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New research by the CVS Health Research Institute is the first to show the impact of prescription refill programs on medication adherence.

With more than 6 million pregnancies in the United States each year, health care providers require accurate and up-to-date information on the risks associated with prescribing medications to pregnant patients and breastfeeding infants.

Three easy steps can help reduce the odds of children accidentally overdosing on medications.

The FDA is allowing new smokeless tobacco products to enter the US market.

Donnie Calhoun, RPh, PD, National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA) Foundation vice president, discusses some common problems that arise during a disaster.

Liz Tiefenthaler, president of Pharm Fresh Media, talks about mistakes that some pharmacists make that can disrupt patient loyalty.

Some evidence suggests that a febrile seizure occurs when the child has low serum zinc levels.

Kalin M. Clifford, PharmD, BCPS, discusses when treatment with memantine or cholinesterase should be stopped in patients with dementia.

Bryan Ziegler, PharmD, executive director of Kennedy Pharmacy Innovation Center, discusses challenges pharmacists need to overcome as health care models shift to pay-for-performance reimbursement models.

Colds are caused by a viral infection in the upper airways, sinuses, throat, and nose.

Inaffit LLC is voluntarily recalling Natureal, a product marketed as a weight-loss dietary supplement, due to undeclared sibutramine.

Patients with sleep apnea have an increased risk of developing gout and nighttime flare-ups.

Mylan has announced that its offer to acquire all of the issued and to be issued share capital of Perrigo has lapsed.

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Touted as a way to reduce pain, speed injury recovery, and improve mood, cryotherapy involves exposing the body to temperatures up to minus 300 degrees Fahrenheit.

Kim Kersten, of the American Pharmacy Purchasing Alliance, discusses the association for pharmacy buyers.

Cough and cold remedies are some of the more common OTC medications that can lead to unsupervised exposures requiring trips to the emergency department.

Beverly Schaefer, RPh, of Katterman's Sand Point Pharmacy in Seattle, Washington, talks about the most common challenges patients face when trying to set up travel immunizations.

The FDA has accepted for review Amgen's new drug application for etelcalcetide to treat secondary hyperparathyroidism in patients with chronic kidney disease on hemodialysis.

Do you ever wish you could cultivate deeper relationships with patients to help them really improve their health?

Patients take acetaminophen and ibuprofen for minor pain and fever, but are they interchangeable?

Touro College of Pharmacy students recently participated in the school's third annual Operation Immunization.

Here are 3 lessons about paying off student debt that I learned the hard way.

One major addition to the 2015 American Geriatrics Society Beers Criteria is a renal dosing table.

Currently, there are no FDA-approved agents for the reversal of factor Xa inhibitors.

Much has been written about owning a business, but independent pharmacy owners in particular need to master a few very special concepts.

Starting today, all pharmacies in Greece will close for 24 hours due to a strike.

Rite Aid Corporation and Harmonyx have announced the availability of select genetic tests in all Rite Aid pharmacies except those in New York state.

Pharmacy interventions for patients taking new medications can improve adherence, reduce health care costs, and improve outcomes.

Many sleepwalkers who injure themselves during their sleep do not experience pain until the next morning, which may lead them to the pharmacy for OTC pain relief.