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Pearl Health will offer technology and insight solutions while Walgreens provides clinical services.

The wellness pharmacist uniquely focuses on patient quality of life and personalized care to help patients achieve health beyond a prescription alone.

Failing to protect the elderly from disease has consequences beyond nursing homes.

Vaccine administration provides benefits at the patient and public health levels, and pharmacists are critical members of health care teams that provide these vital biologic medications.

Senate Bill 219 will also allow pharmacists to independently administer influenza and COVID-19 tests waived by the clinical laboratory improvement amendments.

Telemedicine approaches for HIV can help reduce stigma that is often a challenge in face-to-face clinical settings and eliminate common logistical barriers, such as transportation.

While monitoring influenza virus resistance as it develops, researchers are prioritizing further investigations to decrease the risk of resistant strains.

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In this episode, we spoke with an expert about the potential impacts of new guidelines on adolescents, as well as the risks associated with new anti-obesity drugs.

Empowering technicians can enhance overall pharmacy management and promote a culture of patient safety.

Pediatric and maternal respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccines are being studied to reduce the burden of RSV, and more research is needed to understand whether this can reduce wheeze and asthma.

FDA grants updated Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines with emergency use authorization to target currently circulating variants of the virus.

Although GLP-1 receptor agonists have shown promise in promoting weight loss, they are prescription medications and should be used under the guidance of health care professionals.

Precision medicine in pharmacy has the potential to revolutionize patient care by optimizing drug selection, dosing, and monitoring.

Hypercortisolemia during the late afternoon and early evening is harmful and believed to cause insulin resistance observed with advanced age.

Researchers have identified new uses for insulin sensitizers, including in the treatment of polycystic ovary syndrome and infertility.

Although findings indicate a relationship between vitamin D and mood disorders, further research is needed to clarify efficacy of specific vitamin D levels, as well as supplement dose and form.

The Phase 2 KARDIA-1 Study met its primary endpoint of lower systolic blood pressure with the use of zilebesiran.

With pharmacies around the country shifting to provide more comprehensive care and becoming true health care destinations, Chichi Ilonzo Momah, PharmD, RPh said she is excited for the future of the field.

Pharmacists can make clinical recommendations tailored to patients’ individual needs.

Applying novel and effective behavioral economics for pre-exposure prophylaxis dissemination programs could help to tailor the programs to the populations and settings of high HIV burden areas.

A phase 3 study assessing macitentan 75mg treatment for CTEPH was stopped, although another study using macitentan will continue.

In addition to improving risk evaluation in older adults at home, point-of-care testing may help clinicians manage patients with dementia who cannot communicate and those living in depopulated areas.

Harsha Rajasimha, PhD, MS, founder and CEO of Jeeva Informatics Solutions, discusses the importance of representation of women and minority groups in clinical trials.

Multiple studies show that it might be more effective to administer intravenous immunoglobulins at an earlier stage of disease progression.

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With the emergence of BA.2.86, and the growing prevalence of EG.5 and FL1.5.1, there is a need for updated vaccines against COVID-19 to help decrease severe disease and hospitalizations.