Jeannette Y. Wick, RPh, MBA, FASCP

Skin and soft tissue infections vary from the easily treatable to complicated, even dangerous, cases.

Pharmacists can play an important role in ensuring adherence to medication for glaucoma patients to help them avoid irreversible vision loss.

A nationwide glaucoma screening program for African Americans, who are at particularly high risk for the condition, could be clinically effective.

Studies investigating the problem of poor adherence to glaucoma medication administered in eye drops find a variety of culprits.

Those with a history of cocaine use have a significantly increased risk of developing glaucoma and tend to develop it at a much younger age, a study finds.

Researchers have uncovered some of the mechanics of how intraocular pressure is regulated at the cellular level.

Stressing mice with simulated glaucoma by reducing their oxygen intake reduced their rate of vision loss, researchers report.

Pharmacists gave incorrect information about the availability of emergency contraceptives to 1 in 5 callers whom they believed to be 17-year-old girls.

FDA-approved medications for Alzheimer's disease are not widely used, but show particular promise for female patients.

Increased use of pneumococcal vaccines generally leads to a reduction in the prevalence of drug-resistant pneumococcal strains, a study finds.

A combination of antibiotics shows promise in treating pneumococcal pneumonia, a study finds.

Could changes in weather patterns and the environment have a permanent impact on patient health?

The powerful drugs have been prescribed for a range of unapproved uses despite the risk of severe side effects.

Epilepsy can be extremely challenging, but effective treatments are available and pharmacists can play an important role in counseling patients.

The precise mechanism of sudden unexplained death in epilepsy (SUDEP) remains a mystery, but researchers have discovered several contributing factors.

Deaths from infection with the gut bacteria quadrupled between 2000 and 2007, hitting the elderly particularly hard.

The new guidelines offer detailed information on interactions between antiepileptic drugs and antiretroviral drugs.

A social network for patients with life-changing conditions such as epilepsy is helping patients overcome social isolation and providing data for research.

Despite strict bioequivalence standards for generic drugs, concerns have persisted that generic antiepileptic drugs can cause problems for some patients.

New treatments for Alzheimer's disease could spring from the discovery of how tau protein tangles spread through the brain.

As of the end of 2011, the only OTC asthma inhaler was removed from shelves due to its damaging effect on the environment.

The pharmaceutical giant's McNeil Consumer Healthcare unit issued yet another recall, this time due to malfunctioning bottles.

Analysis of data from the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic reaffirms the link between pandemic flu and increased pneumococcal pneumonia rates.

The fake cancer drugs took a circuitous route to the United States from Egypt via Europe, underscoring the potential dangers of a globalized drug supply chain.

When patients ask about this troublesome ophthalmic condition, pharmacists can recommend helpful management techniques.

Cancer survivors should be encouraged to take preventive measures, including receiving the pneumococcal vaccination.

The FDA has issued guidelines to review generic versions of biotech agents, which are made from biological rather than chemical building blocks.

Pregnant women's concerns with possible teratogenicity due to medication should be balanced against the need to treat chronic conditions in the mother.

When scabies, bedbugs, and other infestations impact the nursing homes, pharmacists can help staff and patients cope.