Community/Retail

We owe it to our seniors to listen to their needs and ensure pharmacists have the support they need to continue to play a vital role in our communities as frontline providers of essential health care.

At a young age, hands-on learning about nutrition can promote long-term appreciation of fresh food and food experiences.

These patients may have a similar genetic susceptibility for type 2 diabetes, although they have an individual risk for GDM independent of the risk of type 2 diabetes.

To have skin-deep resilience is to overcome adversity to achieve success, be it psychological or academic.

In addition, patients who were treated with liso-cel therapy had a higher average life expectancy and QALYs, compared to those who were treated with standard care.

The update includes a recommended triple therapy with belimumab as a first line treatment for class III or IV lupus nephritis following the approvals of belimumab and voclosporin.

The data also suggest that further studies investigating a plausible causal relationship between pneumonia and type 1 diabetes are needed.

Variations and conditions included in existing state bills, however, limit the effectiveness of this approach.

Community pharmacists have a unique opportunity to counsel caregivers on liquid OTC children’s products.

Claire Biermaas, President of Corporate Partnerships at Cencora, discussed how her team is working with their partners to address new challenges amid the shifting landscape of pharmacy.

This combination regimen, which was compared to once-daily insulin glargine U100 with insulin aspart, had also demonstrated a safe and well-tolerated profile with mild AEs.

Eli Lilly & Co. has been one of the first companies to address the off-label use of their tirzepatide drugs, Mounjaro and Zepbound, for cosmetic weight loss.

Adults diagnosed with coronary heart disease before age 45 have an especially increased risk of developing dementia, Alzheimer disease, and vascular dementia.

Most important of all, we gained a new level of empathy and understanding for patients diagnosed with diabetes whose diagnosis requires that they are constantly mindful and attentive to the balance of diet, exercise, and lifestyle in their day-to-day lives.

Patients who received telemedicine alone had worse glycemic control and less improvement in hemoglobin A1c levels.

Studies have shown that higher expression of CYP2D6 alleles in adults results in excessive production of active metabolites, leading to either therapeutic failure, increased exposure, or more severe adverse effects.

In the ambulatory setting, oncology pharmacists independently prescribe medications to support and manage therapy toxicities for cancer patients.

Berdazimer topical gel, 10.3% (Zelsuvmi; Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc) has been approved for the treatment of molluscum contagiosum in individuals aged 1 year and older.

Anaïs Webster Mennuti, PharmD and Kristin Speer, PharmD, BCPS, discuss their new documentary that highlights the understaffed and overwhelmed reality of retail pharmacy.

Recognizing that culture is a multifaceted concept can lead to more careful and thoughtful use of the term.

Stress may have more of an effect on migraines than COVID-19 infection or vaccination.

Tune in to this episode of Pharmacy Focus for a deep dive into the world of independent pharmacists prescribing, featuring insights and expertise from Deeb Eid.

To develop the next generation of pharmacy leaders, pharmacists should receive effective training from the beginning of their careers.

Pharmacists' expertise is crucial in educating patients about regulatory changes, helping them navigate alternative formulations, and providing insights into evidence-based choices.

Pharmacists in community and retail practices are stepping out from behind the counter and becoming more involved in patient care.

If vaccination coverage was increased by 100%, outpatient care could be reduced by 81.2%, hospitalizations by 91.7%, and deaths by 91.3%.

Those who were exposed to the clinically acquired stomach bacteria had a 24% increased risk of Alzheimer disease after a decade of onset.

Conclusions could not be made regarding whether lower risk was associated with improvement in heart failure or if the success of optimal medications led to better clinical outcomes.

Investigators optimized the assay during development and qualification to be used in the clinical setting for pneumococcal conjugate vaccines.

Although machine learning models demonstrate potential to improve early detection of Alzheimer disease, sample sizes that underrepresent ethnic and racial groups result in unfairness.