blood Sugar is Vital for Hashimoto’s Health

The Thyroid Pharmacist

It measures and stores your glucose readings throughout the day, which you can access through an app on your phone. I suspect this is largely connected to our unique mix of genetics, health conditions, microbial balance, digestive enzymes , and nutrients that determine how we “process” each unique food molecule. of water per day.

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Understanding the current and future state of complex health data protection laws

Pharmaceutical Technology

In April 2023, Washington State Senate passed the My Health, My Data Act designed to protect the “independence and dignity of individuals when making healthcare decisions.” This legislation increases protections regarding the collection, sharing, and sale of health data without the consumer’s knowledge. million consumers.

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Chain Drug Stores’ Dangerous Culture of Speed

The People's Pharmacy

is a retired chain store pharmacist. His book, The Shocking Truth About Pharmacy: A Pharmacist Reveals All the Disturbing Secrets, can be downloaded in its entirety at Amazon for 99 cents. Unfortunately, chain drug store corporate bosses typically think the same way. Dennis Miller, R.Ph. It was, in fact, a productivity test.

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The Beginner’s Guide to Mobile Healthcare Applications

Viseven

Apart from high-quality care, personalization, and transparency, patients are eager to have more control over their time and day-to-day health activities with easy access to accurate medical information. Deloitte reports that 350,000 apps related to health are available in top app stores worldwide. For Patients.

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What Does It Feel Like to Have Thyroid Disease?

The Thyroid Pharmacist

But for me, one of the reasons I suspected something was off with my health, was that I started experiencing mood swings in combination with starting to feel as though I was on an emotional roller coaster… yet felt numb…! And another person shared: “I had no energy to work any later than I had to.