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College students who play action video games may be more capable of self-harm if they experience suicide ideation.

Although neuroleptic agents have proven to be effective for acute processes, their prolonged use may be associated with an increased risk of adverse events.

A Washington State pharmacy and 2 pharmacists continue to fight a law prohibiting the state's pharmacists from using religious objections to refuse to dispense emergency contraceptives.

Taylor Swift represents characteristics and habits that can help pharmacists perform their jobs better.

Pharmacists in Texas can now legally provide and administer epinephrine auto-injectors to patients experiencing anaphylaxis, under a state law effective January 1, 2016.

The FDA has accepted for review Sanofi and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals' biologics license application for sarilumab.

University of California, San Diego's Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences will be collaborating with Janssen Research and Development to find new treatments for Chagas disease.

Compounding pharmacy Downing Labs LLC, its co-owners, and its pharmacist-in-charge have been issued a consent decree of permanent injunction.

The current issue of the Journal of Managed Care & Specialty Pharmacy features valuable new research on the practice of medication therapy management and related pharmacist interventions, topics that to date have remained relatively understudied. JMCP is published by the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy.

Since many neglected tropical diseases never appear in pharmacy school textbooks, here are some things you need to know about them.

AstraZeneca and Incyte Corporation have announced a new collaboration to evaluate the efficacy and safety of Incyte's INCB39110 in combination with AstraZeneca's Tagrisso.

Mainstream media is more likely to portray opioid abuse as a problem for law enforcement to tackle, rather than a treatable health condition that pharmacists can help address.

Walgreens and Advocate Health Care have announced that Advocate will own and operate the 56 Healthcare Clinics at Walgreens stores across the greater Chicagoland area.

Because calcium citrate is not dependent on acid or pH for absorption, it may be the preferred calcium supplement for PPI users.

Pill splitting is a common strategy among patients looking to save money amid rising drug costs.

A dream house" website is a great tool to have, but you need to have a solid foundation on which to build it.

Food Lion, Coca-Cola Zero, and the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association will once again offer the Food Lion Essay Contest as part of the 2016 CIAA Basketball Tournament.

Hospira Inc is voluntarily recalling 1 lot of magnesium sulfate in water for injection.

No American will have access to more traditionally accurate political analysis than the attendees of the National Association of Chain Drug Stores Political Action Committee (NACDS-PAC) Breakfast during the 2016 NACDS Annual Meeting.

Bayer will halve the price of its contraceptive implant Jadelle until 2023 for women living in poor countries around the world.

Need some relief from angry patients and endless queues? These memes are light-hearted reminders of the struggles that all pharmacy techs experience.

A Delaware man warned a Walgreens pharmacist that he would blow himself up with explosives if she did not comply with his demands for prescription pills.

Patients with certain diabetic foot ulcers now have a new treatment option.

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Carbon monoxide poisoning can mimic flu-like symptoms.

More than 40 members of the US House of Representatives have expressed support for greater pharmacist roles in improvements made to Medicare Part D's medication therapy management (MTM) program.

By infecting 5% to 10% of the US population each year, influenza consumes $87.1 billion.

There is anecdotal evidence that sudden drops in temperature precipitate viral acute respiratory infections, but does science support it?