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The FDA has approved the first fully implantable sensor to detect glucose in people 18 years of age and older with diabetes.

Officials with the FDA have expanded the approval of Medtronic’s MiniMed 670G hybrid closed looped system to include individuals aged 7 to 13 with Type 1 diabetes.

An improvement in clinical outcomes and medication adherence rates when patients used medication therapy management services and multimed blister card packaging was clearly shown in a recent study.

A lack of education leaves 31% of asthma/COPD patients with poor inhaler procedures.

To protect more women from unintended pregnancy during the Zika crisis, pharmacists should be fully engaged and enabled to provide much-needed contraceptive services.

Experts are beginning to see that some phenotypes respond better to certain treatment approaches for asthma.

Researchers were not able to predict factors that would indicate that pharmacists actually dispense the medication.

Motivational interviewing—a patient-centered method to enhance intrinsic motivation by exploring, and resolving ambivalence—has gained a good reputation for increasing adherence.

CVS Pharmacy, the retail division of CVS Health, today announced that prescription delivery is now available from CVS Pharmacy locations nationwide.

What's so smart about smart bottles?

Pharmacists have an important role in screening for behavioral health disorders in patients with high-risk conditions, including diabetes.

Both negative and positive outcomes have been observed in studies.

An extremely virulent (hypermucoviscous) strain of Klebsiella pneumoniae (K pneumoniae) that is resistant to carbapenem and colistin has been isolated for the first time from a patient in the United States.

Adults with diabetes are 2 to 4 times more likely to have cardiovascular disease, which includes heart disease, heart failure, heart attack and stroke, than people without diabetes

Evidence suggests that both persistent and severe postpartum depression increase the risk of adverse outcomes in children.

The FDA has approved the CustomFlex Artificial Iris, the first stand-alone prosthetic iris available in the United States.

This weekly video program provides our readers with an in-depth review of the latest news, product approvals, FDA rulings, and more. Our Week in Review is a can't miss for the busy pharmacy professional.

Agency officials have given the green light to versions of buprenorphine and naloxone (Suboxone, Mylan Technologies Inc and Dr. Reddy's Laboratories SA) sublingual film.

Here is why to consider the dollars and data behind such pharmacy offerings.

Those who can do this find that they have an advantage in dealing with patients, team members, and vendors.

Some vitamin deficiencies go unnoticed, but insidious vitamin deficiencies can make us miserable.

The 2017-2018 flu season was severe, resulting in 172 pediatric deaths across the country.