Eileen Oldfield Associate Editor

The rate of type 1 diabetes mellitus among non-Hispanic white youth increased significantly over an 8-year period.

A suspected murder-suicide at a Texas hospital pharmacy has left a pharmacist and a pharmacy technician dead.

Further studies needed to evaluate sleep-related risk factors in IBD, authors say.

Police in Pennsylvania and Missouri recently reported 3 armed robbery attempts made at pharmacies.

Researchers found significant improvements in overall survival and in disease-free survival in patients who received trastuzumab in addition to chemotherapy.

Used alongside antidepressants, OTC analgesics and anti-inflammatories purchased from pharmacies may effectively treat patients with depression without increasing their risk of adverse events.

Slow and steady does not win the weight regain race, new research suggests.

Offering advice on healthy eating and exercise to overweight or obese pregnant women can improve birth outcomes.

On any given day, approximately 49% of all Americans aged 20 years and older eat at least 1 sandwich, which accounts for one-fifth of their total daily sodium intake.

Tobacco users have an increased risk of oral human papillomavirus type 16, a sexually transmitted virus that is strongly associated with cervical cancer.

Patients with irritable bowel syndrome cannot block pain signals from the gut as easily as those without the gastrointestinal condition.

Nearly 1000 independently owned pharmacies have closed over the past decade, leaving 490 rural areas without access to retail pharmacy services.

Sleep disorders may require independent diagnosis and management, researchers say.

Researchers from Saint Louis University Medical Center will test the safety and efficacy of sofosbuvir and ribavirin in children with hepatitis C.

Investigators aim to reduce side effects of therapy with sofosbuvir in children with hepatitis C.

New guidelines from the American Thyroid Association recommend that levothyroxine should remain the standard of care for treating hypothyroidism.

Researchers are relying on genetics to develop new approaches for combating drug-resistant bacteria.

California joins 5 other states in allowing pharmacists to dispense naloxone without a prescription.

Only 30% of the most commonly used mHealth apps have privacy policies.

Researchers found a single receptor that appears to aggravate RA symptoms.

Infliximab shows efficacy in IBD patients who suspend therapy.

FDA committee quashes recommendation to reclassify ethanol, isopropyl alcohol, and iodine.

The short shelf life of the live attenuated influenza vaccine may contribute to patients unwittingly receiving an expired dose.

New blood glucose monitoring system transfers data to iOS devices using the headphone jack, rather than an adaptor or other technology.

Parental and provider assumptions about sexual activity onset contribute to low HPV vaccination rates, the results of a study suggest.

The NephroCheck test detects levels of 2 AKI markers, which can determine whether the condition will progress to moderate or severe injury.