Community/Retail

A recent paper sheds light on the causes of inappropriate antibiotic prescribing and misconceptions about infectious disease that can lead to it.

Diagnosis and treatment of acute coronary syndrome in patients who also have diabetes or chronic kidney disease are challenging for a number of reasons, explains a recently published review article.

A practice model in which pharmacists worked alongside physicians in a community teaching hospital led to reduced readmissions, emergency department visits, and hospital costs.

Now that Plan B One-Step is available OTC with no restrictions, there is one less medication that falls into the "behind-the-counter" category, potentially limiting the future scope of pharmacists' practice.

Asthma patients who received tailored counseling from community pharmacists over a 6-month period were 3 times as likely as those in a control group to have their asthma under control.

Pharmacy Times Editor-in-Chief Fred M. Eckel, RPh, MS, argues that giving pharmacy technicians more responsibility could help make way for pharmacists to practice at the top of their license.

Pharmacist ranked third among all professions for the second year in a row based on strong job growth prospects and good pay.

Women who regularly took low-dose aspirin had significantly reduced risk of colon cancer, but researchers are not yet ready to generally recommend the drug for primary prevention.

U.S. News & World Report ranked pharmacist third among the best jobs of 2013, behind only dentist and registered nurse.

Approximately 700,000 Americans have Crohn's disease, a chronic but manageable inflammatory bowel disease.

Pediatric rheumatologists, physical therapists, ophthalmologists, and dentists are among the health care professionals who play a role in treating juvenile arthritis patients.

Supplementation with calcium and vitamin D led to significantly reduced risk of hip fracture when combined with postmenopausal hormone therapy, a recent study finds.

The overall stroke rate for women who had migraine with aura was 4.3 per 1000 women per year, according to the results of a 15-year-long study.

Philip R. Schauer, MD, discusses the need for accountable care organizations to recognize obesity as a disease and offer treatment for it.

Jennifer Athay-Adams, PharmD, discusses how the payment model of accountable care organizations (ACOs) differs from that of traditional HMOs.