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Before I started my pharmacy rotations, the last job I held was bartending at a golf course. Believe it or not, it really helped prepare me for my career as a pharmacist.

To cure Maddie's strep throat in time for her birthday party, all the little girl needs is some medicine and encouragement from her pharmacist in the children's book Maddie Visits the Pharmacist.

Pharmacists are in a great position to reinvent themselves because they have developed skills over time that are useful in many career fields.

Amgen and the Center for Social Sector Leadership at the University of California, Berkeley's Haas School of Business today announced a multi-year partnership to offer a graduate-level course on measuring outcomes of cancer patient advocacy education and support programs.

Biogen, the ALS Association and Columbia University Medical Center have announced a new collaboration to better understand the differences and commonalities in the ALS disease process and how genes influence the clinical features of the disease.

The FDA has approved Baxter and Water Street's cefazolin 2 g injection in a frozen premix, providing another cephalosporin antibacterial option for preoperative prophylaxis treatment.

For decades, students at the University of Arizona College of Pharmacy have attended classes on the main campus in Tucson, but 2016 will be an exciting time for the school's growth.

A federal judge has entered a consent decree of permanent injunction against a drug and dietary supplement manufacturer based in Iowa.

Considering that a pharmacist's mistake may cost a patient's life, one class at Auburn University's Harrison School of Pharmacy prepares pharmacy students for the gravity of their actions.

Now in its third year, the 2015 National Association of Chain Drug Stoires (NACDS) Total Store Expo will kick off this coming weekend in Denver, Colorado

Rupal Mansukhani, PharmD, clinical assistant professor at the Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy at Rutgers, talks about how pharmacists can play a bigger role in providing immunizations.

Patients with bipolar disorder who have lingering levels of symptoms and instable moods between episodes often relapse and require hospitalization.

Price Chopper Supermarkets has announced its acquisition of Fairway Pharmacy in Montrose, PA.

Target Corporation has promoted John Mulligan to the newly created role of executive vice president and chief operating officer, while Cathy Smith has joined Target as executive vice president and chief financial officer.

The National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA) issued a statement today in response to guidance that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently provided to Medicare drug plan sponsors regarding the "any willing pharmacy" policy.

Jessica Kerr, PharmD, CDE, and assistant department chair at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville talks about need-to-knows for dual add on therapy to insulin.

The FDA has approved a product labeling update for Bristol-Myers Squibb and Otsuka's chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) drug dasatinib (Sprycel)

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Some pharmacists have found themselves in dangerous situations where thieves make demands for medications. But in one recent case, a pharmacist decided to bite back against an attempted robber.

MotherToBaby provides evidence-based information to mothers, health care professionals, and the general public about medications and other exposures during pregnancy and nursing.

The vast majority of patients wants continued access to OTC medications containing pseudoephedrine and opposes making the drugs prescription-only.

Folic acid supplements can increase skin blood flow in elderly patients during heat waves and reduce related cardiovascular events.

Pharmacists should reconsider recommending toxic chemotherapy for cancer palliation because it may significantly worsen terminal cancer patients' quality of life near death.

Erin Dorval, PharmD, community assistant professor of pharmacy practice at Palm Beach Atlantic University, talks about ways that pharmacists can help management of URTIs.

The FDA has expanded the use of the powerful painkiller oxycodone (OxyContin) for children as young as 11.

Hemophilia therapies account for 41% of outpatient pharmacy expenditures among publicly insured children with serious chronic illness.

Mary Jo Goolsby, EdD, MSN, NP-C, FAANP, FAAN, owner of the Institute for NP Excellence, discusses how DOT Medical Examiners improve driver safety.

Angela Patterson, MSN, FCP-C, NEA-BC, chief nurse practitioner officer of CVS MinuteClinic, talks about what pharmacists need to know about treating acne.

An alarming 50% of teens aren't properly educated on OTC medications, potentially leading to dangerous misuse of these drugs.

Jessica Kerr, PharmD, CDE, and assistant department chair at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville talks about new strategies pharmacists can use to optimize insulin therapy.