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Meijer gave thanks in a big way this year when it surprised an unsuspecting customer in each of its 223 stores by "gifting" them their entire shopping cart filled with Thanksgiving groceries and gifts upon checkout.

Pharmacies are rated as some of the best places to receive top-notch customer service in America.

Thanks to the support of their customers and associates, Southeastern Grocers is giving $526,825.66 to benefit Wounded Warrior Project in support of the Independence Program.

Often caused by acid reflux, eosinophilic esophagitis is an emerging inflammatory disease that is generally unresponsive to proton pump inhibitor therapy.

Directions in Pharmacy conference will target the growing role of pharmacists in reducing hospital readmissions and helping patients with medication management.

We are proud to welcome our newest Pharmacy Podcast host Alex Barker, PharmD.

App developers need to ensure mHealth apps are HIPAA-compliant by design.

Pharmacists should sound the alarm for patients on potential hearing loss associated with some medications.

The FDA has accepted Sandoz's biologics license application for its proposed pegfilgrastim biosimilar.

The updated 2015 Beers Criteria includes 3 new medications and 2 new medication classes, as well as 2 new completely new sections.

Obesity is one of America's greatest health challenges, affecting more than one-third of US adults.

In addition to facing the risk of fatal overdose, kidney disease, and pneumonia, heroin users also have a greater likelihood of acquiring HIV.

CVS Health has announced that Repatha from Amgen will be added as the only PCSK9 inhibitor on the CVS/caremark commercial formularies.

CVS has unveiled savings for ExtraCare Rewards members during a three-day Black Friday sales event at all 7,900 CVS/pharmacy locations.

Rite Aid stores nationwide are celebrating the busiest shopping weekend of the year by giving customers the opportunity to earn Plenti points on a variety of holiday essentials.

AstraZeneca has entered into an agreement with Perrigo for the divestment of US rights to Entocort, a gastroenterology medicine for patients with mild to moderate Crohn's disease.

A pharmacist in Indiana is looking to leverage pharmacists' professional judgment in determining a patient's need for pseudoephedrine products that can be used to make meth.

Long-term care pharmacies' current prescription drug reimbursement model may not be sustainable, a new analysis suggests.

Are there any benefits in applying snail extract to your face?

The boards of directors of Pfizer and Allergan have unanimously approved a definitive merger agreement under which Pfizer will combine with Allergan.

Beverly Schaefer, RPh, of Katterman's Sand Point Pharmacy in Seattle, Washington, discusses why she thinks her pharmacy was named best Retail Advantage by Cardinal Health.

Liz Tiefenthaler, president of Pharm Fresh Media, talks about how telling your pharmacy story can improve your pharmacy's brand and nurture patient loyalty.

Donnie Calhoun, RPh, PD, National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA) Foundation vice president, discusses how pharmacists can maintain business continuity during a natural disaster or other emergencies.

Ken Whittemore Jr, Surescript's senior vice president of professional and regulatory affairs, talks about some ways independent pharmacists could encourage local prescribers to adopt e-prescribing of controlled substances.

Liz Tiefenthaler, president of Pharm Fresh Media, provides some examples of how marketing techniques or outreach efforts differ based on patient demographics.

Women with type 2 diabetes have greater difficulty with exercise than those without the condition.

Bryan Ziegler, PharmD, executive director of Kennedy Pharmacy Innovation Center, gives some examples of sustainable business models that can expand the role of the pharmacist.

Mylan has successfully completed the acquisition of certain women's healthcare businesses, now known as Jai Pharma, which were spun off from Famy Care Limited.

Pharmacists may be better able to help patients stop abusing prescription drugs if they can pinpoint what adverse effects they are experiencing and why.