Jeannette Y. Wick, RPh, MBA, FASCP

The US Veterans Administration (VA) health care system is the largest in the United States, serving 22 million former military members.

Multiple sclerosis is an incurable immune-mediated inflammatory disease that produces symptomatic episodes months or years apart in different anatomic locations.

Clinicians should screen all newly diagnosed HIV patients for tuberculosis.

Diabetes management cost the United States an estimated $245 billion in 2012, including $176 billion for direct treatment and complications.

Tuberculosis (TB) and HIV are 2 of the deadliest diseases worldwide, with TB recently reaching the top of the list in 2014.

Agitation and delirium are common problems in the cognitively impaired elderly.

Since November 2015, approximately 25% of adults who receive annual seasonal influenza vaccination are immunized in pharmacies or retail health care settings.

Among the general population, roughly 5% of people develop seborrheic dermatitis. However, seborrheic dermatitis affects 85-95% of patients with HIV.

When patients are diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, clinicians stress lifestyle modifications—and especially diet—as the first and best intervention.

The number of outbreaks of pertussis across the country has been growing.

Up to 30% of people who have HIV, and more than 80% of HIV-positive injection drug users also have hepatitis C virus (HCV) as well.

From improved adherence to fewer visits to the pharmacy, medication synchronization offers significant benefits for patients.

Cost, forgetfulness, and complicated medication regimens drive poor patient antidiabetic medication adherence.

Although PrEP is highly effective, few appropriate patients with HIV currently use it.

Immersion in HIV/AIDS practice is the best way to understand this infectious disease and keep current with treatment changes.

Pharmacists’ accessibility and interactions with the public may help increase HPV vaccine coverage.

A team of researchers from the City University of New York found fewer than 1 in 10 suitable PrEP candidates are currently taking PrEP, in a new article published in Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome.

Obesity-related diabetes is transforming into a global health crisis that is no longer limited to developed countries.

Recreational drug use has been established as a risk factor for HIV acquisition, and many patients will find lifestyle modification—eschewing recreational drug use—difficult.

Diabesity is quickly transforming into a global health crisis that is no longer limited to developed countries.

Few health care innovations compare to vaccines in terms of reduced morbidity and mortality

More than half of Americans take multivitamin/mineral (MVM) supplements containing more than 9 micronutrients (vitamins/minerals) that provide 100% of the recommended daily allowances.

Streptococcus pneumonia is an indiscriminate killer.

All over the United States, outpatient clinics and emergency rooms are inundated with patients who report fever, chills, and cough all winter.

The number of successful malpractice suits against pharmacists is low compared with dentists and physicians.

Researchers are now beginning to watch trends in medical malpractice lawsuits by discipline.

The prevalence of diabetes is 17% higher in rural areas than in urban areas.

A recent study indicates that continuous medication monitoring (CoMM) could serve as a valuable tool for community pharmacists, shifting the focus from dispensing to improving patient outcomes and medication use.

Vitamin E and vitamin C supplementation may reduce risk of all-cause dementia.