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Christiana Care Implements Formulary Decision Process Focused on Value
The new process takes into account the efficacy, risk, cost, and societal benefit of a given specialty drug in determining whether it should be added to the hospital's formulary.
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Statins Linked to Increased Diabetes Risk
Use of several statins appears to be associated with an increased risk of developing diabetes, and researchers advise that this risk be balanced against the drugs' cardiovascular benefits.
Azithromycin May Reduce Hospitalization Frequency in COPD Patients
COPD patients who took azithromycin daily for a year were re-hospitalized at significantly lower rates than those who took placebo.
Online Pharmacist Care Produces Long-Term Blood Pressure Control
A hypertension treatment program in which patients received online guidance from pharmacists led to improved blood pressure control even a year after the program ended.
US-Born Children Have More Asthma, Allergies Than Immigrant Peers
Just 17% of children who had lived in the United States for up to 2 years had asthma or allergies, compared with 27% of those who had lived in the country for 10 years or longer.
Researchers Make Progress in Autism Studies
Over the past year, promising studies have been published dealing with autism and early intervention, pharmacologic treatment, early diagnosis, and delayed speaking abilities.
Epilepsy Drug Increases Risk of Autism
A study including more than half a million Danish children finds that children born to mothers who took the antiepileptic drug valproate during pregnancy were much more likely to develop autism.
Autism: Commonly Diagnosed, Poorly Understood
Autism is more commonly diagnosed in children than juvenile diabetes, AIDS, and cancer combined, but researchers have a long way to go in understanding the condition's cause.
Three-Time Cancer Survivor Works to Raise Colon Cancer Awareness
David Dubin had a family history of colon cancer, but failed to get screened for it when young. Now he's on a mission to make sure others don't make the same mistake.
Colorectal Cancer: Prevention and Treatment
Regular, timely screenings for colorectal cancer are essential for catching the disease early, when it can be treated with high rates of success.
NACDS to Congress: Pharmacists Should Play Bigger Role in Immunization
Pharmacists have rapidly become among the most common deliverers of the flu vaccine, but their full potential as immunizers has not been tapped, the NACDS argued in a statement.
Colorectal Cancer: Common But Often Treatable
March is National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, making it the perfect time to ensure that patients understand the risk factors and importance of screening for the disease.
Safeway Pharmacists Implement UCSF Smoking-Cessation Program
Pharmacists will use an abbreviated version of Rx for Change to help their patients quit smoking.
Raise Awareness to Stop Heart Disease
More than half a million Americans die from heart disease each year, but increased attention to its risk factors can help reduce this number.
Pharmacists Poised to Play a Major Role in American Heart Month
Patients see pharmacists as their neighbors and as trusted health care professionals, putting them in a prime position to offer advice regarding heart disease prevention.
Saving One Million Hearts
The Million Hearts initiative, launched by in September 2011, aims to address the country's heart health crisis by preventing 1 million heart attacks and strokes over a 5-year period.
Wearing Red to Raise Awareness of Heart Disease in Women
National Wear Red Day, held on February 1 this year, encourages women-and men-to wear red to raise awareness of heart disease in women.
Cervical Cancer: Common But Easily Preventable
January has been Cervical Cancer Awareness Month, but this serious yet easily preventable condition deserves attention all year.
HPV Vaccination Rates Remain Low Among Teenagers
Getting vaccinated against human papillomavirus (HPV) is more important than ever, but vaccination rates remain low for teenagers in the United States.