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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.

A roadmap for understanding antimalarial drug resistance

Researchers at University of California San Diego analyzed the genomes of hundreds of malaria parasites to determine which genetic variants are most likely to confer drug resistance.

28 Nov 2024

New insights into cationic polymer structure in RNA drug delivery

LMU researchers have investigated how cationic polymers organize on a molecular level when transporting RNA drugs.

27 Nov 2024

Researchers discover key protein interaction driving skin cancer growth

LMU researchers have discovered how the interplay between a key protein and an endolysosomal ion channel promotes tumor development in skin cancer.

22 Nov 2024

Anti-obesity drugs increase food waste in some users

Taking anti-obesity drugs has led some U.S. adults to throw away more food than they tossed before starting the medications, a new study has found.

22 Nov 2024

Wayne State's CEID calls for immediate community action on antimicrobial resistance

Wayne State University's Center for Emerging and Infectious Diseases (CEID) is launching its participation in World AMR Awareness Week with an urgent message: the growing threat of antimicrobial resistance requires immediate community action, so it is critical to educate, advocate, and act now.

22 Nov 2024

Benefits of sport and leisure activities outweigh the risks for people with heart disease, cardiologists say

While exercise is generally beneficial for a person's overall health, physical activities may increase the risk of adverse cardiovascular disease events in certain susceptible individuals. However, cardiologists say that the benefits outweigh the risks.

19 Nov 2024

Blood-derived materials show promise in bone regeneration

Scientists have created a new 'biocooperative' material based on blood, which has shown to successfully repair bones, paving the way for personalised regenerative blood products that could be used as effective therapies to treat injury and disease.

15 Nov 2024

NIH awards $3.96 million to develop combination therapies for superbugs

Gram-negative bacteria pose a serious threat to global health because they can resist multiple antibiotics, making infections difficult to treat, according to the National Institutes of Health.

15 Nov 2024

Self-reported symptom screening reduces symptom burden in pediatric cancer patients

Regular, self-reported symptom screening was associated with reduced symptom burden when compared with usual care for pediatric patients with cancer, according to new research led by scientists at the University of Toronto and The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids).

14 Nov 2024

Study identifies key priorities for research on reducing psychiatric medication

Study hopes to inform the research agenda and help future research to focus on the questions that are most important to key stakeholders.

12 Nov 2024

Cannabinol enhances sleep in rats, study shows

Research by scientists at the University of Sydney has identified a constituent in the cannabis plant that improves sleep.

11 Nov 2024

Researchers develop new antibody with potential to treat several types of cancer

Researchers at Uppsala University and KTH Royal Institute of Technology have developed a new form of precision medicine, an antibody, with the potential to treat several types of cancer.

11 Nov 2024

Virtual screening yields small molecules to enhance cancer immunotherapy

The process of identifying promising small molecule drug candidates that target cancer checkpoints may become faster and smarter through virtual screening, according to Weill Cornell Medicine researchers.

7 Nov 2024

Tribal health leaders say feds haven’t treated syphilis outbreak as a public health emergency

Natalie Holt sees reminders nearly everywhere of the serious toll a years-long syphilis outbreak has taken in South Dakota.

7 Nov 2024

Research reveals how caterpillar fungus chemical may treat cancer

New research into a chemical produced by a caterpillar fungus that has shown promise as a possible cancer treatment has revealed how it interacts with genes to interrupt cell growth signals.

7 Nov 2024

Targeted bacteriophages offer standardized and scalable GI therapy

In a new study, researchers at the University of Copenhagen have been cultivating 'good viruses' from feces. The goal is to replace fecal capsules now being used in so-called fecal transplants. Their new technique has shown potential in studies with mice and the hope is that it will improve this life-saving treatment through standardization and pave its way toward mainstream medicine.

5 Nov 2024

Binghamton University joins groundbreaking $42.8 million inflammatory disease treatment project

Binghamton University will play a key role in a federal grant of up to $42.8 million to develop an implantable device that acts as a living pharmacy to treat inflammatory diseases.

5 Nov 2024

No evidence Trump’s drug program for terminal patients saved ‘thousands’ of lives

Former President Donald Trump has boasted in recent months about "Right To Try," a law he signed in 2018. It's aimed at boosting terminally ill patients' access to potentially lifesaving medications not yet approved by the Food and Drug Administration.

5 Nov 2024

As nuns disappear, many Catholic hospitals look more like megacorporations

Inside the more than 600 Catholic hospitals across the country, not a single nun can be found occupying a chief executive suite, according to the Catholic Health Association.

5 Nov 2024

New targets identified for treating glioblastoma through genetic screen

A team led by researchers at the University of Toronto has uncovered new targets that could be the key to effectively treating glioblastoma, a lethal type of brain cancer.

4 Nov 2024