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New guidelines from the American Heart Association, American College of Cardiology, and Heart Rhythm Society address use of new oral anticoagulants as well as warfarin to treat atrial fibrillation.

What insights does Lean In by Sheryl Sandberg offer for women in pharmacy?

Almost half of teenagers who had recurring headaches were prescribed opioid painkillers, with those who received care in emergency departments even more likely to receive the drugs, a new study finds.

Patients in the WellTransitions program, in which pharmacists help patients transition from hospital to home, were 46% less likely to experience an unplanned hospital readmission within 30 days of discharge.

A number of speakers at the American Pharmacists Association 2014 Annual Meeting in Orlando emphasized the importance of winning provider status for pharmacists.

Patients who self-monitored their international normalized ratio weekly achieved significantly better control than those who did so less frequently, but all home monitoring patients performed well, according to a new study.

A new study finds that 73% of children who developed Clostridium difficile infection were prescribed antibiotics in the 12 weeks prior to diagnosis, and 71% of cases were community-associated.

New study finds that use of azithromycin and levofloxacin are associated with significantly increased risk of death and serious arrhythmia, backing up a safety warning issued by the FDA in March 2013.

If you haven't filed your taxes yet, you are far from alone and may be able to reduce your tax bill or maximize your return by making sure you are taking all the deductions you are eligible for.

Although many COPD patients avoid exercise due to their breath-robbing condition, a new study finds that those who reported the most exercise and did not reduce their exercise level over time had the fewest hospitalizations for exacerbations.

When you've been a pharmacist long enough, you will inevitably experience the pain of having to say goodbye to patients who reach the end of their lives.

Researchers find that full implementation of recently released dyslipidemia management guidelines would help prevent 475,000 additional cardiovascular events.

Patients who received the antiviral medications within 2 days of symptom onset had particularly reduced rates of death compared with those who received them later or not at all, a meta-analysis finds.