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August 23rd 2025
Patients in an outpatient oncology unit expressed willingness to receive a pneumococcal or influenza vaccine from a pharmacist if offered.
Cod Liver Oil: An Artistic Perspective
September 27th 2016Traditionally, the World's Fair artistic exhibitions have incorporated elements from current scientific evolution. For example, families applied industrial science and the scientific method to everyday life in the early 20th century, so modern art emphasized reductionism in an ever more complicated world.
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Nintedanib Receives Orphan Drug Designation for Systemic Sclerosis
September 27th 2016The FDA has granted Orphan Drug Designation to Boehringer Ingelheim's nintedanib for the treatment of systemic sclerosis (SSc), also known as scleroderma, including associated interstitial lung disease (SSc-ILD).
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Rite Aid Expands Naloxone Dispensing Program in Four Additional States
September 27th 2016Rite Aid has announced that naloxone, a medication that can be used to reverse the effects of an opioid overdose, is now available at more than 440 pharmacies in Kentucky, Ohio, Oregon, and Vermont without a prescription.
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Nonprescription Self-Management of Functional Dyspepsia
September 26th 2016Recently, there's been an uptick in studies and articles about functional dyspepsia (FD). The reason is probably that FD is quite common (10% to 15% of the US population has it), and many clinicians fail to differentiate FD from other gastrointestinal disturbances.
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