Eileen Oldfield Associate Editor

Treatment with dimethyl fumarate improved or stabilized health-related quality of life scores in patients with relapse-remitting multiple sclerosis compared to placebo.

A bill introduced in the House of Representatives would exclude medical marijuana products from the Controlled Substances Act's definition of marijuana.

A Call to Action emphasizes the importance of health care providers in promoting skin cancer prevention practices.

The DEA alleges that the shipping company knowingly delivered controlled substances from illegitimate online pharmacies.

Proposal would require California pharmacists to dispense medications with labels translated into languages they cannot read.

HPV vaccination rates remained low for the second consecutive year, the CDC reports.

A new website created by the Centers for Disease Control offers resources for pharmacists to help patients quit smoking.

Temple University researchers' tool requires further investigation, targets virus cells specifically.

Cardinal Health and the National Community Pharmacists' Association host the Retail Business Conference in Washington, DC.

Temple University researchers' tool requires further investigation, targets virus cells specifically.

A National Institutes of Health"funded project aims to identify emerging drug trends to aid in public health response efforts.

New legislation comes 2 years after contaminated steroids from a Massachusetts compounding pharmacy cause meningitis outbreak.

Targeted therapies used in conjunction with chemotherapy may offer benefits to patients with triple-negative breast cancer.

Diabetes control worsened for patients with diabetes who received or were receiving androgen deprivation therapy for prostate cancer.

Questionnaires given to patients with psoriasis predicted probable psoriatic arthritis in a significant number of patients.

Patients treated for Hodgkin's disease during childhood or adolescence have a greater risk of developing secondary breast cancer later in life, particularly if they receive radiotherapy during puberty.

Although gastroenterologists believe store brand products are as effective as their brand name counterparts, many still recommend the brand name products.

Patients with psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis, or both conditions felt that their quality of life decreased if they experienced condition symptoms in more parts of their body.

Patients with prostate cancer may benefit from bone mineral density screenings prior to initiation of therapy, researchers concluded.

Taking more than 5 medications was associated with fatigue and memory problems in multiple sclerosis patients, a new study reports.

ACO focus on efficiency and quality metrics rather than pharmaceutical access cited in new survey.

An analysis of several phase III clinical trials suggests that health-related quality-of-life scores decrease less when patients receive sofosbuvir therapy than interferon therapy.