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The results of a recent study have suggested that parents use flavored sprays when their children have difficulty swallowing pills.

Cortney Mospan, PharmD, BCACP, CGP, assistant professor of pharmacy at Wingate University, discusses how community pharmacists can structure smoking cessation services.

Children and adolescents are becoming increasingly more likely to be hospitalized for prescription opioid poisoning, a study published in JAMA Pediatrics finds.

A new report finds that employee contributions to health insurance premiums and deductibles are growing slowly, but individuals have been using a larger portion of their incomes to do so.

Meijer is jumping into the 2016 holiday season by teaming up with parents to give children a fun, interactive way to build and share their wish lists.

For the eighth year in a row, the McKesson Specialty Health Reimbursement, Access & Safety Services Solution Center has been certified as a Center of Excellence by BenchmarkPortal, a leading call center research and consulting organization.

The biggest problem the United States health care system faces is preventable disease. We do not have enough doctors, nurses, or health coaches to fix it.

HIV has been an epidemic for 30 years. Initially, the health system relied on behavioral interventions to slow the spread of the virus.

Leading up to Veterans Day, Southeastern Grocers has announced the launch of their Veterans Day Wall of Honor community donation program in all stores.

Any toy purchased at Meijer now through November 30 will help the retailer share the joy this holiday season.

The Kroger Co. has been named the top retailer, tied for first place in the overall composite score, in the Kantar Retailer PoweRanking.

Pharmacy benefits manager CVS Caremark has earned URAC accreditations in Health Call Center for its Pharmacy Advisor counseling program as well as in Pharmacy Benefit Management and Drug Therapy Management.

Eisai announced the beginning of 2 multi-center, global phase 3 clinical trials assessing FYCOMPA (perampanel).

One of the most enduring lessons from my training in the care of geriatric patients is the following maxim: “Treat every new symptom like a (possible) drug adverse effect until proven otherwise.”

Although men generally have fewer options for controlling their fertility than women, an investigational hormone shot could provide male patients with a new way to help prevent pregnancy in their female partners.

A hospital in Des Moines, Iowa, has notified relevant patients that a former employee may have stolen opioid painkillers intended for them.

As symptoms of depression worsen, so too does the length of survival in lung cancer patients, according to a study published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.

To celebrate the service and sacrifices of the nation’s military, Walgreens is offering a Veterans Day discount to all veterans, active duty military personnel and their immediate family members.

Pharmacy Times, the leading media resource for pharmacists and the pharmacy industry, celebrated American Pharmacists Month last month by again leading a nationwide #ThankAPharmacist social media campaign.

Is electronic prescribing the key to higher medication adherence?

Pharmacy professional organizations and stakeholders today released a standardized framework for documenting medication therapy management (MTM) services using SNOMED CT codes — a standard clinical terminology used for the electronic exchange of clinical health information and reporting of clinical quality measures.

Camber has announced the launch of Rosuvastatin, the generic version of Crestor tables from AstraZeneca, in 5-, 10-, 20-, and 40-mg tablets.

Is electronic prescribing the key to higher medication adherence?

Massachusetts passed a new law requiring practitioners to check MassPAT (the Massachusetts Prescription Awareness Tool) before prescribing narcotics. Whether this will help reduce doctor-shopping will depend on several things.

Pharmacists endure heavy workloads and long hours, but does all this time and effort actually do more harm than good?

The FDA has approved the first generic versions of 4 drugs―Benicar tablets, Benicar HCT tabets, Azor tablets, and Tribenzor tablets―that contain the widely used blood pressure-lowering medication olmesartan medoxomil.

The everyday compounding pharmacist is there to meet the needs of patients both human and animal.

Dr. Nelly Adel has been named chair of the Pharmacy Practice Department of the Touro College of Pharmacy.