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On January 4, 2016, the day I was going to end the holiday binge eating and get back to my goal weight, I stepped on the scale and it showed 262.5 lbs.

The Retail Industry Leaders Association, the Food Marketing Institute, the National Association of Chain Drug Stores, the National Grocers Association, and the National Retail Federation, and their members (collectively, the Retail Associations) submitted comments last week in response to proposals by the Environmental Protection Agency to update waste management regulations, that may impact the handling of unsold consumer products and pharmaceuticals by retailers.

Redesign to include theme issues, increased calls for papers, enhanced digital experience.

Learn about the new drugs and products approved by the FDA in December 2015.

In response to a recent hearing of the Senate Special Committee on Aging to examine factors contributing to price spikes in off-patent drugs", the Generic Pharmaceutical Association and 10 stakeholder groups representing pharmacists, chain drug stores, pharmacy benefit managers, public and private retirement systems, and others, sent a letter to the Committee calling for consideration of the Fair Access to Safe and Timely Generics Act (H.R. 2841) to improve competition in the pharmaceutical marketplace.

Novartis has announced a collaboration with Qualcomm Incorporated in digital innovation with the Breezhaler inhaler device to treat COPD.

CVS Health, Walgreens, Walmart, Express Scripts, and Rite Aid pharmacies all appear in a list of the top 10 most frequent violators of HIPAA.

Sterile drug compounder Pharmedium is voluntarily recalling multiple lots of norepinephrine bitartrate added to 0.9% sodium chloride in light of complaints from hospitals of a slight discoloration in the mixture.

CVS Health has opened its first Navarro-based MinuteClinic inside the Navarro Discount Pharmacy in Miami Lakes.

Well-known risk factors for asthma development include a family history of the disease, other allergic conditions, obesity, and smoking.

When evaluating statin use, pharmacists should refer to the latest recommendations for high cholesterol treatment.

Bee Extremely Amazed has issued a voluntary recall of 14 products marketed for weight loss.

Because patients are getting varicella vaccines, it is necessary for them to receive the zoster vaccine once they reach the appropriate age.

Due to dosing errors involving oral posaconazole (Noxafil), the antifungal treatment's labeling has been revised.

Pharmacists in Oregon rang in the New Year with permission to prescribe birth control.

The Pharmacy College Admission Test would be great to avoid altogether. Fortunately, a number of pharmacy schools do not require it.

What do you think pharmacists should do more of in 2016?

When it comes to vasopressor administration, hospital pharmacists are traditionally taught that it must be through central venous access.

The first step is to determine the business you want and the business you don't.

Drug diversion has a direct impact on drug spending.

Now through January 23, Rite Aid is celebrating the New Year by offering Wellness+ with Plenti members a special opportunity to begin accumulating Plenti points for 2016.

The term takotsubo" is the Japanese word for octopus trap.

Guest host Blair Green Thielemier, PharmD, interviews Dr. Alan L Hanson, Division Chair and Professor at Melvin H. Weinswig University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Pharmacy.

Researchers from Australia set out to determine health consumers' information needs and concerns related to childhood vaccination.

Alexander Kantorovich, PharmD, BCPS, clinical assistant professor of pharmacy practice at Chicago State University College of Pharmacy, discusses how platelet aggregation inhibitors fit into the acute coronary syndrome management picture.

Here are the top trending pharmacy stories you may have missed this year:

A New Year is almost upon us, and there isn't a better time to make some decisions and build habits that will have a lasting effect on your financial freedom.

The Walgreens Flu Index is a weekly report developed to provide state- and market-specific information, and ranking of those experiencing the highest incidences of influenza across the country.

WellCare Health Plans has announced that it will transition its pharmacy benefit management to CVS Health.

Special K" may hold the secrets to an effective antidepressant.