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The 2015 Beers Criteria for Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use in Older Adults includes an updated recommendation for nitrofurantoin use in patients with impaired renal function.

With winter well underway, patients may need a refresher on the dangers of double dosing on OTC remedies for their colds and headaches.

CVS Health and Target Corporation have announced that the first CVS Pharmacy locations in Target stores are now open in the Charlotte, North Carolina market.

The FDA has approved Merck's elbasvir and grazoprevir with or without ribavirin for the treatment of chronic hepatitis C virus genotypes 1 and 4 infections.

The grass is greener for students who have access to classrooms with windows overlooking a natural, green landscape.

Pharmacists and physicians can now use pharmacogenomic test results to help choose safer and more effective medications for their patients.

Being on a retail pharmacy team is the hardest job on Earth

ASHP has released a new edition of AHFS Drug Information (AHFS DI), the nation's leading compendium of unbiased and authoritative drug information.

Learn about the new drugs and expanded indications approved by the FDA in January 2016.

Pharmacists are in pivotal positions to reduce morbidity and lower health costs by assessing and counseling elderly patients at risk for falls.

Here are 7 reasons why you should be more active on social media.

The following is a list of 10 harmful and potentially deadly side effects of commonly prescribed medications.

The American Pharmacists Association (APhA) today announced the selection of recipients of its 2016 Immunization Champions Awards recognizing individuals and organizations who have made extraordinary contributions toward improved vaccination rates within their communities.

Hemodialysis should not be routinely used in place of DigiFab for digoxin toxicity.

Pharmacists should ponder the reasons why patients are pursuing supplements before recommending the purchase.

A former Walmart pharmacist was awarded around $31.2 million from her ex-employer after a federal jury decided that she was fired because of her gender and her concerns with understaffing and training.

The FDA has approved onabotulinumtoxinA (Botox) as a treatment for adults' lower limb spasticity by lessening muscle stiffness in ankle and toe muscles.

Statement by Chip Davis, President and CEO, GPhA:

Overweight and obese women face a greater risk for complications during pregnancy.

There many similarities between a football player on an NFL team and a pharmacist on a health care team.

When I am not working in the emergency room, I am a specialist in poison information at the Wisconsin Poison Center.

This dreaded question isn't so dreaded when you understand its context and know how to respond.

MedNetOne Health Solutions, a health care management organization offering infrastructure, clinical and technology services to independent physician practices and other independent care providers, has established a partnership with Michigan-based Sav-Mor Drug Stores.

Alabama recently executed its first inmate using a 3-drug cocktail containing midazolam in place of the more commonly used pentobarbital.

Novo Nordisk's insulin degludec injection is now available in pharmacies nationwide.

The University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy's dean is no stranger to travel.

This weekly video program provides our readers with an in-depth review of the latest news, product approvals, FDA rulings and more.

A host of new inhalers for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease are nearing market entry.