Community/Retail

An overview of the legal and business tools available to community, specialty, hospital, and health-system pharmacies in seeking to maintain payer network access and combat abusive practices.

It is not a leap to think that the 2022-2023 season could be worse than the past 2 seasons.

Although it may not have immediate significant impacts for many patients, the Inflation Reduction Act could open the door for future changes.

Rina Shah, PharmD, discussed the growing role for pharmacists in encouraging holistic health and wellness for patients.

Bill Schimmel, CEO and executive director of the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB), discusses how pharmacy technicians can face burnout and advocate for themselves.

Study results show that the risk of gaining 10% or more of body weight from the baseline fell 50% when patients were on the combination.

Georgia State University analysis supports new strategy for creating these vaccines, investigators contend.

Though around 42% of medical students in study experience headaches, many of these causing significant functional disability, most choose to self-manage symptoms with sleep and medication.

Viral DNA samples from 4 ancient cadavers suggest that HSV-1 transmission boomed with Bronze Age migrations and the introduction of kissing as a romantic and sexual cultural practice.

BleedCEASE is intended to stop bleeding from cuts and nosebleeds.

Lawrence H. Summers, former US Secretary of the Treasury, explains that he is optimistic regarding pharmacy’s increasing role in fighting future pandemics.

Vertical and horizontal consolidation has had a significant impact on retail, specialty, and health-system pharmacies.

With these bivalent vaccine authorizations, the monovalent mRNA COVID-19 vaccines are still not authorized as booster doses for individuals 12 years of age and older.

The benefits of taking a daily statin may improve as a patient grows older.

Some function is partially restored once smokers kick the habit, results presented at the European Society of Cardiology Congress 2022 show.

Desmond Hunt, PhD, senior principal scientist at US Pharmacopeia (USP), discusses the standards and resources that USP has recently published or is looking at now on the subject of pharmacy in transit.

Data have shown there is a rising need for mental health and substance use disorder services, yet there is a shortage of psychiatrists in the country that is estimated to worsen by 2024.

How would you respond to these patients questions?

Backaid Max offers relief of backaches, leg and joint pain.

Hospitalization and interprofessional team management, particularly the involvement of a pharmacist, are essential in vaccination coverage for patients with diabetes.

Analysis from the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center and University of Colorado indicates that cancellation of sports and a switch to virtual learning likely increased this risk.

Joanna discusses her recommendations for sunscreen and what pharmacists picked as their favorite sunscreen product in the OTC Guide.

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Neutrogena On-the-Spot with benzoyl peroxide helps reduce treat acne breakouts.

New research suggests that icosapent ethyl can significantly decrease cardiovascular risk among former or current smokers with other cardiovascular risk factors.

Pregnant women with epilepsy showed more symptoms of anxiety and depression than healthy pregnant or non-pregnant women, but mental health screening may help.

Current cases of undiagnosed diabetes may be more prevalent in certain minority groups, obese and older adults.

New research indicates that COVID-19 vaccinations did not increase the risks of preterm births or gestational issues for pregnant women, despite prior conflicting evidence.

Risankizumab-rzaa is the first and only specific IL-23 inhibitor approved to treat moderately to severely active Crohn disease in adults.

How would you handle these patient questions?