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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.

Older adults with recent heart attack, kidney dysfunction lack long-term medication adherence: Study

Among older adults with a recent heart attack, those with lower levels of kidney function are less likely to take their medications as prescribed, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.

14 Jan 2011

Scientists find way to prevent early stage pancreatic cancer in research models

Cancer researchers at The Peggy and Charles Stephenson Oklahoma Cancer Center have found a way to stop early stage pancreatic cancer in research models - a result that has far-reaching implications in chemoprevention for high-risk patients.

12 Jan 2011

Study: 23% of doctors have negative perceptions on quality, effectiveness of generic drugs

A new study by researchers at Harvard, Brigham and Women's Hospital and CVS Caremark finds that 23 percent of doctors' have negative perceptions of the effectiveness and quality of generic drugs and that may lead to doctors prescribing unnecessarily expensive medications.

12 Jan 2011

56% of respondents have still not received flu shots

As we enter peak flu season, flu activity is steadily increasing in the United States, with eight states now reporting widespread outbreaks of influenza cases according to the most recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report.

12 Jan 2011

Chadron Community Hospital to implement full suite of Keane Optimum applications

Keane, Inc., an NTT DATA Company and a U.S.-based IT services and healthcare information technology firm, today announced Chadron Community Hospital has selected the full suite of Keane Optimum applications. The critical access hospital intends to leverage the solution's ability to custom-fit software to qualify for American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) stimulus incentive payments and attain the highest level of clinical automation over time, resulting in superior patient care.

12 Jan 2011

Less than 7% of U.S. seniors get shingles vaccination

Although a vaccine to prevent shingles has been available since 2006, less than 7 percent of U.S. seniors — the demographic most frequently affected by the disease — chose to receive the vaccination as of 2008, finds a new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

11 Jan 2011

Omega-3 fatty acid may help protect against traumatic brain injury

Animal experiments suggest that taking the omega-3 fatty acid docosahexanoic acid (DHA) might offer a new way of protecting against traumatic brain injury (TBI), reports the February issue of Neurosurgery, official journal of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons.

10 Jan 2011

Lower co-payments help companies, workers save health-care costs

Companies can cut health-care costs - for themselves and for their workers - by lowering co-payments on prescription drugs while promoting disease management, according to a comprehensive, three-year study commissioned by the Florida Health Care Coalition (FHCC).

7 Jan 2011

Medical experts issue warning about common practice of tablet splitting

Medical experts have issued a warning about the common practice of tablet splitting, after a study found that nearly a third of the split fragments deviated from recommended dosages by 15 per cent or more.

6 Jan 2011

Novel AAV gene therapy offers various advantages

A new, simplified method for producing large amounts of viral vector cassettes capable of shuttling genes into host cells will help advance the promising field of gene therapy as applications move into large animal studies and human clinical trials.

6 Jan 2011

Tablet splitting leads to inaccurate dosages

5 Jan 2011

Levindale's Specialty Hospital inagurates high intensity unit

The Specialty Hospital at Levindale has opened Maryland's first high intensity unit inside a chronic hospital. This unit provides heart monitoring for patients who require specialized medical care and treatment for serious illnesses and/or injuries.

5 Jan 2011

New USP standards to improve health literacy, proper medication usage among patients

For the first time, universal standards to guide the content, language, format and appearance of prescription medication labels to reflect how patients read and understand medication instructions are being proposed on a national level.

4 Jan 2011

AHF to supply $1 million in free AIDS drugs to Florida's disenrolled and wait listed HIV/AIDS patients

As the State of Florida grapples with a budget shortfall that has crippled its AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP) and forced the state to potentially disenroll 350 Florida patients already on ADAP as well as place nearly 2,400 low-income Floridians on waiting lists to access lifesaving medications, AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) has proposed an innovative plan to help state health officials and displaced HIV/AIDS patients bridge the transition to private patient assistance programs run by the major pharmaceutical companies.

4 Jan 2011

SinoFresh, Green Valley Drug enter marketing relationship for Homeopathic Antiseptic Nasal Spray

SinoFresh® HealthCare, Inc., is pleased to announce that its marketing division has secured an agency marketing relationship with Green Valley Drug, the largest medical supplier in Southern Nevada with a significant pharmacy and medical customer base in the western U.S.

3 Jan 2011

PharMerica acquires Lone Star Pharmacy

PharMerica Corporation, a national provider of institutional pharmacy and hospital pharmacy management services, announced today that it has acquired substantially all the assets of Lone Star Pharmacy based in Garland, Texas. Lone Star Pharmacy is a full service pharmacy to long-term care and assisted living facilities primarily in Dallas and Houston.

3 Jan 2011

UMMC improves delivery turnaround time, enhances nurse satisfaction with MedEx system

Using MedEx, Aethon's comprehensive medication tracking system, the University of Maryland Medical Center has improved delivery turnaround time, reduced personnel costs and enhanced nurse satisfaction. This was the overriding theme of a presentation by UMMC at the American Society of Health System Pharmacists midyear conference in Anaheim.

23 Dec 2010

Walgreen first quarter sales increase 6.0% to record $17.3 billion

Walgreens announced record earnings and sales for the first quarter of fiscal year 2011.

22 Dec 2010

Centric Health to acquire certain assets of DNPI Group subject to Court approval

Centric Health Corporation, Canada's leading diversified healthcare services company, today announced that it has entered into an agreement ("APA") to acquire certain assets of Dedicated National Pharmacies Inc., Methadrug Clinic Limited and Union Medical Pharmacy Inc. ("DNPI Group") from the court-appointed receiver of the DNPI Group, Grant Thornton Limited (the "Receiver").

22 Dec 2010

NIH Clinical Center opens doors to Damon Runyon Clinical Investigators

A new pilot partnership between the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, the National Cancer Institute's Center for Cancer Research, and the Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation will offer some of the capabilities and expertise of America's research hospital to an external group of clinical investigators in cancer research. The special talent and resources of the NIH will allow Damon Runyon-funded investigators to undertake studies and collaborations that will advance understanding of the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of cancer.

22 Dec 2010

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Older adults with recent heart attack, kidney dysfunction lack long-term medication adherence: Study

Scientists find way to prevent early stage pancreatic cancer in research models

Study: 23% of doctors have negative perceptions on quality, effectiveness of generic drugs

56% of respondents have still not received flu shots

Chadron Community Hospital to implement full suite of Keane Optimum applications

Less than 7% of U.S. seniors get shingles vaccination

Omega-3 fatty acid may help protect against traumatic brain injury

Lower co-payments help companies, workers save health-care costs

Medical experts issue warning about common practice of tablet splitting

Novel AAV gene therapy offers various advantages

Tablet splitting leads to inaccurate dosages

Levindale's Specialty Hospital inagurates high intensity unit

New USP standards to improve health literacy, proper medication usage among patients

AHF to supply $1 million in free AIDS drugs to Florida's disenrolled and wait listed HIV/AIDS patients

SinoFresh, Green Valley Drug enter marketing relationship for Homeopathic Antiseptic Nasal Spray

PharMerica acquires Lone Star Pharmacy

UMMC improves delivery turnaround time, enhances nurse satisfaction with MedEx system

Walgreen first quarter sales increase 6.0% to record $17.3 billion

Centric Health to acquire certain assets of DNPI Group subject to Court approval

NIH Clinical Center opens doors to Damon Runyon Clinical Investigators

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