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QR codes were invented almost 30 years ago and are used on everything from cereal boxes to repair manuals, yet pharmacy has yet to even consider them.

Multivitamins were associated with increased cellular oxygen consumption and more optimal blood nutrition biomarkers.

Current social determinants of health found to have a significant impact on sleep health.

How pharmacy teams can remove cost barriers to cardiac care.

Best practices to safely, legally source prescription medications in Mexico.

Products treat ulcerative colitis, urinary tract infection, and psoriatic arthritis.

Liam Volk, MPharm, president-elect of the Pharmacists’ Defence Association LGBT+ Network, discussed how pharmacists can best support their LGBTQ+ colleagues and patients.

Family members should also be trained in how to administer seizure first aid, apply a tourniquet to control bleeding, operate an automated external defibrillator, and perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

VALOR HCM is the second study to show that mavacamten can significantly reduce symptoms of obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, which includes left ventricular outflow tract.

Claire Biermaas, president of Corporate Partnerships at AmerisourceBergen, discussed the Corporate Partnerships Team, which works closely with pharmacy customers to guide their processes and help execute their vision.

Health care professionals can provide patients with tips on appropriate hand sanitizer use, as well as product recommendations.

Adult and maternal RSV vaccines reveal positive findings.

A lack of evidence of sex-specific recommendations results from a underrepresentation of women in cardiovascular disease-related trials.

Negative findings may spur choice of brand-name drugs, despite expense.

Study results indicate that taking these products together reduces the risk of rebound congestion typically seen with intranasal decongestant therapy.

Pharmacists can address the needs of health care consumers earlier in the care journey by building interpersonal relationships and community trust, as well as by leading institutional and public policy reform.

A broader understanding of vaccine hesitancy and barriers has helped to enhance acceptance of vaccination services through educational outreach.

Pharmacists can empower their community with essential knowledge for summer skin protection to protect against skin cancer.

Most tweets accurately communicated which groups of people Descovy for HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis is indicated for, although failed to mention resources about cost.

There are a multitude of benefits to smoking cessation, along with novel resources to make cessation more manageable.

Social norms appear to influence individual behavior more than personal attitudes among people living with HIV.

In addition to being medication experts, pharmacists' accessibility makes them ideal clinicians to provide person-centered, gender-affirming care.

Study investigators said that understanding how the human immune response relates to respiratory syncytial virus infection has been a major obstacle for vaccine development.

SB15 had a comparable safety, pharmacokinetics, and immunogenicity treatment profile to AFL for age-related macular degeneration.

Stormi Gale, PharmD, BCCP, a cardiology pharmacy specialist at Novant Health, discussed the important role of SGLT2 inhibitors in glycemic control.

Pharmacists should learn the basics of this leading cause of vision loss among adults worldwide.

The ease of administration with new agents for schizophrenia via an injection is advantageous because this patient population is commonly agitated and difficult to administer oral medications to.

Study evaluates the interaction between excessive salt intake and hypertension, cognitive dysfunction, and dementia.

Clinicians are increasingly recognizing the negative impact of the middle-of-the-night dosing required with twice-nightly therapies for narcolepsy.

Brody Maack, PharmD, CTTS, associate professor at the North Dakota State University School of Pharmacy, discussed how telehealth has evolved since its explosion during the COVID-19 pandemic.