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Community pharmacy, also known as retail pharmacy, is the most common type of pharmacy that allows the public access to their medications and advice about their health. Traditionally known as a chemist, it is the healthcare facility that is responsible for the provision of pharmaceutical service to a specific community group or region.

Starting epidurals in the OR may help provide better pain control

Starting a patient-controlled epidural anesthesia (PCEA) infusion while the patient is still in the operating room (OR) -; rather than in the recovery room after the procedure -; may help provide better pain control, suggests research presented at the virtual American Society of Anesthesiologists' Anesthesia Quality and Patient Safety Meeting.

17 Jul 2023

Wait, What’s a PBM?

Pharmacy benefit managers, or PBMs, are intermediary companies that negotiate the price of prescription drugs.

13 Jul 2023

Psychedelic-based therapies poised to change the treatments for patients with PTSD

Psychedelic-based therapies are poised to change the treatments that psychiatrists can offer patients.

12 Jul 2023

Amplified Sciences secures $400,000 grant to develop pancreatic cancer diagnostic test

Health care providers and their patients could know with greater confidence whether pancreatic cysts are benign or potentially malignant, and if surgery is required to remove them, by using a new diagnostic test currently in development.

12 Jul 2023

Rethinking how cancer immunotherapy drugs are delivered could save millions

A new analysis finds that up to millions of dollars could be saved annually on cancer immunotherapy treatments across the Veterans Health Administration by reconsidering how those drugs are delivered.

11 Jul 2023

Do system-level DOAC therapy management services affect anticoagulation outcomes for AF patients compared to usual care?

Researchers compared outcomes related to three direct oral anticoagulant (DOAC) care models.

10 Jul 2023

What you need to know about the drug price fight in those TV ads

In recent months ominous ads about prescription drugs have flooded the TV airwaves. Perhaps by design, it's not always clear who's sponsoring the ads or why.

10 Jul 2023

Patients squeezed in fight over who gets to bill for pricey infusion drugs

Health insurers and medical providers are battling over who should supply high-cost infusion drugs for patients, with the tussle over profits now spilling into statehouses across the country.

5 Jul 2023

New oral films could revolutionize drug delivery for patients

Conventional ways of administering medication - by swallowing tablets, consuming bitter syrups, injections or rectal insertions - could be distressing and unpleasant for some patients, especially young children or the elderly.

3 Jul 2023

Need to get Plan B or an HIV test online? Facebook may know about it

Looking for an at-home HIV test on CVS' website is not as private an experience as one might think. An investigation by The Markup and KFF Health News found trackers on CVS.com telling some of the biggest social media and advertising platforms the products customers viewed.

30 Jun 2023

UTHSC College of Pharmacy ranked No. 6 in annual research funding from the NIH

The College of Pharmacy at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center is now ranked No. 6 in annual research funding from the National Institutes of Health, according to a new listing published by the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy of its approximately 140 member institutions.

29 Jun 2023

Trial shows no benefit of prescribing an opioid for people with acute back or neck pain

Opioid pain-relieving medicines are not more effective than a placebo in relieving acute back and neck pain and may even cause harm, according to a world-first trial led by the University of Sydney.

28 Jun 2023

BMI cutoff for shoulder replacement surgery could lead to health disparities, MUSC surgeon warns

In June, the American Medical Association announced a new policy that encourages physicians not to focus solely on body mass index, or BMI, as a determinant of weight and health.

28 Jun 2023

Experts release new guidelines for safe opioid deprescribing in Australia

Australian and international experts have released 11 recommendations on when, how, and in what situation it may be appropriate for clinicians to reduce opioid use, by placing the patient at the center of the equation.

25 Jun 2023

What’s it really like to be HHS secretary? Three who’ve done it spill the beans

As the nation's top health official and leader of one of the federal government's largest departments, the secretary of Health and Human Services makes life-or-death decisions every day that affect millions of Americans.

22 Jun 2023

Study reveals how metformin interacts with the liver and gut to reduce circulating glucose levels

There are still many enigmas about the mechanism of action of metformin, the most prescribed drug to treat diabetes mellitus, also known as type 2 diabetes.

22 Jun 2023

UTHSC researchers receive major national award to find new treatments for breast cancer metastasis

UTHSC researchers working to find new treatments to combat breast cancer metastasis recently pulled in a major national award.

20 Jun 2023

Preventing the formation of harmful acrylamides in potato crisps

Researchers have now found out how to stop the formation of harmful acrylamides when deep-frying potatoes to make crisps.

19 Jun 2023

Experts identify a novel fucosylated heparan sulfate from the midgut gland of the Japanese scallop

Glycosaminoglycans (GAGs), including chondroitin sulfate (CS), heparan sulfate (HS), heparin, and hyaluronan are linear and acidic polysaccharides found in the extracellular matrix of all animal tissues. GAGs are widely used as functional ingredients in health products, pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics, and are prepared from biological samples such as shark cartilage and porcine intestinal mucosa. Consequently, the demand for new sources of GAGs is ever-present. For example, the supply source of the anticoagulant heparin-;generally prepared from porcine intestinal mucosa in China-;was threatened by African swine fever in 2018.

15 Jun 2023

Slow your disenroll

The Biden administration this week pleaded with states to slow the post-pandemic removal of beneficiaries from their Medicaid rolls, as government data shows more than a million Americans have lost coverage since pandemic protections ended in April.