Daniel Weiss, Senior Editor

The association between use of analgesics in infancy and increased likelihood of developing asthma may actually be due to respiratory infections that prompt analgesic use, a new study indicates.

Kyle Dresbach draws inspiration from his mentors.

A survey of pediatric subspecialists found that 9 in 10 do not follow guidelines from the American Academy of Pediatrics for treating preschoolers with ADHD.

A report from IMS Institute for Healthcare Informatics finds that per capita medication spending dropped 3.5% in 2012-the first decline since the organization began tracking drug spending in 1957.

The proposed Medicare Prescription Drug Program Integrity and Transparency Act would reform Medicare Part D pharmacy audits and increase transparency in maximum allowable cost lists.

A diabetes care team that included a clinical pharmacist led to major improvements in glycemic control, LDL cholesterol levels, blood pressure, and long-term cardiovascular risk.

The FDA approved the emergency contraceptive to be sold OTC to girls aged 15 and older, and the Justice Department appealed a judge's order that it be made available OTC to girls of all ages.

New guidelines from the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists cover therapy with all approved classes of diabetes drugs as well as obesity, prediabetes, and cardiovascular risk factor management.

Christian Elizabeth Younts uses her skills to serve the underserved.

Researchers have found no link between the amount of vaccine antigens received by the age of 2 years and the likelihood of developing autism.

The results of a large retrospective study support guidelines that recommend a conservative approach to stopping statin therapy and rechallenging with the same or a different statin in case of discontinuation.

The court will decide whether "pay-to-delay" arrangements, in which the manufacturer of a branded medication pays another company to keep a generic version off the market, are legal.

A highly anticipated study found that a combination of niacin and the anti-flushing agent laropiprant offers no benefit to patients with vascular disease and may actually harm patients.

The popular antibiotic azithromycin has been associated with a risk of fatal heart rhythms, and health care providers are advised to take this into account when treating patients at risk of cardiovascular events.

Analysis of previous studies and several surveys of hospitals and hospital pharmacists has found that, as of 2008, use of e-prescribing was already averting millions of hospital medication errors per year.

Using search data from 6 million computer users, researchers found evidence that the combination of paroxetine and pravastatin was associated with hyperglycemia.

A child born to a mother infected with HIV and aggressively treated with antiretroviral therapy starting shortly after birth appears to have been cured of HIV.

The Institute for Safe Medication Practices surveyed hospital pharmacists and other practitioners about issues including who should be responsible for ensuring the safety of high-risk compounded sterile preparations.

All but 2 of 22 Orange County, California, nursing homes included in a study were found to have residents infected with community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.

The contents of vitamin D supplements tested in a study ranged so widely that researchers argue they should be subjected to increased oversight and regulation.

A long-term study of Swedish women suggests that consuming more than 1400 mg of calcium per day increases one's risk of dying, particularly of cardiovascular disease.

A study including more than 80,000 Norwegian children finds that folic acid supplementation early in pregnancy is associated with a 40% reduction in the risk of developing severe autism.

Pharmacists can play an important role in informing adult patients of the vaccines they should receive to help protect against a range of infectious diseases.

A Massachusetts program that trained people to use the opioid overdose antidote led to significantly reduced rates of death from overdose.

The new vaccine, Flublok, is made using cultured insect cells and can be produced much more rapidly than conventional flu vaccines, which are grown in chicken eggs.

Physicians who have been in practice longer, who practice certain specialties, and who have certain types of contact with industry representatives are more likely to heed patient requests, according to analysis of a national survey.

A woman with terminal cervical cancer set out on a record-setting trip down the Ganges River in India to raise awareness about the disease.

As part of an interdisciplinary team at Pennsylvania Hospital, clinical pharmacists helped improve performance on 9 medication-related core measures.

As he starts his second term of office, President Obama argues that government health care programs constitute an essential safety net.

Tighter restrictions were proposed in reaction to the multi-state meningitis outbreak caused by contaminated steroids produced by a Massachusetts compounding pharmacy.