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Get Smart About Antibiotics Week seeks to educate the public and health care workers about when antibiotics are truly required.

It is important to remember that this neuraminidase inhibitor still has limited use for flu.

The Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation has announced five new grants totaling more than $2.77 million to help military veterans and their families transition back to civilian life and provide assistance to caregivers of wounded veterans.

Some patients have shared that eating tomatoes caused them to experience gout flares, but these anecdotal claims have not been substantiated by medical literature.

Too much calcium can't be good, right?

Who knew you could use tranexamic acid for cough and cold?

Several states have enacted more stringent laws that still require prescriber notification or authorization prior to dispensing an interchangeable biosimilar.

Patient self-management is an emerging anticoagulation delivery model that capitalizes on patients' willingness for in-depth warfarin education to help treat their atrial fibrillation.

The Kroger Co. and Roundy's, Inc. have announced a definitive merger agreement under which Kroger will purchase all outstanding shares of Roundy's for $3.60 per share in cash.

Refugees trying to restart their lives in the United States must adapt to a new country, new language, and new ways of obtaining their medications, which is where pharmacists can step in to help.

Once a pharmacy has attracted a solid base of patients, the next step is keeping them coming.

Patients with diabetes fare better after surgery when pharmacists manage their high blood sugar.

The Ohio Northern University Raabe College of Pharmacy will conduct its annual professional commitment ceremony in the ONU Sports Center on November 14, 2015.

Cold and flu season is upon us, and we already know what kind of toll it is likely to take.

Vasopressin has gone the way of atropine in the updated ACLS guidelines.

It's time to move forward with these job search strategies for pharmacists seeking work.

The FDA has accepted Espero Pharmaceuticals' new drug application for GoNitro, a product designed to treat an attack or prophylaxis of angina pectoris due to coronary artery disease.

Walgreens, in collaboration with MDLIVE, has announced an expansion of the Walgreens mobile app, offering MDLive's telehealth services to users in 20 additional states.

Arbitrary antibiotic use is running rampant in nursing homes, but pharmacists can be valuable players in supporting stewardship efforts.

The first MinuteClinic walk-in medical clinics have come to Springfield, Missouri, inside CVS stores on the edge of the Missouri State University campus on Elm Street and in Southern Hills.

A man broke into a Walgreens pharmacy using an axe, swallowed stolen prescription drugs, and attempted to fight police when they cornered him in the bathroom.

Beverly Schaefer, RPh, of Katterman's Sand Point Pharmacy in Seattle, Washington, talks about the benefits of having a travel section in a pharmacy.

Judy Beizer, PharmD, CBP, FASCP, AGSF, discusses the rewards and challenges of treating geriatric patients.

Judy Beizer, PharmD, CBP, FASCP, AGSF, discusses the drugs that should be used cautiously when treating geriatric patients.

Judy Beizer, PharmD, CBP, FASCP, AGSF, discusses the reasons for the recent changes made to the American Geriatrics Society Beers Criteria.

Kalin M. Clifford, PharmD, BCPS, discusses the pharmacist's role in managing conditions such as dementia or atrial fibrillation in the geriatric population.

HIV-1-associated neurocognitive disorders afflict almost half of all patients with HIV.

Kalin M. Clifford, PharmD, BCPS, discusses the factors should be considered when determining whether or not a patient with advanced dementia should continue taking a memantine or cholinesterase inhibitor.

The National Association of Chain Drug Stores Board of Directors, top executives from NACDS associate member companies and nationally recognized thought leaders will have a prime opportunity during December's NACDS Week in New York City to assess and anticipate highly consequential political and retail dynamics.