Jeannette Y. Wick, RPh, MBA, FASCP

A retrospective review of hyponatremia associated with pituitary surgery found that intervention with pharmaceuticals is significantly more effective than measures designed to replace sodium or deplete water.

Cleaning your desk can be less overwhelming with this organized approach.

It's time to minimize pharmacy's environmental footprint.

When a patient has a lingering cough, the pharmacist should consider mycoplasma infection-a growing problem that can cause a multitude of concerns.

Pharmacies play an important role in assisting patients after a disaster, so they need to have a disaster plan in place and conduct periodic reviews to ensure that it will work when needed.

Hospitalized children were more likely to develop hyponatremia after receiving hypotonic fluids than after receiving isotonic intravenous fluids, a study found.

Asthmatic children whose caregivers have limited English proficiency are significantly less likely to have and use an asthma action plan, a new study finds.

A guide to mastering new skills for diabetes patient care in just 10 steps.

Studies carried out by the European U-BIOPRED project found that patients with severe asthma continue to have symptoms despite good adherence to medication and investigated ways of diagnosing asthma through biomarkers.

Among acute coronary syndrome patients under 55, men were more likely to experience chest pain than women, but both were more likely to experience chest pain than older patients.

Acute ischemic stroke patients with hyponatremia have worse stroke scale scores on admission and discharge as well as worse mortality rates in the hospital and at 3-month and 12-month follow-ups.

A new set of guidelines for treating exercise-associated hyponatremia calls attention to the potentially dangerous complications of the condition.

There's a reason most school systems require proof of vaccination before students begin in the fall.

Streptococcus pneumoniae is the leading cause of life-threatening illness globally.

Keeping up with advances in oncology is a welcome challenge.

Oral antineoplastics have advantages, but patient adherence is a concern.

Federal rules are very specific.

Chronic comorbid conditions are common in adult asthma patients, and these patients need ongoing support and encouragement from health care providers including pharmacists.

Immunotherapy, which is based on changes observed at the molecular level, presents an additional treatment option for melanoma that may result in better response rates and, possibly, a cure.

A meta-analysis of studies that examined stimulant use in children diagnosed with brain tumors found that the medication may improve cognitive processes, just as it does for children with ADHD.

Two recent studies shed new light on potential treatments for febrile seizures, the most common seizure form in children younger than 5 years old.

Although obesity is a known risk factor for cardiac disease, several recent studies have found that obesity does not seem to be an indicator of premature death.

Patients are likely to be confused by the various Medicare prescription drug plans available to them as well as the year-to-year coverage changes, but the basics are reasonably straightforward.

A new study finds that in children whose mothers had asthma attacks during pregnancy were at increased risk of a range of health problems.

With 10% of Americans contracting ulcers, pharmacists should be familiar with the causes and treatments.

Knowledge of each patient's unique needs can help in selecting the most appropriate drug.

This overview of public health department protocols can be used to wage "war" on vermin.

A recent paper sheds light on the causes of inappropriate antibiotic prescribing and misconceptions about infectious disease that can lead to it.

Diagnosis and treatment of acute coronary syndrome in patients who also have diabetes or chronic kidney disease are challenging for a number of reasons, explains a recently published review article.

Asthma patients who received tailored counseling from community pharmacists over a 6-month period were 3 times as likely as those in a control group to have their asthma under control.