Allison Gilchrist, Associate Editor

Pharmacists should ponder the reasons why patients are pursuing supplements before recommending the purchase.

Overweight and obese women face a greater risk for complications during pregnancy.

Health systems are under immense pressure to improve care quality while reducing costs under the pay-for-performance reimbursement model.

Several high-profile, brand-name drugs with various therapeutic applications are slated to lose their patent protection this year.

Community pharmacists are ideal candidates to provide women with reliable information about their health.

Winter Storm Jonas may come with certain unexpected health hazards that pharmacists should be prepared to help patients weather.

Stakeholders have a vested interest in ensuring that health care plans are sustainable.

The FDA has announced that it intends to make final a rule about generic labeling in July 2016.

A state's infectious disease incidence provides insight into the effectiveness of its public health system.

Unexplained drug cost increases are the epicenter of some of the most polemic conversations in US health policy today.

West Virginia's attorney general is suing one of the country's largest drug distributors for allegedly failing to curb suspicious orders for controlled substances.

ZipDrug allows patients to have prescriptions delivered by service similar to Uber.

Pricing for generic and specialty drugs among key pharma trends to watch in 2016.

ZipDrug allows patients to have prescriptions delivered by service similar to Uber.

Consistent PrEP use can lower the risk of HIV infection by 92% among those at high risk for transmission.

Consistent PrEP use can lower the risk of HIV infection by 92% among those at high risk for transmission.

Several pharmaceutical market trends are likely to affect pharmacists' practice this year.

Health-system pharmacists will inevitably face growing ethical challenges as a result of their evolving role in patient care.

Counseling allows pharmacists to immediately determine the knowledge gaps patients have regarding their medications.

Counseling allows pharmacists to immediately determine the knowledge gaps patients have regarding their medications.

Patients in New York City can now have their prescription drugs delivered to them on demand.

Patients may be more likely to retain information about their prescribed medications when the pharmacist-patient relationship becomes a 2-way conversation.

Pill splitting is a common strategy among patients looking to save money amid rising drug costs.

Not every drug saw a price increase in 2015, despite widespread media coverage suggesting otherwise.

Hepatitis C treatments remain costly therapeutic options for patients.

When evaluating statin use, pharmacists should refer to the latest recommendations for high cholesterol treatment.

Pharmacists in Oregon rang in the New Year with permission to prescribe birth control.

Several barriers prevent many health care providers from prescribing pre-exposure prophylaxis to patients at high risk for HIV.

Pharmacists should familiarize themselves with how much each prescription cost the US government per patient last year.

Optimizing population health requires evaluating many aspects of a patient’s lifestyle.