Hospital

This month's guest is Jennifer Lind, PharmD, MPH, MBA, a public health pharmacists, epidemiologist in the Medication Safety Program at the CDC, and commander in the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps.

Barbara Kirkaldy, BS, CPhT, pharmacy regulatory specialist at Novant Health, discusses her role in the pharmacy and alternative career paths for pharmacy technicians.

Authorized for use in professional point-of-care settings, the nucleic acid amplification diagnostic tool delivers results in 25 minutes.

Regeneron and Sanofi’s Dupilumab is the first biologic to demonstrate a clinically meaningful and statistically significant reduction in exacerbations compared with the placebo.

Studies show that patients who are introduced to patient support programs through digital platforms are more likely to use support services.

Quantitative polymerase chain reaction methods that are validated to determine bacterial load are important for assessing the impact of vaccines in public health programs.

FDA action allows for OTC naloxone (Narcan) to be sold directly to consumers in pharmacies, convenience stores, grocery stores, gas stations, and online.

The main cause of C. diff infection remains antibiotic use and overuse.

Improvements in progression-free survival were seen in patients with advanced or recurrent endometrial carcinoma regardless of mismatch repair status.

Increased risk for severe disease in individuals with SUD could be from co-occurring medical conditions, investigators from Boston Medical Center say.

Data indicated that waist-to-height ratio is a better indicator of outcomes in patients with HF than body mass index.

Removing the word ‘risk’ from discussions of HIV PrEP and focusing more on environment and empowerment concerns are beneficial in this patient population.

There has not yet been established a consensus on the set of factors to use for assessing social determinants of health in practice.

Any living person with HIV should be screened for hepatitis B and C upon diagnosis, with annual screenings recommended for those with additional risk factors.

Given the promising results, the company is advancing Rinvoq to a phase 3 clinical trial for the autoimmune disorder.

Ribociclib plus endocrine therapy demonstrates a reduction in the risk of disease recurrence in patients with HR+/HER2- early breast cancer.

Remote work has been a growing trend across many different areas of pharmacy.

Triana Moore, CPhT, CSPT, a pharmacy regulatory specialist at Novant Health, discusses compliance and regulation as an alternative career path for pharmacy technicians.

It is important for pharmacists to understand implications related to drug clearance to maximize therapeutics in patients with kidney disease.

Currently, APHA has a policy on its books that opposes both drug legalization and decriminalization.

Key lifestyle risk factors for chronic diseases and cancers include tobacco use, poor nutrition, lack of physical movement, and obesity.

Akram Hussein, PharmD, MBA, BCNP, discusses the treatment process when treating a patient with prostate cancer with a radiopharmaceutical.

More and more data, both from real world analyses and clinical trials, are shedding light on the effective uses of cannabis, as well as the contraindications for its use in patients.

Even the terms themselves, “sex” and “gender,” are often misused and misunderstood by US society and medical professionals alike.

Therapy from Karuna Therapeutics demonstrates an 8.4-point reduction in Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale total score compared with the placebo at week 5.

Michael D. Hogue, PharmD, FAPhA, FNAP, FFIP, discusses some of the ways that social determinants of health can impact patient health outcomes.

Prior to the pandemic, the seasonality of respiratory syncytial virus followed a pattern; now, this pattern of disease spread has changed significantly.

Specifically, non-opioids are often preferred for the management of subacute and chronic pain because of their safety profiles.

Presenter at the 2023 Community Oncology Alliance meeting notes that oncology has become more of a duality between molecular and genetic subsets, leading to huge developments in targeted and personalized care.

Michael D. Hogue, PharmD, FAPhA, FNAP, FFIP, discusses current outlook on the occurrence of outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases in the country.