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Tamsulosin (Flomax) is indicated for the treatment of the signs and symptoms of benign prostatic hyperplasia.

Patients taking the product should consult with their physician or pharmacist to determine whether they have the affected product.

Because of the likelihood that patients with melanoma will develop adverse effects on therapy, it is crucial for pharmacists to proactively educate patients and provide them with tools to help mitigate and manage these issues.

In a case study, the symptoms associated with the rash are fatigue, migratory lower extremity joint pain, and swelling of the ankles and feet.

ARCT-154 demonstrates 95% efficacy overall for prevention of severe disease, including related deaths.

As pharmacy technicians continue to take on more responsibilities, actions must be taken to alleviate the burnout so many are facing.

Attendees of this live virtual program learned the latest and greatest in a presentation from 2 expert oncology pharmacists.

Depression can make people who have recovered from COVID-19 feel less enthusiastic in their daily lifestyle.

Conditions such as high blood pressure, diabetes, and obesity may have a significant impact on the likelihood of developing cognitive decline, dementia, and Alzheimer disease.

FDA-approved Disulfiram can safely reduce anxiety levels in rodents, analysis from the Tokyo University of Sciences and other Japan institutes finds.

The first cases were identified in October 2021 at a children’s hospital in Alabama that admitted 5 children with significant liver injury, including some with acute liver failure.

The booster vaccine candidate includes mutations found in the Beta variant of concern, several of which have been persistent in more recent variants such as the Omicron variant.

The results lead to a possible new therapeutic approach to improve immunotherapy outcomes, including combinations with vitamin E, as well as directly targeting SHP1 in dendritic cells.

DuoBody, for treatment of relapsed/refractory large B-cell lymphoma, demonstrates an overall response rate of 63.1%.

New analysis demonstrates that physical activity improves cognitive health, thus staving off dementia.

In a live virtual symposium at the 2021 ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting, 2 experts teamed up to highlight the place in therapy and management of oral oncolytics in follicular and marginal zone lymphoma.

32 public colleges with combined enrollment of more than 700,000 students must comply with law by January 2023.

Elaine Jaffe, MD, National Institutes of Health (NIH) distinguished investigator at the National Cancer Institute at NIH, offers guidance for female medical researchers who are faced with a declining number of female colleagues in the workforce.

The CIC is a combination of Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine, NVX-CoV2373, and its quadrivalent influenza vaccine candidate.

The application is based on positive results from the ASCEND phase 3 clinical trial, assessing the efficacy and safety of daprodustat for the treatment of anemia from chronic kidney disease.

Evusheld has been found to significantly reduce the risk of developing symptomatic COVID-19.

The updated efficacy analyses showed that tislelizumab in combination with chemotherapy continued to demonstrate a clinically significant progression-free survival benefit for individuals with recurrent or metastatic nasopharyngeal cancer.

The analyses are shared at the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting 2022 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Analysis indicates that quitting provides roughly the same benefit as taking 3 medications together.

The agent is the first oral therapy for this indication.

Investigational CAR T-cell therapy is currently being evaluated in an ongoing dose escalation phase 1 trial to analyze its safety and tolerability in treating non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

Elaine Jaffe, MD, National Institutes of Health (NIH) distinguished investigator at the National Cancer Institute at NIH, discusses where she sees the classification of lymphoma progressing in the coming years.

Among Black and Latina women with heart failure, negative health outcomes are magnified due to significant health disparities and inequities in the management of the chronic condition.