Aimee Simone, Assistant Editor

Antimicrobial stewardship programs may reduce the amount of inappropriate antibiotic prescriptions given to children with acute respiratory infections in primary care practices.

After several years of steady growth, rates of HPV vaccination among adolescent girls barely budged between 2011 and 2012.

If diabetes patients covered by Medicare Part D used generic medications at the same rate as those covered by the VA, the program would save more than $1 billion per year.

Physicians increasingly treat back pain with narcotics despite a growing number of guidelines recommending that it be treated initially with NSAIDs and acetaminophen.

Patients who continued taking simvastatin and atorvastatin had significantly reduced risk of developing Parkinson's disease compared with those who discontinued statin therapy.

Progression of dementia was slower in patients taking ACE inhibitors, particularly those who had recently started taking them, compared with those not taking them.

A model of vancomycin-resistant enterococci infection patterns found that an increase in infection prevalence in a single hospital could have significant effects on other hospitals in the same county.

Heart failure patients younger than 60 years of age who took warfarin experienced significantly fewer adverse events than those who took aspirin, a new study finds.

Hypertensive patients who participated in a 1-year pharmacist telemonitoring program were more likely to have their blood pressure under control than those who received usual care.

Patients who fit the criteria of doctor shoppers received an average of 32 prescriptions for opioid painkillers from 10 different doctors in the space of a year, according to the results of a new study.

With hepatitis C infections on the rise among young injection drug users, researchers have recommended a range of promising prevention tactics.

Community pharmacists interviewed for a recently published study were eager to play a role in counseling patients who use over-the-counter HIV tests.

Middle-aged men who took statins for 5 years had a substantially lower hospitalization rate and reduced health care costs over a 15-year period.

A decade after the 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine was introduced, it led to approximately 168,000 fewer annual hospitalizations for pneumonia.

Based on a review of studies on the risks and benefits of early screening and treatment for glaucoma, the United States Preventive Services Task Force concluded that it could not recommend for or against screening for asymptomatic adults.

Children were much less successful at extracting liquid from medicine bottles equipped with flow restrictors than from poorly closed traditional medicine bottles.

Patients with poor adherence to antihypertensive medication were much more likely to die from a stroke than were patients with high adherence, according to the results of a new study.

Pharmacy-based retail clinics, which offer extended hours and low prices, are an increasingly popular option for pediatric care.

At summer camps such as Camp Milagros in Northern California, kids with juvenile arthritis get the opportunity to take part in a normal and safe summer camp experience.

A practice model in which pharmacists worked alongside physicians in a community teaching hospital led to reduced readmissions, emergency department visits, and hospital costs.

Women who regularly took low-dose aspirin had significantly reduced risk of colon cancer, but researchers are not yet ready to generally recommend the drug for primary prevention.

Pediatric rheumatologists, physical therapists, ophthalmologists, and dentists are among the health care professionals who play a role in treating juvenile arthritis patients.

Supplementation with calcium and vitamin D led to significantly reduced risk of hip fracture when combined with postmenopausal hormone therapy, a recent study finds.

The overall stroke rate for women who had migraine with aura was 4.3 per 1000 women per year, according to the results of a 15-year-long study.

A new study finds that increased access to MTM services for Medicare Part D beneficiaries with chronic conditions could increase medication adherence, reduce costs, and improve outcomes.

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommends that all patients born between 1945 and 1965 as well as high-risk patients of all ages be tested for hepatitis C.

African-American and Hispanic children were 69% and 50% less likely than white children to be diagnosed with ADHD, respectively, according to the results of a new study.

Of the 50 million people in the United States diagnosed with some form of arthritis, 300,000 are children, whose symptoms are similar to those seen in adults with the condition.

Changes in OTC cough and cold medication labels recommending against their use in children younger than 4 years have led to a significant decrease in unintentional ingestions by children.

The number of women who died due to overdoses involving opioid pain relievers increased 415% between 1999 and 2010, according to a report from the CDC.