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Adding to the roving reporter system of the inaugural NACDS-TV, the video resource for the 2014 NACDS Total Store Expo incorporated a studio at the entrance to the exhibit floor.

Tom Hubbard believes the quality measures that generate star ratings for Medicare Prescription Drug Plans are the most relevant metrics for pharmacists.

Jim Whitman, senior vice president of member programs and services for the National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS), details the success of the 2014 NACDS Total Store Expo.

New late-stage trial data show ivabradine reduces cardiovascular death or hospitalization for worsening chronic heart failure in patients with low systolic blood pressure.

Current transmission rates from primary cases to secondary cases could cause Ebola epidemic to explode.

Although many pharmacists express concerns about the state of the pharmacy job market, the good news is the demand for pharmacists seems to be increasing.

Results show pharmacists and other healthcare providers can work together to successfully empower patients disproportionately affected by diabetes to achieve improved clinical outcomes.

The risk for developing prediabetes was doubled among hypertensive patients who drank more than 3 cups of coffee per day.

Involving pharmacists in the intensive care unit reduces adverse events and costs for patients who receive continuous veno-venous hemofiltration.

Given a structured method for medication reconciliation, clinical pharmacists identify more medication discrepancies than nurses.

The My GI Health tool tracks symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux disease over time, helping clinicians save time and improve patient care.

In several countries, increases in the incidence of inflammatory bowel disease have been observed closely following regulatory approval of sucralose.

Pharmacists gauge patients' recognition of medical terms higher than doctors do.

Postmenopausal women who consume adequate amounts of potassium have reduced stroke risk.

For the first time, an oral therapy has been proven to reduce the risk of developing clinically definite multiple sclerosis in patients with a clinically isolated syndrome.

FDA committee quashes recommendation to reclassify ethanol, isopropyl alcohol, and iodine.

Health care professionals base their opinions on analytical knowledge for threats abroad and on personal experience for threats at home.

The development of a new drug or agent brings with it properties that are specific to that agent and in many cases these properties can either be an advantage or disadvantage when it comes to its selection for use in a particular patient. Both pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics are considered to be branches of pharmacology that are typically studied in conjunction with one another

Organization warns disease is spreading faster than it can be contained.

Roughly 1 in every 3 obstetric complications are related to preeclampsia.

Genzyme's alemtuzumab (Lemtrada) and Biogen's dimethyl fumarate (Tecfidera) showed sustained efficacy in a broad range of MS patients.

Patients who receive statins soon after acute coronary syndrome are 24% less likely to experience unstable angina after 4 months.

Extended-release naltrexone hydrochloride and bupropion hydrochloride (Contrave) has been approved as an adjunct therapy for chronic weight management in obese adults.

The FDA has expanded the approval for enzalutamide (Xtandi) to include the treatment of men with chemotherapy-naive metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer.

Lauren Forni, PharmD, RPH, of CVS/pharmacy, explains why pharmacists are providing vaccines to 2014 National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS) Total Store Expo attendees.