Common issues that affect patient outcomes include economic stability, education access, health care access, social and community context, and neighborhood environment.
Results of the phase 3 VOYAGER PAD clinical trial show rivaroxaban (Xarelto; Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies) plus aspirin lowers severe vascular events in patients with peripheral arterial disease after lower-extremity revascularization.
Empagliflozin (Jardiance, Boehringer Ingelheim/Lilly) tablets are the first and only heart failure therapy to demonstrate a statistically significant risk reduction in cardiovascular death.
Session explores data from both the SCORED trial of sotagliflozin and the REVERSE-IT trial investigating bentracimab to reverse the antiplatelet effects of ticagrelor.
Health care professionals need to meet their patients at their health level and find a diet and medication regimen that works for them to best reduce the risk of cardiovascular events.
Pharmacy Times spoke with Craig Granowitz, MD, PhD, chief medical officer at Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, to learn more about sotagliflozin and new data being presented at the American College of Cardiology 2022 Scientific Sessions.
Pharmacy Times spoke with Orly Vardeny, PharmD, MS, a core investigator at the Center for Care Delivery and Outcomes Research in the US Department of Veterans Affairs, about pharmacists’ roles in managing pharmacotherapy disparities.
Lowering salt intake was not found to reduce visits to the emergency department, however, there were improvements in quality of life.
Milind Desai, MD, national principal investigator of the VALOR-HCM trial, discussed new results presented at the American College of Cardiology 2022 Scientific Sessions.
Sarah Wheeler, PharmD, BCOP, clinical pharmacy specialist in Hematology/Oncology at UF Health Shands Cancer Hospital, discusses some of the barriers that patients with cancer may encounter following their diagnosis.
A 30-year analysis of more than 110,000 health professionals also suggests that replacing animal products, such as bacon, butter, and cheese, with avocado also reduces cardiovascular events.
Session at the Hematology/Oncology Pharmacy Association Annual Conference 2022 focuses on methods to improve emotional exhaustion among pharmacists and other health care providers.
With risk stratification, up to 60% of individuals with chronic myeloid leukemia who are low-risk sustain treatment-free remission.
This week, Suzanne Soliman, PharmD, BCMAS, spoke with Janan Sarwar, PharmD, about nontraditional career opportunities for pharmacists.
Rucaparib (Rubraca) significantly improved progression-free survival when administered as maintenance treatment in newly diagnosed patients with advanced ovarian cancer.
A just culture safety science framework can help prevent medication errors.
George MacKinnon, founding dean of the Medical College of Wisconsin School of Pharmacy and a professor there, discusses burnout in the pharmacy and how it can ultimately impact patients.
Technicians have become so much more essential in pharmacies and to patients than their titles imply.
Investigators followed men and women aged 20 to 40 years without pre-existing disease, and findings indicate that obesity and physical inactivity increase the impact of the disease.
In part 2 of the Pharmacy Times® Pharmacy Face-Off Gameshow™, pharmacy students from the University of the Sciences Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and the Rutgers University Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy entered a lightning round with clinical questions.
We see today far more clearly the impact of health care inequality, which can directly affect patient access to care, specifically oncologic care.
There is more to patients with IBD than the physical detriments, with many mental health issues arising from the condition.
New CDC guidelines based on four decades of safety, immunogenicity, and efficacy data on the HBV vaccine, but with suboptimal coverage in the United States.
Ted Okon, MBA, executive director of the Community Oncology Alliance (COA), discusses key highlights from the in-person COA 2022 conference.
Ganciclovir ophthalmic gel (Zirgan) is a topical ophthalmic antiviral that is indicated for the treatment of acute herpetic keratitis (dendritic ulcers).
Calamine spray treats insect bites, rashes, minor skin irritations, and minor cuts.
Pharmacy Times® parent company is hosting the virtual MJH Life Sciences Sleeves Up Blood Drive from March 31 through April 30.
These include progression-free survival, time to treatment failure, and time to tumor progression, according to a presentation at the Hematology/Oncology Pharmacy Association conference.
Analysis is based on 2018 hospitalization rates of patients with cardiovascular disease in New Jersey.
21-gene profiling is also preferred for patients with 1 to 3 pathologically positive lymph nodes, according to a presentation at the Hematology/Oncology Pharmacy Association conference.
