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As independent pharmacy continues to evolve, pharmacy owners face both a potential for growth and obstacles to overcome to enable that growth.

In what is being called the “largest health care fraud enforcement action in Department of Justice history,” 412 individuals, including 115 health care providers, across 41 federal districts have been charged for their involvement in health care fraud and opioid distribution schemes.

The American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) is holding its annual meeting from July 15-19, in Nashville, Tennessee.

Vitamin B12 (cobalamin) is a workhorse vitamin.

The Meijer spring Simply Give campaign set a record with more than $3 million – or 33 million meals – to stock the shelves of food pantries across the Midwest, making it the most successful campaign in the program’s 9-year history.

Learn about the new products and expanded indications approved by the FDA in June 2017.

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This brand has evolved over the past 2 decades.

Aspirin as we know it today is one of the cheapest and oldest painkillers on the market, but its therapeutic uses have expanded since it's development in the 19th century.

I receive about 2 emails per week from pharmacists who say that they need help looking for a job.

Over time, pharmacy is evolving into something different.

Patients with cancer sometimes get overlooked.

Walgreens and Vanderbilt University Medical Center have announced that a subsidiary of VUMC will operate and provide all clinical services at 14 retail health clinics within Walgreens stores across Middle Tennessee.

Independent pharmacists have emerged as trusted advisors who play an increasingly important role in community care nationwide.

The journal AIDS Care has published a systematic review that looks at the opportunity to provide coordinated care for HIV and non-communicable conditions.

Pharmacists’ roles are expanding from traditional retail settings, allowing them to be more involved in patient care than ever before.

An FDA-registered health hub, the platform shows promising early results, including driving patient engagement rates as high as 80%, leading to changes in underlying behaviors affecting medication nonadherence.

Home-based medication errors are becoming more common, according to a report from The Center for Injury Research and Policy and the Central Ohio Poison Center at Nationwide Children’s Hospital and published a study in Clinical Toxicology

The Kroger Co. has announced the appointment of Liz Ferneding to Ruler division president, effective July 31.

Protein Sciences received approval from the US FDA in October 2016 for their Flublok Quadrivalent Influenza Vaccine.

A recently-published study has found another reason to enjoy a cup of coffee.

When I talk to people about their careers—especially when they are about to transition into a new one—sometimes people have a similar “what did I just do?” feeling.

July is National Ultraviolet (UV) Awareness Month and the role of the pharmacist in sun safety is crucial.

We need outside innovation to fix our broken system.

MinuteClinic has announced that it has joined the Alere eScreen Occupational Health Network, a comprehensive alliance of clinic partners.

Pharmacists can play an important role in preconception counseling.

Antibiotic resistance is making gonorrhea increasingly harder to treat, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned in a recently published report.

The CDC has released trends on influenza activity in the United States during the 2016-2017 flu season. This data is updated yearly to consider new strains of the virus circulating in society and the overall length of the season.

Diabetes' propensity to cause metabolic derangement is directly responsible for a looming epidemic of diabetic kidney disease (DKD). And left unchecked, DKD can progress to end-stage kidney disease (ESKD).

How can we reduce the burden of type 1 diabetes? Automated insulin delivery systems could be the answer.