Category: *Pharmasave

Two of the most common childhood parasites in Canadian schools are head lice and pinworms. When kids are clustered together in classrooms, it’s a prime time for parasites to go body-hopping. These infestations can be more than mildly uncomfortable, and can sometimes pose risks for additional problems like skin infections. Do you know how to…

Children don’t always take change in stride, and heading back to the books can take some getting used to. There are many sources of back-to-school stress, including adjustment to new teachers and classmates, an increase in homework, or just the transition to a different daily routine. Sometimes stress has a more serious cause, such as bullying…

Parents who feel time pressured may be unwilling to trade in the quick car ride to school for a slow morning stroll. The solution may be to start a walking school bus. More than half of Canadian children aren’t as active as they need to be for healthy development. Walking to school instead of driving not…

Carsickness, airsickness, or seasickness – they’re all just different names for the same miserable problem: motion sickness. It can happen when there’s a mismatch between what your eyes see and what your inner ear – the body’s balance centre – senses when you’re in a moving vehicle.

Are ticks just a harmless nuisance? Tick bites can present a temporarily annoying experience in the summertime. However, the additional possibility of catching Lyme disease is one more reason to take action against these bugs. Lyme disease is caused by a spiral-shaped bacterium called Borrelia burgdorferi, which is spread by the bite of ticks of the genus Ixodes, commonly…

  First of all, to make sure you stay healthy when you take a trip, don’t leave your medications at home! Keep these tips in mind for managing your medications on the road: Before your trip, review your dosage schedules with your doctor or pharmacist, especially if you’ll be crossing time zones – you may…