Jeannette Y. Wick, RPh, MBA, FASCP

When frontline pharmacists are trained to provide travel health services, they can expand access to patients due to their convenience.

Through the ages, cancer’s reputation has been notorious.

The federal government previously ruled that dual eligibles would need to use the Medicare part D program for prescriptions preferentially.

The researchers concluded that this information has implications for all privatized, market-based prescription drug plans.

As we celebrate the good news that antiretroviral therapy (ART) has led to significantly longer life expectancies among individuals with HIV, we need to acknowledge the bad news that individuals with HIV are significantly more likely to develop age-related comorbidities at earlier ages.

Researchers are developing novel treatments to support weight management, although limited data supports their use in diabetes.

Weight can be a difficult topic for patients, as people with diabetes often have trouble losing weight and medications can cause weight gain.

Researchers are learning more about the preconception period and factors that affect the ability to conceive, particularly the use of prescription medication and supplements.

Infectious disease and HIV specialists may be more willing to prescribe HIV preexposure prophylaxis than primary care providers.

Oral preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) has the potential to prevent HIV transmission and ultimately to help eradicate this devastating viral infection.

What has changed in HIV over time?

Streptococcus pneumoniae (pneumococcus) infects approximately 4 million Americans annually. As a result of this infection, there are approximately 445,000 hospitalizations and 22,000 deaths in the United States each year.

Sometimes, it seems that dyslipidemia is a moving target.

The cornerstone of working with patients is sharing decision-making and presenting information in a way that helps patients understand the risks and benefits of various choices.

Planning and consuming a diet that meets all of the recommended dietary guidelines for Americans is a challenge for most people.

Children with HIV have a unique risk of nonadherence in adolescence and elevated risk of mental health and substance use problems later in life.

Adolescents and young adults who are living with HIV and were exposed to the virus perinatally have a unique risk of nonadherence in adolescence, as well as an elevated risk of mental health and substance use problems.

What does it take to move the small but important proportion of those who refuse or delay immunization away from skepticism and into acceptance?

Between 10% and 20% of students in kindergarten through high school have chronic illness.

As professions expand their scopes of practice, it is critical to step back periodically and examine how the change has affected the profession and the individuals within the profession.

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)—irreversible—requires long-term adherence to pharmacotherapies for best outcomes.

Gut microbiome alterations have been associated with frailty in older individuals with HIV.

"Gut microbiome" is becoming a buzzword in the health care community.

Human genome sequence variations can have a significant impact on the efficacy of HIV antiviral therapy.

Pharmacists can expect to see considerably more information about the implications of pharmacogenetics for drug treatment in every disease state.

How pharmacists can reduce polypharmacy and potentially inappropriate prescribing among the aging HIV population.

Researchers have augmented insulin’s effectiveness with several rapid and long-acting analogs and new delivery systems, such as insulin pens and insulin pumps.

With the aging of the HIV-positive population and the necessity of using multiple medications – many of which have significant potential for drug interactions – it's important to look for ways that we can minimize risk for this population.

The role of pharmacists have expanded to help patients set goals and ensure that diabetes medication regimens are streamlined.