Meghan Ross, Associate Editor

Hospitals serving large populations of non-native English speakers perform worse on patient satisfaction scores that are tied to reimbursement from the US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

The FDA today approved a new treatment for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: tiotropium bromide and olodaterol inhalation spray.

With innovations such as lab tests administered at the pharmacy and the use of drones or vending machines to deliver medications emerging, the future of pharmacy can stir feelings of both excitement and fear.

No significant differences in use found between opioid users and nonusers.

To give health-system pharmacists more time to concentrate on patient-centered care, a hospital has enlisted the help of a robot named Tug to deliver medications to nursing stations.

Women with the greatest risk for osteoporosis are not being screened enough, while those at less risk are being screened too often.

The Kentucky Board of Pharmacy has passed an emergency regulation permitting the state's pharmacists to dispense the opioid overdose antidote naloxone without a prescription.

A big red nose is typically associated with clowns, but it has recently become a symbol of charity.

The demand for pharmacists is rising across the nation, according to Aggregate Demand Index figures.

A health-system pharmacist received quite a surprise one morning upon spotting a large hole in his pharmacy's wall.

Twenty-two pharmacists and doctors were arrested in the Drug Enforcement Administration's "Operation Pilluted" aimed at curbing prescription drug abuse.

Chronic pain patients using prescription opioids in conjunction with medical marijuana are not at increased risk for substance abuse.

Unbalanced gut bacteria can lead to autoimmune disorders such as type 1 diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, and multiple sclerosis.

Keeping its commitment to tobacco cessation efforts, CVS Health is set to launch an incentive program to help its employees to stop smoking.

Infant antibiotic use may be linked with disease later in life.

Intervention programs should target patients who frequent the emergency department to cut down on fatal drug overdoses.

A Grammy-nominated singer is claiming a CVS pharmacist initially declined to fill a painkiller prescription in the middle of the night "because of the neighborhood."

The FDA today approved sumatriptan and naproxen sodium to treat migraines in patients aged 12 to 17 years.

Before he played the brawny superhero Thor in Avengers: Age of Ultron, Chris Hemsworth worked at a pharmacy to pay his bills.

Measles may impact one's immune system longer than previously thought.

New worldwide estimates point to 1 billion current tobacco users, translating to 22.5% of the world's population.

Students at Drake University College of Pharmacy and Health Services are providing care beyond the confines of Des Moines, Iowa.

Regular trips to the emergency department could be a red flag for deadly prescription drug overdose.

Taking statins associated with greater likelihood of developing diabetes with complications.

Legislation affects the Every Category of Health Care Providers law requiring commercial health plans to include every category of provider within a participating provider network.

A pharmacist was initially fearful when a woman she recognized as a customer she had turned in for forged prescriptions appeared at her counter.

The US Public Health Service (PHS) recently awarded a Wilkes University pharmacy student the Excellence in Public Health Pharmacy Practice Award.

Washington State Governor Jay Inslee signed into law on May 11, 2015, a bill that makes Washington the first state in the country to require that pharmacists are included in health insurance provider networks.

Even healthy adults taking statins are 87% more likely to develop diabetes.

Veterans Affairs covers few compounded medications through pharmacies and via mail order.