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There is a growing need to integrate pharmacists into sports medicine teams, where their expertise in medication safety, chronic disease management, and supplements can significantly enhance athlete care and performance.

This interview highlights the importance of integrating holistic health, lifestyle coaching, and medication management to create more effective, patient-centered care.

Pharmacists play a critical role in bridging athlete performance and safety, emphasizing foundational health habits, addressing supplement misconceptions, and supporting mental health through frequent, trusted patient interactions.

Travis Tygart, JD, discusses the growing risks of supplements and the critical need for education and vigilance to protect athletes and uphold clean sport.

Nilhan Uzman, MS, BPharm, discusses how pharmacists elevate athlete care by guiding safe use of medicines and supplements, debunking “natural” myths, and strengthening clean sport teams.

Direct-to-consumer offerings were a shot across the bow. Direct-to-employer offerings are a torpedo to the midship of the PBM business model.

Clinical pharmacists are uniquely positioned to deliver a continuation appropriateness measure that no existing quality framework produces.

This week's episode highlights new data on the newly approved oral GLP-1, orforglipron, the growing role of sports pharmacists, and FDA approval of a higher-dose regimen for spinal muscular atrophy.

Jennifer Goldman, PharmD, highlights clinical trial data and practical strategies for pharmacists to support initiation, adherence, and adverse effect management with tirzepatide at the American Pharmacists Association Annual Meeting and Exposition.

Researchers shed new light on how zinc deficiency contributes to severe disease and death, pointing to a specific intracellular protein as a key mediator.

Waters Corporation's Onclarity HPV Self-Collection Kit represents a significant advance in expanding access to cervical cancer screening outside the clinic.

Pharmacists play a critical and evolving role in sports medicine by optimizing medication use, guiding safe supplementation, and delivering personalized, prevention-focused care to support athlete performance and overall health.

Independent pharmacies are being squeezed on reimbursement while their data quietly fuels billion-dollar decisions. A new pharmacy data economy could flip that script.

The CDC testing pause disrupts diagnostic testing for infectious diseases like rabies and mpox, leaving pharmacists and states scrambling for answers.

Keith Bellovich, DO, explains how SARS-CoV-2–driven inflammation contributes to kidney injury and may reveal previously undiagnosed chronic kidney disease.

Practical strategies to improve clozapine education, monitoring, and utilization while addressing common barriers and safety concerns.

Pharmacists play a central role in implementing new dyslipidemia guidelines, including ApoB testing, earlier risk assessment, and expanded use of combination lipid-lowering therapy.

How pharmacists are uniquely positioned to support athlete health, performance, recovery, and regulatory compliance through medication expertise and interdisciplinary care.

The influenza vaccine halves the risk of heart attack and stroke after infection, offering cardiovascular protection even when breakthrough influenza occurs.

Erin Dorval, PharmD, highlights the pharmacist’s role in safe athlete pain management, emphasizing appropriate NSAID use, alternative therapies, and emerging trends such as personalized care and wearable-driven performance optimization.

AI is reshaping pharmacy, from catching dangerous drug interactions to personalizing chemotherapy dosing.

New analysis suggests oral semaglutide may offer improved efficacy and tolerability compared with orforglipron, informing treatment selection in an increasingly competitive oral GLP-1 landscape.

Review finds prior authorizations delay neurologic treatment, trigger relapses, and intensify clinician burnout, spurring calls for rapid reform.

Ahead of the Sports Pharmacy Summit, Erin Dorval, PharmD, highlights the pharmacist’s role in optimizing athlete performance and recovery through safe medication use, careful supplement evaluation, and a holistic, risk-minimizing approach to care.

The first-in-class triple agonist met all primary and key secondary end points in the TRANSCEND-T2D-1 trial.

The National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP) opens the door to the Occupational English Test (OET) as an alternative English exam for foreign pharmacy graduate certification.

Data from a new 20-year analysis reveal persistent inequities in influenza vaccination among a high-risk cardiovascular population.