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Gout is characterized by sudden, severe attacks of pain, swelling, redness, and tenderness in one or more joints, most often in the big toe.

Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act disallows insurers offering lower-quality benefits for behavioral health treatments.

Ron Lanton III, Esq, principal at Lanton Law, said entrepreneur Mark Cuban's new venture into the pharmacy field is very interesting, although it maybe just another player in the mail-order pharmacy market.

Interventions to improve medication adherence may have a greater impact on individual patients and the population as a whole than any novel treatment or therapy.

But study results show some are not sold on performing the task; adequate training can build their confidence.

The study will have 3 cohorts examining different regimens of the current Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine or an omicron-based vaccine and will use participants from the phase 3 COVID-19 booster study.

The findings suggest that pregnant women should not delay COVID-19 vaccination until late pregnancy.

The analysis of 204 countries and territories reveals that AMR is now a leading cause of death worldwide, which is higher than HIV/AIDS or malaria.

Women had lower health-related quality of life at the beginning of the study, although men experienced a more rapid decline over time.

Brian Thornley, the Associate Vice President of Supply Excellence, Innovation and Digital Strategy at Merck, discusses what makes blockchain unique and what it could mean down the road for pharmacies.

This month's OTC Cases focus on influenza.

Mitchel Rothholz, RPh, MBA, chief of governance and state affiliates at the American Pharmacists Association (APhA) and executive director of the APhA Foundation, discusses the results of a nationwide survey of pharmacists during the ongoing pandemic.

Probiotic Pearls Women’s helps support digestive and immune health.

Linaclotide (Linzess) is indicated for irritable bowel syndrome with constipation and chronic idiopathic constipation.

Independent pharmacies are getting closer to ending DIR fees for good, thanks to the work of organizations, such as the NCPA.

Symptoms of gonorrhea include painful urination, pain or swelling in the affected area, vaginal bleeding, and abdominal pain.

Norman Lepor, MD, a cardiologist and clinical investigator in the phase 3 clinical program for inclisiran (Leqvio; Novartis), discusses major trends in the atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease and LDL-C management treatment landscape this year.

Expert panel discusses the current state of the pharmacy technician role, how COVID-19 changed the perception of pharmacy technicians, and updates across the legislative and regulatory landscape for pharmacy technician–administered tests and vaccines.

Norman Lepor, MD, a cardiologist and clinical investigator in the phase 3 clinical program for inclisiran (Leqvio; Novartis), discusses projections for inclisiran’s use in clinical and pharmacy settings.

Gaps in vaccination rates may be related to access and not just distrust and skepticism, investigators from Ohio State University find.

New study results show that of those who tested or were presumed positive for SARS-CoV-2, 44% developed neurological symptoms.

Investigators learned that the degree of response depended on whether an individual has had 1, 2, 3, or 4, exposures through infection, vaccination, or both.

The tislelizumab combination met the primary endpoint of OS in patients with programmed death ligand 1 (PD-L1) expression, with additional follow-up needed to assess OS benefits in the intention-to-treat population.

Pharmacy managers would do well to stay atop of literature and developments, but also learn to engage others within and outside of pharmacy in order to elicit their support and also acquire ideas.

Some study limitations include that follow-up data were missing for some patients who dropped out of the study during the follow-up stages and the timing of the follow-up echocardiograms were random and driven by preference versus standard protocol.

Ten quiz questions to assess your knowledge on common symptoms and treatments for glaucoma.

Kimmtrak found to be the first therapy to demonstrate a survival benefit for HLA-A*02:01–positive adult patients with unresectable or metastatic uveal melanoma.

A machine-learning method called XGBoost provided the highest overall accuracy, despite being the least complex model.