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Christian John Lillis, co-founder and executive director at Peggy Lillis Foundation, discusses the role of the pharmacist in education that advances C diff awareness in the medical community.

The study authors suggest that future research should instead emphasize event rates and patient-reported outcomes to better evaluate the tolerability and frequency of AEs.

Despite patients and clinicians preferring in-person consultations, most patients reported that clinicians answered all questions and effectively resolved issues during remote consultations.

In the second part of his interview with Pharmacy Times, PharmD, CSP, AAHIVP, a clinical pharmacist and subject matter expert with Shields Health Solutions, discussed pharmacists’ role in HIV education and management.

Improvements were seen in left ventricular ejection fraction, NYHA Functional Class, and Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire at 1-year post-dose.

The results suggest that telemedicine could be used to help improve access for other populations that might be stigmatized, beyond hepatitis C virus and opioid use disorder.

Artificial intelligence could help detect a trend in medical information for individuals that would help physicians predict an increased risk of sudden cardiac death.

Study investigators found that health care professionals who were assigned male at birth and practiced in the Western region of the United States were more likely to prescribe PrEP to this high-risk population.

The approval makes pembrolizumab the first-line treatment for individuals with this cancer.

The acceptance comes after results from TRANSCEND CLL 004, which is the first trial to demonstrate clinical benefit with a CAR T cell therapy in patients who were previously treated for CLL or SLL.

Not only is the test significant for identifying HIV and TB, but it can be safer for patients living with HIV due to their suppressed immune systems.

In human heart tissues, investigators found that the mechanism associated with heart failure can be reversed and Dicer activity can be restored when AD-9308 was used.

Lisa Deschamps, CEO of AviadoBio, discusses frontotemporal dementia and AVB-101, a one-time therapy designed to stop disease progression by delivering a functional copy of the GRN gene and restoring progranulin levels in the brain.

In addition to language barriers, pharmacy translation software errors may cause further complications when filling patient prescriptions.

While manganese can sometimes be considered toxic, prenatal exposure may be linked to better memory at adolescence.

The study also found that 82% of the surveyed physicians reported not getting labs to help determine treatment options for their patients.

The products include Crovalimab, Dapagliflozin, Secukinumab, Roflumilast

Taurolidine and heparin (Defencath; CorMedix) is indicated to reduce catheter-related bloodstream infections for adults with kidney failure who are receiving chronic hemodialysis via central venous catheter

Session speaker Powell-Wiley explains how screening for SDOH in patients as cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic syndrome stages progress can help better understand their individual social needs.

In this episode, you'll hear a conversation with Ron Lanton, partner at Lanton Law, who gets us up to speed on all of the legal cases surrounding this issue thus far.

According to the authors, these results contribute to developing information that associate lymphedema with localized changes in immunity and a susceptibility for cancer.

Compared to the standard prenatal vitamin alone, vitamin D supplementation with the prenatal vitamin reduced the risk of asthma and wheezing in children by approximately 50%.

Ince describes why patients who are considered fragile are often underdiagnosed and undertreated, and that the VOYAGER PAD analyses can encourage the treatment of the fragile population.

Even with the current available treatment options, it is important to recognize the importance of masking, particularly for those with immunocompromised conditions.

The AZALEA-TIMI 71 randomized trial evaluated the safety and tolerability of 2 blinded doses of the novel factor XI inhibitor abelacimab compared with open-label rivaroxaban.

Safe handling of hazardous drugs plays a vital role in patient care.

Bonaca also notes that pharmacists can play a key role in educating patients and clinicians about the appropriate use and dosing of antithrombotic drugs for vascular protection.

Harrington discusses how the performance of milvexian in prior phase 2 trials focused on different patient populations creates the foundation for future research.

Sehnert emphasizes that mavacamten treatment benefits were present in both patients with sarcomere mutation positive HCM and sarcomere mutation negative HCM.

Bupivacaine liposome injectable suspension was shown to reduce opioid use after surgery and significantly improve pain.