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A recent analysis indicates that limiting intake of refined sugar to at most 10% of all calories reduces the risk of experiencing a fatal cardiovascular event.

Pharmacists slip to fifth place from third place in the U.S. News ranking of the country's best professions, but continue to place highly thanks to relatively good pay and the promise of job growth due to the changing health care system.

A study evaluating the safety of benzodiazepines and opioids in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients finds that low-dose opioids may be safe for treating breathlessness in patients with severe cases.

A guide to how compounding activities need to change in the wake of the meningitis outbreak associated with the New England Compounding Center.

Women and members of racial and ethnic minorities were generally less likely to be adherent to medications than were white men a year after having a heart attack, a new study finds.

A study found no significant association between use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs by pregnant women and miscarriage, but its authors noted the need for further research.

The twists and turns along the way to buying a home can be dizzying, but working with a good real estate agent can be extremely helpful.

A new analysis explores the characteristics of patients with permanent versus non-permanent atrial fibrillation, as well as those whose condition is controlled versus uncontrolled.

Jonathan G. Marquess, PharmD, CDE, explains that employers can save a great deal on health care costs by helping their employees with diabetes effectively manage their condition.

Perceptions of the risk of contracting a sexually transmitted disease after receiving the first dose of the HPV vaccine were not associated with rates of risky sexual activity among adolescent girls, a study finds.

Following the urging of many health care and public health organizations, CVS Caremark will become the first national pharmacy chain to stop selling cigarettes and tobacco products.

Clinicians whose offices displayed a letter in which they committed to prescribing antibiotics appropriately reduced their rate of inappropriate prescribing, a study finds.

An expert debate on whether hydrocodone combination products should be made Schedule II drugs, as the FDA has recommended.

Nominations for the fifth annual Next-Generation Pharmacist awards, co-founded by Pharmacy Times and Parata Systems, are now being accepted.

A proposal by the Veterans Health Administration to allow nurses with advanced training to practice medicine without physician supervision could be a model for future expansion of the role of pharmacists in patient care.