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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.

Researchers discover new therapeutic approach for neuroblastoma

Neuroblastomas are tumors of the nervous system. They can form in many places in the body and are the most common cause of cancer-related deaths in young children.

25 Aug 2023

Keck Medicine of USC experts highlight the importance of COVID-19, flu and RSV vaccines

Over the last few years, the nation has been through multiple rounds of COVID-19 vaccinations. This fall, the COVID-19 vaccine will be offered annually.

25 Aug 2023

High cost of hepatic encephalopathy treatment may lead to medication non-adherence

Researchers from the University of Minnesota Medical School and College of Pharmacy have found that high costs for hepatic encephalopathy treatment in patients with end-stage liver disease were associated with decreased treatment retention for patients.

25 Aug 2023

Timing and cost of new vaccines vary by virus and health insurance status

As summer edges toward fall, thoughts turn to, well, vaccines.

24 Aug 2023

UT Health San Antonio and partners secure NIH funding to translate scientific discoveries into therapeutic benefits

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (also called UT Health San Antonio) and seven regional collaborators will leverage $46 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) over the next five to seven years to translate scientific discoveries into therapeutic benefits for human health and well-being.

22 Aug 2023

Malaria vaccine and drug combination reduces hospitalizations, deaths in children

The final results of a landmark study published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases confirm that the benefits of combining the RTS,S/AS01E (RTS,S) malaria vaccine with antimalarial drugs in settings of highly seasonal malaria transmission continue over five years.

22 Aug 2023

NIH supports research to understand the genome-metal interactions in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

Wanqing Liu, Ph.D., professor of pharmaceutical sciences in the Wayne State University Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences and of pharmacology in Wayne State's School of Medicine, received a $3 million, five-year award from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences of the National Institutes of Health.

21 Aug 2023

Proxalutamide shows promise as potential COVID-19 treatment

At the outset of the COVID pandemic, men appeared to suffer higher rates of severe illness and death, leading researchers to suspect a link between androgen receptors - which bind to hormones like testosterone--and SARS-CoV-2 viral infection.

18 Aug 2023

How pediatric congenital heart patients can make the leap to adulthood safely

For parents, few words are more earth-shattering than when a pediatrician says the phrase "heart defects."

17 Aug 2023

KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': Abortion pill’s legal limbo continues

A divided three-judge federal appeals court panel has ruled that a lower court was wrong to try to reverse entirely the FDA's approval of the abortion drug mifepristone.

17 Aug 2023

Researchers develop new rapid and reliable method for SARS-CoV-2 detection

Commercially available mass spectrometers can reliably detect the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus. In the journal "Clinical proteomics" researchers from the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) present a new method which employs equipment that is already being used in hospitals and laboratories to detect bacterial and fungal infections.

16 Aug 2023

Evaluating medical research using a new “diversity index” could promote better health outcomes

Scientific journals and research papers are evaluated by a metric known as their "impact factor," which is based on how many times a given paper is cited by other papers.

15 Aug 2023

Promising better, cheaper care, Kaiser Permanente’s national expansion faces wide skepticism

As regulators review Kaiser Permanente's proposed acquisition of a respected health system based in Pennsylvania, health care experts are still puzzling over how the surprise deal, announced in April, could fulfill the managed care giant's promise of improving care and reducing costs for patients, including in its home state of California.

15 Aug 2023

New imaging method could speed up treatment for critically ill lung infection patients

A federally funded study, led by University of Cincinnati researcher Nalinikanth Kotagiri, looks to develop a new imaging method that can identify certain types of lung infections - in real time - in order to speed up treatment for critically ill patients.

14 Aug 2023

New guidance provides clear advice to reduce medication errors in anesthesia care

New guidance published in Anaesthesia (the journal of the Association of Anaesthetists) provides clear advice to reduce avoidable errors on all steps of the pathway involving injectable medications used routinely in anesthesia care.

8 Aug 2023

UTHSC professor receives $2.56 million to continue glioblastoma research

Lawrence Pfeffer, PhD, Professor in the Department of Pathology at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, recently was awarded $2.56 million from the National Cancer Institute over the next five years to identify and target molecular pathways that will enhance glioblastoma's sensitivity to currently approved drug therapies.

7 Aug 2023

Phage therapy shows promise in treating tough Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections

A new international study conducted by the Israeli Phage Therapy Center (IPTC) led by Prof. Ran Nir-Paz at Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center and Prof. Ronen Hazan of the Faculty of Dental Medicine at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, using phage PASA16 on compassionate basis to treat tough Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections, has shown promising results with an 86.6% success rate.

7 Aug 2023

Moderna vaccine linked to lower risk of adverse events in older adults

While mRNA vaccines against COVID-19 have been found to be safe and effective for the general population, in-depth evidence about safety and effectiveness for older adults and individuals with chronic health conditions is more limited.

2 Aug 2023

Child-friendly HIV drug could improve treatment outcomes

Researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus have helped confirm the dosing, safety and effectiveness of a drug formulation designed for treating children with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).

2 Aug 2023

Diligent Robotics' Moxi robot revolutionizes medication delivery at CHLA

Whether it's R2-D2, Wall-E, Rosie from "The Jetsons," or your own personal Roomba, chances are you've been captivated by at least one robot in your lifetime. It seems most kids (and kids at heart) find robots equal parts mystifying, useful and endearing.

1 Aug 2023

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Researchers discover new therapeutic approach for neuroblastoma

Keck Medicine of USC experts highlight the importance of COVID-19, flu and RSV vaccines

High cost of hepatic encephalopathy treatment may lead to medication non-adherence

Timing and cost of new vaccines vary by virus and health insurance status

UT Health San Antonio and partners secure NIH funding to translate scientific discoveries into therapeutic benefits

Malaria vaccine and drug combination reduces hospitalizations, deaths in children

NIH supports research to understand the genome-metal interactions in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

Proxalutamide shows promise as potential COVID-19 treatment

How pediatric congenital heart patients can make the leap to adulthood safely

KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': Abortion pill’s legal limbo continues

Researchers develop new rapid and reliable method for SARS-CoV-2 detection

Evaluating medical research using a new “diversity index” could promote better health outcomes

Promising better, cheaper care, Kaiser Permanente’s national expansion faces wide skepticism

New imaging method could speed up treatment for critically ill lung infection patients

New guidance provides clear advice to reduce medication errors in anesthesia care

UTHSC professor receives $2.56 million to continue glioblastoma research

Phage therapy shows promise in treating tough Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections

Moderna vaccine linked to lower risk of adverse events in older adults

Child-friendly HIV drug could improve treatment outcomes

Diligent Robotics' Moxi robot revolutionizes medication delivery at CHLA

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