Meghan Ross, Associate Editor

Requiring clinicians to provide a reason for prescribing an antibiotic could curb overuse.

Women with lupus have been warned about becoming pregnant in the past, but new research posits that those with mild or moderate disease activity can carry a baby safely.

Pharmacists can play a role in improving patient understanding of health insurance.

All health care professionals acknowledge that prescription pain pill abuse is a problem.

The newest additions to Apple's iTunes U platform could inspire more teachers and students to use iPads in the classroom.

The St. Louis College of Pharmacy is out with the old and in with the new.

For many pharmacy organizations, the Supreme Court King v. Burwell decision upholding the Affordable Care Act's tax subsidies fended off potential confusion for patients concerning health insurance.

The majority of edible medical marijuana products fail to meet basic label accuracy standards.

In a win for the Affordable Care Act, the Supreme Court today ruled 6-3 that tax subsidies will be provided to all individuals who purchase health insurance, regardless of whether the plans were bought on a marketplace created by a state or the federal government.

Sending Facebook messages or e-mails would be convenient ways for Internet-savvy patients to communicate with their health care providers.

Half of patients evaluated had scores that would classify them as clinically depressed.

In an effort to increase its research presence, the University of Cincinnati's pharmacy school is welcoming 8 new assistant professors and 3 more faculty members.

Distributing naloxone kits through pharmacies, public health departments, and other community-based channels has bolstered opioid overdose prevention in the last 5 years.

Cellphone bans can improve test scores for students who struggle in school.

Pharmacists can reassure patients taking pre-exposure prophylaxis that the human immunodeficiency virus prevention treatment will not increase their risk for depression.

The FDA today approved Medtronic's recapturable and self-expanding CoreValve Evolut R System for transcatheter aortic valve replacement.

The FDA today approved The Medicines Company's cangrelor (Kengreal), an intravenous antiplatelet medication that can prevent blood clots from forming in the coronary arteries.

The former director of pharmacy services at Beth Israel Medical Center in Manhattan has pleaded guilty to stealing nearly a quarter million oxycodone pills from the hospital.

A unique pharmacist has caught the attention of The New Yorker, PBS, and now 2 well-known TV producers.

The FDA today expanded the indication for perampanel hydrate (Fycompa) as an adjunctive treatment of primary generalized tonic-clonic seizures for patients aged 12 years or older with epilepsy.

Perspective enrollees had a hard time understanding standard terminology.

Lipscomb University College of Pharmacy students recently began working in a new sterile compounding laboratory constructed partly in response to the fungal meningitis outbreak in 2012.

Stepping on a scale daily and recording the results may help patients not only lose weight, but also keep it off.

A Virginia town is hoping to rebuild the pharmacy where Dr. Pepper allegedly invented the popular soda.

The FDA has approved an artificial heart valve designed to minimize leakage.

A story out of the University of California, San Francisco demonstrates the perseverance of a newly graduated pharmacy student whose education first began in northern Ethiopia.

Young adults reported having trouble navigating HealthCare.gov for a health insurance plan during the first Affordable Care Act (ACA) open enrollment period.

The FDA has taken action against more than 1040 websites selling unapproved prescription drugs and medical devices.

A male suspect carrying an orange traffic cone and a firearm allegedly robbed a Rite Aid pharmacy before carjacking a priest in the parking lot to escape.

More than half of consumers don't understand sun protection factor (SPF) values, providing pharmacists important opportunities to offer sun safety counseling.