Stephanie Gysel

Jan 7, 2025 | journals.sagepub.com | Stephanie Gysel |Ross T. Tsuyuki

Get full access to this articleView all access and purchase options for this article. Data availability statementData requests will be considered on a case-by-case basis and can made by contacting the corresponding author. References1. May Measure Month. About. May Measurement Month. April 9, 2021. Available: https://maymeasure.org/about/ (accessed Dec. 3, 2023). 2. World Health Organization. Global report on hypertension: the race against a silent killer. 2023.

Feb 1, 2024 | journals.sagepub.com | Stephanie Gysel |Ross T. Tsuyuki

A national trend has started—the “pharmacist primary care clinic.” We first reported on this in the Journal in early 2023,1 and since then, numerous corporate pharmacy chains and independent pharmacies have started to open “pharmacy clinics” across the country. Pharmacists are primary care providers and always have been.

Dec 8, 2023 | journals.sagepub.com | Daniel Burton |Stephanie Gysel |Ross T. Tsuyuki

Obesity is a chronic, relapsing and often progressive disease. Obesity Canada defines obesity as an excess or abnormal body fat that impairs health.1 In Canada, the prevalence of obesity has increased by three-fold over the last 30 years and is now affecting 1 in 4 adults and 1 in 10 children.1 Unfortunately, this problem is only predicted to get worse. Importantly, obesity is not a “lifestyle disease”—no one chooses to have obesity.