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There are many tasks that a pharmacist is responsible for each day. Pharmacists are some of the most accessible members of the healthcare team, as individuals can seek their advice quickly and easily, even without an appointment.

These programs put unused prescription drugs in the hands of patients in need

On a recent November evening, Angie Phoenix waited at a pharmacy here in Colorado's second-largest city to pick up prescription drugs to treat her high blood pressure and arm seizures.

6 Dec 2023

MHRA extends the license of two cystic fibrosis drugs for children aged two to five years old

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has today (15 November 2023) extended the licence of the cystic fibrosis medicines Kaftrio (ivacaftor, tezacaftor and elexacaftor) and Kalydeco (ivacaftor) for children aged two to five years old.

20 Nov 2023

Biden administration’s limit on drug industry middlemen backfires, pharmacists say

The Biden administration's first major step toward imposing limits on the pharmacy benefit managers who act as the drug industry's price negotiators is backfiring, pharmacists say.

15 Nov 2023

Automated referrals to pharmacy services dramatically increase appropriate statin prescription rates

The odds of prescribing the appropriate dose of statins-;a medicine used to lower "bad" cholesterol levels-; increased sixfold when automated referrals were made to pharmacy services, instead of relying on traditional prescribing methods, according to researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.

13 Nov 2023

UK regulator approves a diabetes drug for weight management in obese and overweight patients

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has today (8 November 2023) authorised via a national application route, a new indication for the diabetes medicine, Mounjaro (tirzepatide), for weight loss and weight management in adults aged 18 and over.

13 Nov 2023

Pharmacist prescribing for hypertension could save billions and millions of lives, study finds

If pharmacists had a larger role in prescribing medications to control blood pressure, they could prevent more than 15 million heart attacks, nearly 8 million strokes and more than 4 million cases each of angina and heart failure in the U.S. over 30 years, according to a new Virginia Commonwealth University-led study.

3 Nov 2023

California expands paid sick days and boosts health worker wages

California continues to burnish its reputation as a progressive state for health policy as Gov. Gavin Newsom signed bills expanding paid sick leave, adding bereavement leave for miscarriages, and boosting wages for health workers.

25 Oct 2023

Feds try to head off growing problem of overdoses among expectant mothers

When Andria Peterson began working as a clinical pharmacist in the pediatric and neonatal intensive care units at St. Rose Dominican Hospital in Henderson, Nevada, in 2009, she witnessed the devastating effects the opioid crisis had on the hospital's youngest patients.

19 Oct 2023

How were antibiotics used during the COVID-19 pandemic?

Researchers explores the application of antimicrobial stewardship in the antibiotic prescribing guidelines during the COVID-19 pandemic.

11 Oct 2023

Pharmacists can play key role in boosting HPV vaccination rates

HPV, or human papillomavirus, is the most common sexually transmitted infection. It is also the leading cause of cervical cancer.

3 Oct 2023

New hope for hispanic type 2 diabetes patients: pharmacist intervention cuts A1c levels

Researchers examined whether pharmacist-led interventions improved adherence to medications and guideline-concordant care based on changes in hemoglobin A1C (HbA1C) levels and systolic blood pressure among Hispanic type 2 diabetes patients.

3 Oct 2023

Pharmacist-led intervention can significantly improve diabetes control for Latinos

UCLA-led research suggests that diabetes control can significantly improve for Latinos when a pharmacist implements an intervention that addresses these patients' barriers to medication adherence.

28 Sep 2023

Cerebrospinal fluid leaks may be one of the mechanisms that link TBI with dementia

Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leaks may be one of the mechanisms that link traumatic brain injury (TBI) with dementia, according to a recently published hypothesis in Alzheimer's & Dementia: Translational Research & Clinical Interventions, a journal of the Alzheimer's Association.

21 Sep 2023

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These programs put unused prescription drugs in the hands of patients in need

MHRA extends the license of two cystic fibrosis drugs for children aged two to five years old

Biden administration’s limit on drug industry middlemen backfires, pharmacists say

Automated referrals to pharmacy services dramatically increase appropriate statin prescription rates

UK regulator approves a diabetes drug for weight management in obese and overweight patients

Pharmacist prescribing for hypertension could save billions and millions of lives, study finds

California expands paid sick days and boosts health worker wages

Feds try to head off growing problem of overdoses among expectant mothers

How were antibiotics used during the COVID-19 pandemic?

Pharmacists can play key role in boosting HPV vaccination rates

New hope for hispanic type 2 diabetes patients: pharmacist intervention cuts A1c levels

Pharmacist-led intervention can significantly improve diabetes control for Latinos

Cerebrospinal fluid leaks may be one of the mechanisms that link TBI with dementia

Even in the most depressed county in America, stigma around mental illness persists

Amsterdam UMC-led project drives innovation in healthcare with AI and natural language processing

Integrating tobacco cessation care into lung cancer screening improves quit rates

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

Catheter-directed thrombolysis may offer a safer alternative for high-risk patients with pulmonary embolism

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Pharmacist-led intervention can help suppress multi-drug resistant pathogens

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