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  • Why Your Pharmacy Should Stop Selling Sugary Beverages

    Two of the most common questions I get about my discontinuing of selling sugary beverages in September of 2014 is A) Did I notice a drop in income because of the lost sales of this line and B) Did I notice an increase in sales because of this move. Before I stopped selling this line…

  • New Senate Proposed Sugary Beverage Tax – The Real Benefit Isn’t Lower Obesity Rates

    The month of March ushered in news of a new report entitled “Obesity in Canada”. Submitted by the Senate, this report was a 21 recommendation paper to try and constructively address the growing concern of why Canadians are following its Southern neighbors in growing rates of obesity in both children and adults. In fact there…

  • Stone’s Withdraws Sugary Beverages – One Year Later

    September 11, 2014 was a busy day at Stone’s Drug Store in Baddeck.  The week that followed was a similar pace.  After months of contemplation the trigger was pulled to remove the sale of all sugary beverages from the pharmacy on the second Thursday in September.  Before opening on that day I removed all of…

  • Pharmacy Sugary Drink Withdrawal and the New WHO Sugar Guidelines

    In response to my decision to remove sugary drinks from my pharmacy in September of 2014, there seem to be the odd lingering claim that “…targeting the sale of one particular category is not going to have a significant impact [on obesity]”, and that “information – not restriction – is key.” While we agree with…

  • Press Release: Soft Drinks and Sugary Beverages

    Press Release: Soft Drinks and Sugary Beverages

    Nova Scotia pharmacy stops selling soft drinks and other sugary beverages Pharmacist Graham MacKenzie says this is part of an overall move to sell healthier foods.

  • The Value of Pharmacy Research

    Boost Your Professional Credibility & Contribute to your Profession with Research Practicing pharmacy has proven for me to be much more than I had planned when I was accepted to Dalhousie University’s College of Pharmacy 30 years ago.  Of course it created a career where I used the most available evidence based treatments for just about…

  • Dispensing Pain Meds as a Specialty Service

    I have seen many changes happen to pharmacy in the last 24 years. One of the most career-shifting has been the change in the reimbursement model that has forced pharmacy to revisit how it makes money to remain afloat while continuing the important work of patient care. The traditional work I am referring to is not…

  • Individual attempts at large scale health outcomes

    Individual attempts at large scale health outcomes

    I find it amusing, especially in the world of preventative therapies, the cut-throat competitive atmosphere in what works and what doesn’t; what is a waste of money and what is positively proven.  Unfortunately, virtually all of these claims (positive or negative) come from a claim or conclusion from the latest study.  The study might or…

  • Pop Withdrawal From a Pharmacy and the new WHO Sugar Recommendations

    In response to my decision to remove sugary drinks from my pharmacy in September of 2014, there seem to be the odd lingering claim that “…targeting the sale of one particular category is not going to have a significant impact [on obesity]”, and that “information – not restriction – is key.” While we agree with…

  • WILL YOUR 12 YEAR OLD SELF BE TO BLAME FOR YOUR DEATH?

    There are few non-traumatic causes of death that happen as suddenly and without prior knowledge of any ill health more than myocardial infarction or a heart attack.  Certainly there are disease states or signs ahead of time that put you at risk for such an event.  Smokers (including secondhand smoke), high stress lifestyle, heavy metal…