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This weekly video program provides our readers with an in-depth review of the latest news, product approvals, FDA rulings and more. Our Week in Review is a can't miss for the busy pharmacy professional.

Malignant hyperthermia is a rare genetic disorder that affects 1 in 2,000-3,000 individuals.

Pharmacists should recommend asthma spacers to patients taking inhaler therapy for uncontrolled asthma because the devices can help improve hand-breath coordination while reducing side effects of inhaled medication.

Early detection and accessible treatment key factors in tuberculosis prevention.

Melatonin: it's more than just a sleep aid.

CVS Health has announced that it has expanded access to the opioid overdose-reversal drug naloxone in Alabama, Alaska, Illinois, Missouri and West Virginia, allowing CVS Pharmacy patients to access the medication without an individual prescription.

HIV and tuberculosis (TB) have both been associated with low vitamin D levels, and so has treatment with efavirenz.

Novo Nordisk has submitted a supplemental application to the FDA to include data from the 2 phase 3b SWITCH trials in the prescribing information for insulin degludec (Tresiba), a once-daily basal insulin that provides a duration of action beyond 42 hours for patients with type 1 and type 2 diabetes.

This article summarizes recent literature surrounding the use of tolvaptan for acute heart failure.

The FDA has just approved the first automated insulin delivery device for patients 14 years and older with type 1 diabetes (T1D).

Walgreens and the United Nations Foundation have announced the launch of the 2016 "Get a Shot, Give a Shot" campaign, a fourth-year collaboration to help provide life-saving vaccines to children in developing countries.

Lynette Bradley-Baker, PhD, RPh, vice president of public affairs and engagement of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP), discusses the pharmacy job placement efforts of the AACP.

Long Island pharmacist Glenn Schabel and his namesake company have been sentenced in connection to a nationwide scheme to sell diverted HIV medication to unsuspecting New York patients.

Traditionally, 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.

The 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).

Meperidine was synthetically derived in 1939 as an anticholinergic agent, but was discovered to possess analgesic properties shortly after.

New study results show broad-spectrum antibiotic use within 2 years of life increases type 1 diabetes (T1D) risk in Caesarean-delivered children.

Contact lens-related keratitis is on the rise, according to a recent CDC report.

It's completely normal to not want to be blamed for something, and it's also completely normal to blame others.

Rite 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.

Lynette Bradley-Baker, PhD, RPh, vice president of public affairs and engagement of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP), explains how pharmacy associations work in collaboration.

National Association of Specialty Pharmacy President Burt Zweigenhaft has announced the industry's two much-anticipated awards recognizing the best in the business of specialty pharmacy this year.

Pharmacists who launched marketing campaigns for flu shots in late summer may have jumped the gun for their older patients.

The FDA recently approved Aralez Pharmaceuticals' Yosprala, a once-daily, fixed-dose combination of the antiplatelet agent aspirin and the proton pump inhibitor omeprazole.

Price Chopper and Market 32 customers and teammates from throughout the company's six state footprint helped raise $23,679 during the month-long fundraising campaign for United Way.

Wholesalers, Grocers, Regional Chains and State Pharmacist Groups Back Legislation

Is there a place for pharmacists to assume a prescribing role?

If you've ever worked in a community pharmacy, you know it's a very hectic setting.