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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.

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.

About 96% of online pharmacies are noncompliant with federal and state laws or National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP) safety and pharmacy practice standards.

Ken Fagerman, RPh, MM, author of Staring Down the Barrel, was a practicing clinical pharmacist, manager of infusion and retail pharmacies, and an adjunct professor of pharmacology when he wrote his book on pharmacy crime.

Erin Dorval, PharmD, community assistant professor of pharmacy practice at Palm Beach Atlantic University, talks about how URTI medication labels change, depending on the class.

Kim Kardashian can't keep up with pharmaceutical advertising.

Pharmacy employees may feel more motivated by a "thanks" from the pharmacist in charge than the paychecks in their bank accounts.

Cardinal Health Inventory Management Solutions has announced the launch of automated, cloud-based workflow modules for biological implants, sutures, and trauma and spine implants to help manage complicated operating room inventory, eliminate waste and remove cost from the operating room supply chain.

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Since pharmacy benefit manager jobs are relatively rare, most pharmacists don't know what it's like to work for one.

The FDA could soon approve Teva's deutetrabenazine for the treatment of chorea associated with Huntington disease, a rare and fatal neurodegenerative disorder.

With their strong sense of smell, our canine friends can do more than sniff out drugs.

Pharmaceutical entrepreneur Fred Eshelman commits $100 million to the pharmacy school for the new Eshelman Institute for Innovation.

For more than 25 years, the Midwest AIDS Training + Education Center has educated clinicians who provide care to patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and those at risk for HIV.

Generic medications have a negative reputation among patients, but pharmacists can change that.

Merck and The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center today announced that they have entered into a strategic clinical research collaboration to evaluate Merck's anti-PD-1 therapy, KEYTRUDA.

One in 3 public health insurance exchange (HIX) enrollees have had trouble paying for out-of-pocket health care expenses, and just 16% feel financially prepared to handle future health care costs.

Rupal Mansukhani, PharmD, clinical assistant professor at the Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy at Rutgers, discusses what pharmacists should know about providing immunizations.