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Ebola-related death toll climbs above 1200 as health care workers face increased threats from desperate region.

Mylan, Inc, has launched a therapeutically equivalent version of Precedex, while Hospira, Inc, has filed a lawsuit to challenge the generic approval.

Exposure to daylight improved the health and mood of both office employees and nurses working in an acute care facility.

Grocery store chain joins growing list of major companies offering enhanced specialty pharmacy.

Curcumin, a component of the traditional Indian spice, turmeric, is highly effective in combating the symptoms of major depressive disorder.

John Zajecka, MD, speaks about the different types of bipolar disorder in this video produced by the Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance.

In this video from the Medical University of South Carolina, Frederick K. Goodwin, MD, provides in-depth information on the diagnosis and treatment of bipolar disorder.

This video produced by the Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance provides information on the symptoms of bipolar disorder, offering insights from the perspectives of clinicians, patients, and their family members.

Face your procrastination head-on and get working with these suggestions.

The FDA has approved peginterferon beta-1a (Plegridy), a groundbreaking injectable therapy for patients with relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis.

In a large-scale trial, Sanofi's Fluzone High-Dose vaccine demonstrated efficacy in preventing influenza specifically in adults aged 65 years or older.

Medicare Annual Wellness Visits could be a way to support a pharmacist position in a primary care office.

Ambulatory pharmacy practice will grow independent of community pharmacy practice, unless efforts are made to bring them closer together.

Chronic lung disease may increase the risk of developing lung cancer, independently of tobacco use and other known risk factors.

The high cost of treating hepatitis C with sofosbuvir (Sovaldi) has received a lot of attention in the literature.

Roughly one-third of teen girls' clinicians and almost half of teen boys' clinicians did not recommend HPV vaccination in 2013.

A patient's lifetime risk of developing type 2 diabetes currently stands at 40%, with an even higher risk for some ethnic groups.

Fall and injuries in the elderly may be attributed to many popular prescription medications.

FDA stresses that dietary supplements cannot prevent or cure the Ebola virus.

World Health Organization cautions outbreak could last for several months.

Less than half of Medicare enrollees eligible for MTM services receive consultations from a clinical pharmacist.

Nearly 1 in 6 lupus patients hospitalized in the United States are readmitted within 30 days.

A previous heart operation and recent struggles with the early stages of Parkinson's disease may have contributed to Robin Williams' suicide.

Vaccine developed by Canadian government could be mass produced within months.