Health insights

Having high blood pressure puts you at risk for stroke, heart disease and kidney disease. It is important to regularly check your blood pressure and discuss your findings with your Pharmacist and your Physician to determine a treatment plan. In the meantime, we've included some lifestyle tips you can implement to help reduce your blood pressure.

High cholesterol is a significant risk factor for cardiovascular disease, predisposing you to plaque buildup and potentially heart attacks, strokes and other vascular conditions. Although screening has gotten a lot better, there are still gaps in understanding and screening for dyslipidemia across Canada. We will dig into this a bit more in this post.