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Patients with certain diabetic foot ulcers now have a new treatment option.

This weekly video program highlights the latest in pharmacy news, product news, and more.

Carbon monoxide poisoning can mimic flu-like symptoms.

More than 40 members of the US House of Representatives have expressed support for greater pharmacist roles in improvements made to Medicare Part D's medication therapy management (MTM) program.

By infecting 5% to 10% of the US population each year, influenza consumes $87.1 billion.

There is anecdotal evidence that sudden drops in temperature precipitate viral acute respiratory infections, but does science support it?

The hallmark of any truly great pharmacy is decidedly having standards of excellence.

The FDA has lifted the indefinite deferral of blood donation for men who have sex with men.

For the third consecutive year the National Community Pharmacists Association has asked its members to rank their top legislative and regulatory priorities.

Overdose deaths involving opioids are on the rise in the United States.

One dose of epinephrine may not always be enough.

While activity remains relatively low across most of the United States, the Walgreens Flu Index data continues to suggest slight increases in flu activity in a number of markets.

Price sensitivity is a fundamental economic principle that has played a more minor role in health care compared with other goods and services.

The term golden handcuffs" describes highly compensated employees who stay at a corporation instead of moving from company to company.

A generic equivalent of Janssen's norgestimate/ethinyl estradiol tablets has been launched in the United States by Teva Pharmaceutical Industries.

Despite the advent of a multitude of non-insulin therapies, insulin maintains its place in diabetes management.

Nearly 90,000 bottles of dietary supplements containing kratom have been seized by US Marshals, according to the FDA.

Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, U.S. Army, Retired, who in September 2015 concluded his 41 years of military service and his tenure as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, will speak at the Tuesday, April 19, Business Program during the 2016 NACDS Annual Meeting in Palm Beach, Florida.

It is common for pharmacy students and pharmacists to encounter patients who are seeking information about the medications they are taking.

The National Community Pharmacists Association has offered the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services a new proposal to increase disclosure of secretive fees levied within the Part D prescription drug program and also reiterated bipartisan calls for CMS to finalize proposed guidance to standardize the transparency into and reporting of such fees.

Meijer pharmacies marked a major milestone late last month when the retailer's free prescription program hit 30 million prescriptions dispensed since the program launched in October 2006.

The best way to reduce health care spending is to teach patients how to optimize their health and slow the aging process.

The FDA-approved 3-bag intravenous n-acetylcysteine regimen for acetaminophen toxicity is being challenged by a simpler approach.

The FDA has given priority review status to a new drug application for Gilead Sciences' sofosbuvir and velpatasvir as a treatment for chronic genotype 1-6 hepatitis C virus infection.

Not every drug saw a price increase in 2015, despite widespread media coverage suggesting otherwise.

Alexander Kantorovich, PharmD, BCPS, clinical assistant professor of pharmacy practice at Chicago State University College of Pharmacy, discusses the role of the pharmacist in acute coronary syndrome management with platelet aggregation inhibitors.

The suspect in a pharmacy robbery says she was forced to commit the crime because her daughter's life was threatened.

How many of these off-label uses have you seen before?

Each year, more pharmacists take on new roles in the emergency department.

Pharmacists do not become pharmacists just to dispense medications.