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Persistently pursuing valued goals and adjusting those goals in response to setbacks or obstacles may help explain how some individuals with chronic pain maintain their mental wellbeing.

As evidence for omega-3 continues to develop, pharmacists remain poised to guide patients toward the most indicated, safe, effective, and convenient options available.

Vaccination rates were significantly higher in study groups who received a letter highlighting the potential cardiovascular benefits of vaccination and who received repeat letters about the importance of flu vaccination in general.

The proportion of patients prescribed high-intensity statin therapy increased by 3.8% across all clinics in the intervention arm.

Study participants without co-pays were slightly more likely to take their medications as prescribed for several medication classes.

Sheldon Litwin, MD, a cardiologist at the Medical University of South Carolina, discussed the significant recent advances in anti-obesity drugs.

Hydroxyprogesterone caproate injection was the only drug approved to help prevent preterm birth, but a confirmatory trial showed no benefit.

Migraines are common yet misunderstood, therefore it is important that various treatment options be examined and offered to this patient population.

Food insecurity was also higher among Hispanic and Black women compared with White women, with 1 in 4 Black women and 1 in 3 Hispanic women reporting food insecurity.

Nightlife transmission of COVID-19 affected a larger number of younger individuals but caused fewer household outbreaks in 2020.

Newly modified FreeStyle Libre 2 and FreeStyle Libre 3 sensors can be worn by children aged 2 years and older with diabetes.

Pharmacy programs are implementing new practices into their curriculum and research is being focused on mental health care.

They can continue to put pressure on companies and regulatory bodies to make the system work for them and not the other way around.

Cabotegravir showed promising results in preventing HIV transmission in men, women, and transgender women with similar rates of adverse events to oral PrEP options.

Interventions targeting respiratory viruses should be considered as a means of protecting against invasive pneumococcal disease in children, study finds.

The study clarifies why serotonin-based therapeutics, such as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, do not promote neuroplasticity in the same ways as psychedelics and other psychoplastogenic therapeutics.

Donna Ryan, MD, discussed her presentation about pharmacological approaches for obesity, which patients they are indicated for, and considerations for pharmacists.

The 2022 American Heart Association, American College of Cardiology, and Heart Failure Society of America guidelines recommend SGLT2 inhibitors for nearly all patients in cardiovascular practice.

Although scientists have long been working on anti-obesity medications, several key failures in recent decades have made this a challenge.

Because of the complexities of cardio-oncology medication regimens, pharmacists are vital to assess drug-drug interactions using multiple resources, such as databases, case reports, FDA and National Institutes of Health guidelines, and package inserts.

Cross-border collaborations are the way forward to make life-saving treatments more affordable and accessible to patients with rare diseases around the world.

In an interview with Pharmacy Times, Anastasia Armbruster, PharmD, FACC, BCCP, discussed her presentation at the American College of Cardiology 2023 Scientific Session.

Pharmacists are essential health care team members who can be empowered to help initiate fixed-dose combinations, according to an expert panel at the American College of Cardiology 2023 Scientific Session.

Atrial fibrillation and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease are frequent challenges among patients with cancer.

Health care providers can manage “fake news” about statins, including their indications and misinformation regarding liver and kidney damage.

Bempedoic acid is indicated as an adjunct to diet and maximally tolerated statin therapy for adults with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia or established atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease who require additional lowering of low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol.

Patients with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease who were already receiving statin therapy had a reduction in adverse cardiovascular outcomes with earlier initiation of evolocumab.

Sodium oxybate is currently being studied for long-term safety and tolerability in the open label RESTORE clinical study in adults with narcolepsy.

The efficacy of 2 doses against Omicron infection was highest when the second vaccine dose was given in the third trimester of pregnancy compared with the first or second trimesters.

Sarah Gray, BPharm, an integrative nutritionist and the Nutrition Pharmacist, discusses the importance of National Nutrition Month.