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August 23rd 2025
Patients in an outpatient oncology unit expressed willingness to receive a pneumococcal or influenza vaccine from a pharmacist if offered.
More Medications Means Changes to HIV Treatment Guidelines
The HIV treatment update includes more considerations for coinfected patients and pregnant women than the previously published 2011 guidelines.
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Diabetes Management Guidelines: What Pharmacists Should Know
The guidelines provide a few updates to the pharmacologic management of the disease.
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Research Focuses on Shingles Vaccine and Antirheumatic Drugs
September 5th 2017The live varicella-zoster vaccine is adequately immunogenic in patients with rheumatoid arthritis starting treatment with tofacitinib, according to results of a recently-published study in Arthritis & Rheumatology.
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More Birth Control Supplies Leads to Longer Use
August 31st 2017More frequent trips to the pharmacy to pick up refills are bad for patients when it comes to birth control. Studies have shown that when patients are given more supplies at a time, they stick to their birth control method for longer and have fewer unintended pregnancies.
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