Brooke Thai, PharmD Student Have you seen biotin advertised to help improve the health of your hair, skin and nails? Or, have you seen vitamins that claim to do this, and one of the main ingredients within them is biotin? Many people have asked me if the product truly works to help grow long hair,…
Ethos Ho, BSc Pharm Student It’s That Time of the Year Again… With the end of summer and the start of the fall season, the notorious common cold and flu viruses will soon be a common part of our lives. These viruses cause many missed days at work or school and many visits to the…
Kevin Huang, BSc Pharm Student Being sick is never fun. Especially when you’re a kid. With all the pain, fever and sore, it’s no surprise we make a big deal about it. We all have our family remedies, some better than others. But have you ever wondered, why are we treating fevers? Better yet. Do we need to…
Seunga (Jasmine) Han, PharmD Student The Magic Number People say that 8 hours is the ideal amount of sleep you need each night. BUT, is this actually the case? What about people who feel well-rested with 5 hours of sleep? Why do others need 9 hours? How much sleep do we really need? National Sleep…
Vyvian (XueQing) Jiang, BSc Pharm Student Facial acne is a huge burden on some people – it’s an issue that’s been widely discussed, and there’s a wide range of treatments to deal with it. But what about acne on other areas of the body? While the face is the most commonly talked-about area, acne can…
Seunga (Jasmine) Han, PharmD Student Continuing our conversation surrounding vaccinations, let’s talk about the shingles vaccine. Shingrix® is the newest vaccine to be approved in Canada, and it’s now being recommended over Zostavax® to prevent herpes zoster reactivation, also known as “shingles”, and its complications in adults 50 years of age and older. What is…
Choi Chung, RPh, BSc Pharm One of our values that we believe in is helping patients make informed decisions through health promotion and education. One of our aims with this interview series is to bring awareness to the different healthcare professionals and health advocates around the world and how they’re actively involved in bettering the…
Ty Johnston, PharmD Student With winter just around the corner, many of us are wondering how to stay motivated, productive, and feeling good during the dark and cold months ahead of us. Well, there might be something that can help: light therapy, also known as phototherapy. Light therapy is essentially a light lamp that people…
Aaron Chy, BSc General, PharmD Student If you’ve ever grown up with asthma, you may know the feeling of being the kid that could never keep up. While everyone else was having their fun, you’d be the one wheezing for air, always having a hard time. It may sound sad, but that’s the reality that…
Seunga (Jasmine) Han, PharmD Student With flu season being just around the corner, we’ve been covering various topics regarding the flu shot, such as what influenza is, how we can prevent it, why we need the flu shot, and the differences between the flu, the common cold and the stomach flu. Continuing this series, today’s article…
