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Extrasophageal symptoms of acid reflux can confound diagnosis as they are very different from those that occur in and around the esophagus.

According to the results of a literature review, proton pump inhibitors can help prevent wakening during the night due to acid reflux.

Clinicians need to modify their approach when informing patients of negative reflux testing results, according to the authors of a new study.

The common practice of prescribing proton pump inhibitors to children with asthma appears to be without basis, according to the results of a study.

A report on the hefty markups on medications dispensed by physicians underscores the need for new controls.

A list of pointers for pharmacy customers on how to turn their pharmacist into a valuable resource.

In order to successfully fight childhood obesity, it helps to understand what it is like to be an obese child.

The slow recovery from the recession and a bumper crop of newly graduated pharmacy students have combined to create an unusually tight job market for pharmacists.

A Wall Street Journal article highlights the more active role being played by pharmacists in some chain drug stores, but many other pharmacists have experienced no change in their roles.

Would extending prescribing power to pharmacists really improve health care, or is it just another idea dreamed up in academia that might not fly in the real world?

The country's largest association of medical doctors has come out against expanding the role of pharmacists in prescribing medications.

Recent research from the CDC finds that chronic abuse of prescription painkillers has leaped in recent years and methadone is disproportionately associated with prescription painkiller deaths.

Three members of the sulfonylurea class of diabetes drugs are associated with a significantly increased risk of death compared with metformin, a study has found.

The primary culprits include self-imposed limitations, failures of understanding, and inflexibility.

Now that the Supreme Court has deemed almost all of the health care reform law constitutional, the question is whether it will be good for the country--and for the pharmacy profession.

In the final part of his series on pain management, the author argues that cannabis should be available as an alternative to opiates in treating pain.

The controversial individual mandate, requiring most Americans to purchase health insurance or pay a penalty, was deemed constitutional.