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Diabetes: Cost Matters, Measuring Financial Burden Makes Difference
How many patients does the average community pharmacist see who are nonadherent because they can't afford their medications?
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Patients with HIV: Living Longer, Developing the Diseases of Aging
Many patients with HIV who were on the leading edge of treatment advances are now in their 50s and 60s.
Study: Pharmacists Need to Improve Communication Strategies
Data show communication failure accounted for 71% of serious or life-threatening errors related to medication errors.
How Does an Annual Flu Shot Impact Response?
Every health care system encourages its workers to receive an annual influenza vaccination.
Milk Thistle: A Closer Look
The journal Molecules recently published a number of articles discussing milk thistle supplementation.
Patients With Diabetic Neuropathy Not Getting Proper Care in Rural Areas
Patients in rural areas who have diabetes often have lower access to care and are more likely to be uninsured.
Rotavirus Vaccine: Living Up to Expectation
Researchers from the CDC in Atlanta, Georgia, recently published a study that looked at rotavirus vaccinations’ global impact.
Pharmacists Find Diabetic Neuropathy in Rural Areas
Diabetes is quickly becoming a rural problem in the United States.
Diabetes and Rural Areas: Pharmacists Identify Neuropathy
Patients in rural areas who have diabetes often have lower access to care and are more likely to be uninsured, hospitalized, or poor.
Talk to Me! The Importance of Face-to-Face Communication at Shift Change
In 2016, retail pharmacists in the United States dispensed more than 4.4 billion prescriptions from 58,000 retail locations. What happens at change of shift in these pharmacies, and how can we improve?
Does Annual Influenza Vaccination Change Response?
Annual influenza vaccination is prudent for people at high risk from complications and for people who live or work in places where people aggregate.
Making Recommendations for Immunizations at Work
Only 38% of adults received an influenza immunization in 2014, and rates of immunization with other essential vaccinations are discouragingly low.
Statin Adherence in Acute Coronary Syndrome Lacking
Patients who experience ACS are prescribed statin therapy, but whether they confer a benefit is debatable.
Live Attenuated Influenza Vaccine: Looking Forward
Although live attenuated influenza vaccine (LAIV) was not recommended in the United States during the 2016-2017 season, interest in this product is very high because of its needle-free, easy administration.
Counseling on Supplement Use in Patients with HIV
Nearly 70% of patients with HIV take dietary supplements with their antiretroviral therapy.
Pediatric Pharmacy Advocacy Group: Promote and Support HPV Vaccination
Now, the Pediatric Pharmacy Advocacy Group (PPAG) has joined ACIP in issuing recommendations for HPV vaccination.
Patients with HIV: Counsel About Complementary and Alternative Supplement Use
Many patients who have HIV use complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) to help handle their health issues.
SGLT2 Inhibitors: Little Information on Use in African Americans
The journal Postgraduate Medicine has published a new article that examines the use of SGLT2 inhibitors in the African American population.
How to Improve Adherence in Diabetes
Medication adherence among patients with diabetes is often poor.
Follow the Leader: Emulate Pharmacists' Work in Diabetes Clinical Trials
Medication adherence among patients with diabetes, even those who are enrolled in and closely supervised by clinical trials, is often poor.
Global Effort Needed to Cure HIV
The dream of an HIV cure will only be realized if all 35 million people who are living with the virus adhere to treatment.
Obesity, Asthma, and Dietary Intake: Paying Attention Can Reduce Morbidity
Patients who have asthma and who are also obese carry a heavy burden.
Beating HIV: It Takes More Than a Village, It Takes a World
Although statistics gathered in 2016 indicate that we've made significant progress in reaching patients with HIV, only approximately 60% of them are in active treatment.
A Vaccine for Zika? Working on It!
The appearance of Zika virus in the United States has accelerated the search for a vaccine.
Pharmacists and Heart Failure: Room for Intervention in Every Practice Setting
Heat failure (HF) caused 1 in 9 deaths in the United States in 2009.
VA Mail-Order System for HIV Care Shows Positive Trend
Researchers from the VA system examined how mail-order delivery of drugs affects their patients with HIV.
How Does Social Media Impact Pharmacy Practice?
Everybody seems to use social media, and pharmacists are no exception. However, it's been unclear how pharmacists employ social media in their daily professional practice.
Veterans Evaluate VA Mail-Order System for HIV Care
The US Veterans Administration (VA) health care system is the largest in the United States, serving 22 million former military members.
Multiple Sclerosis: Walking the Walk with Better Therapies
Multiple sclerosis is an incurable immune-mediated inflammatory disease that produces symptomatic episodes months or years apart in different anatomic locations.
Treating HIV and Tuberculosis Co-infection
Clinicians should screen all newly diagnosed HIV patients for tuberculosis.