Community/Retail

In 2011, more than a third of prescriptions were routed electronically, and more than half of office-based physicians were e-prescribing, a new report finds.

Nominations for the third annual Next-Generation Pharmacist awards program are due this Thursday, May 31, 2012.

Patients learn approaches for treating different forms of conjunctivitis.

Pharmacists can play an important role in ensuring adherence to medication for glaucoma patients to help them avoid irreversible vision loss.

A nationwide glaucoma screening program for African Americans, who are at particularly high risk for the condition, could be clinically effective.

Studies investigating the problem of poor adherence to glaucoma medication administered in eye drops find a variety of culprits.

Those with a history of cocaine use have a significantly increased risk of developing glaucoma and tend to develop it at a much younger age, a study finds.

Researchers have uncovered some of the mechanics of how intraocular pressure is regulated at the cellular level.

Stressing mice with simulated glaucoma by reducing their oxygen intake reduced their rate of vision loss, researchers report.

Researchers found that a virus passed from one member of a girls' soccer team to others via a grocery bag stored in a hotel bathroom where she was sick.

Telemonitoring and phone consultation of patients by pharmacists yielded significantly better blood pressure reduction than usual care, researchers reported.

Cross-sectional surveys show that initial prescription painkiller abuse among adolescents peaks at age 16, earlier than previously thought.

A few weeks remain to enter the third annual Next-Generation Pharmacist awards program.

The FDA is considering giving pharmacists the power to dispense without a prescription certain medications that currently require a prescription.

A defense of selling needles to customers who will most likely use them to inject heroin.

The NCPA wants Congress to pass legislation that would increase the competitiveness of community pharmacies.

Testing for strep throat in the pharmacy could save money, produce faster results, and improve patient outcomes, a study suggests.

Environmental factors may contribute to up to a quarter of neurodevelopmental disorders, but more research into the role of specific substances is needed.

Physicians dramatically increased their rate of filing prescriptions online in 2011, a report suggests.

With an accreditation program for community pharmacy under development, it is worth considering how such accreditation could be beneficial.

Pharmacists should be aware of the possibility that herbal supplements and natural remedies will interact with each other and with conventional medications.

In a clinical trial, a combination of 2 drugs performed better than a single drug or a drug plus lifestyle intervention for children with type 2 diabetes.

A study suggests that opiate drug use during pregnancy has increased so much that 1 infant was born with withdrawal symptoms each hour in 2009.

A study suggests that treating high cholesterol at the pharmacy produces better results than traditional care because patients can see pharmacists more easily.

Pharmacy immunization, disease management, and counseling programs improve patient health, and are used more often than traditional sources, a report suggests.