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Patient monitoring significantly improved for patients seen in the pharmacist-led clinic due to greater efforts to order labs per policy and prescribe an appropriate DOAC dose.

In the session at the 2024 American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy Annual Meeting, presenters highlighted the importance of fostering inclusion for LGBTQ students.

Educators should prioritize integrating social determinants of health (SDOH) for the next generation of pharmacists.

Students express interest in whole-person care and identify it as a gap in their education.

However, the cost of zuranolone makes it challenging to access and justify, given study results comparing it with brexanolone.

The findings showed that pharmacist-led interventions resulted in the greatest systolic blood pressure reductions.

In a study of Swedish patients with mantle cell lymphoma, the participants faced a heightened risk of infection after their diagnosis and associated treatment for the disease.

More cost effectiveness data is crucial in advocating for better insurance coverage in the United States.

The cause of the outage was deemed to be due to a defect found in a content update for Windows users.

Acetylcholine deficit observed in patients with anorexia nervosa suggest potential targeted treatment options.

Anatomical alterations result in many downstream changes, such as changes in pH, gastric volume, food intake, surface area for absorption, gastric emptying and transit times, and intestinal enzymes and efflux pumps, among others.

Investigators found that the risk of long COVID decreased over the course of the pandemic.

The investigators note that the high prevalence of long COVID, including in pregnant individuals, emphasizes a need for health care professionals and patients to closely monitor symptoms.

Radiotherapy may have applications beyond symptomatic relief when used in combination with immunotherapy.

Currently, limited data show the effect of adverse drug events in the outpatient setting.

This manuscript will describe the creation and development of a longitudinal sterile compounding rotation at an academic medical center for postgraduate year 1 acute care pharmacy residents.

A patient with severe and recurrent pemphigus vulgaris achieved lasting remission with a novel intravenous immunoglobulin preparation that had the added benefit of reducing treatment-related side effects.

Investigators compared the criteria for eligibility in the VICTORIA trial with guideline and label criterion, finding a wider than expected population with heart failure were eligible for vericiguat therapy.

Use of semaglutide injections may be linked to an increased risk of blindness in patients with diabetes.

On a scale from 1 to 10, respondents rated their feelings of burnout an average of 7.25 in the second annual Pharmacy Times Burnout and Mental Health Survey.

Prediction model can accurately predict the risk of nerve damage in patients who received taxane-based chemotherapy.

Consumer-wearable devices can monitor treatment response and provide continuous health data for patients with heart disease and atrial fibrillation.

Treatment of advanced/metastatic urothelial cancer has changed dramatically in recent years. This review discusses the use, risks, and benefits of several novel therapies for this indication.

Increased awareness of women's cardiovascular health and the impact of estrogen fluctuation throughout women’s lives on cardiovascular disease could both boost the economy and improve health outcomes.

Results show that daily injections of buprenorphine over a 7-day period was safe and well-tolerated in patients who had Clinical Opioid Withdrawal Scale scores of 4 to 7.

In pediatric and adult patients, the top 3 surgical procedures accounted for the highest share of opioid prescriptions, indicating a need for better opioid prescription management and greater awareness of the possible opioid-related adverse events that can stem from prescriptions of the drug.

Defined career ladders can highlight that being a technician is not merely a job, but a fulfilling career.

In a follow-up to the interim FTC report documenting the business practices of PBMs and the power they hold in the pharmaceutical industry, the Commission now seeks to sue the 3 largest PBMs in the country for driving up the price of insulin and other essential drugs.