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Although hypertension and diabetes are often comorbid conditions, nearly one-third of hypertensive patients have not had their blood sugar tested in the last 3 years.

Picture a fedora-wearing man walking into a pharmacy and demanding money while brandishing a gun.

The key to encouraging patient proactivity at Burmans Pharmacy is to stress medication adherence, director of compounding Vince Canzanese, RPh, explains.

Current interventions aimed to enhance patients' adherence to prescribed medications are not very effective, according to a recent review of trials that tested combinations of several different approaches.

Two doses of brodalumab generated better results in moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis compared with ustekinumab (Stelara).

The most recent election results have propelled pharmacists into key positions across federal and state governments.

A former Utah pharmacist surrendered his pharmacy license and will be fined $500 for stealing 10,000 muscle relaxers from the medical center where he worked.

Joe Moose, PharmD, of Moose Pharmacy, discusses how pharmacists can care for patients with acute coronary syndrome.

For Vince Canzanese, RPh, director of compounding for Burmans Pharmacy, building patient trust relies on a key factor: not allowing a mailman to become the pharmacist.

Donna S. Barsky, DPh, RPh, CDE, of Texas Star Pharmacy, discusses how community pharmacists can overcome the most common barriers to adherence.

A recent review of inappropriate prescribing among hospitalized older adults revealed that proton pump inhibitors follow only opiates and benzodiazepines as the most frequently misprescribed medications.

A patient with multiple sclerosis who was taking dimethyl fumarate developed a rare and serious brain infection called progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy and died, according to the FDA.

Customed, Inc, has voluntarily recalled its sterile convenience surgical kits due to a packaging defect.

Teenagers prescribed anxiety or sleep medications are up to 12 times more likely to illegally abuse those drugs than their peers who had never received a prescription.

New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman indicted 3 Brooklyn pharmacies and their employees and owners for allegedly stealing $5 million from the Medicaid program, according to the New York Daily News.

Vince Canzanese, RPh, director of compounding at Burmans Pharmacy in Brookhaven, Pennsylvania, discusses the independent pharmacy's wellness initiatives.

The pros and cons of fixed-dose combination therapy first became major media news in 2001 when a World Health Organization expert panel proposed polypill use for noncommunicable diseases.

People still are aghast that I not only work on Thanksgiving, but also volunteer to do it.

Up to 15% of patients who receive a statin experience muscle pain, for which clinicians have only a few options: prescribing a different statin, reducing the dose of the current statin, or stopping statin therapy entirely.

A pharmacist from Northern Ireland has been accused of dispensing hundreds of thousands of pills without prescriptions from his Armagh city chemist, according to the Irish Independent.

B. Douglas Hoey, RPh, MBA, CEO of the National Community Pharmacists Association, gives advice to pharmacy students interested in independent pharmacy.

Vince Canzanese, RPh, director of compounding at Burmans Pharmacy, says the independent pharmacy raises awareness about its services by being involved in the Brookhaven, Pennsylvania, community.

Certain flu virus subtypes have more potential to cause severe illness than others, according to a new study published in mBio. For that reason, avian influenza viruses that express the more dangerous subtypes should be monitored closely to prevent the spread of severe disease.

A new Mayo Clinic study published in Microbiome shows that patients with acid reflux who regularly receive proton pump inhibitors have less diverse gut bacteria, which heightens their risk for bone fractures, vitamin deficiencies, and infections such as Clostridium difficile and pneumonia.

A British supermarket is launching an investigation into its pharmacy after a breastfeeding woman said she was advised to buy a potentially unsuitable product.

Excess medical costs for diabetes and lost productivity amounted to more than $322 billion in 2012, a 48% increase from the $218 billion estimate for 2007.

B. Douglas Hoey, RPh, MBA, CEO of the National Community Pharmacists Association, discusses how community pharmacies can improve their quality ratings.

Janssen Research & Development, LLC, is seeking FDA approval for trabectedin in patients with advanced soft tissue sarcoma, including those with liposarcoma and leimyosarcoma who have already underwent chemotherapy involving an anthracycline.

The most surprising service offered at Burmans Pharmacy in Brookhaven, Pennsylvania, used to be commonplace at most pharmacies.