Facebook Posts Help Facilitate Belief that HPV Vaccine is Dangerous to Health
January 11th 2021When examining the percentage of posts that made the vaccine seem more dangerous, less dangerous, or neither, Luisi found nearly 40% of Facebook posts about the HPV vaccine amplified a perceived risk.
Read More
Risankizumab Demonstrates Significant Improvements In Patients with Crohn Disease
January 11th 2021A significantly greater proportion of patients with Crohn disease achieved both primary endpoints with overall safety results generally consistent with the known safety profile of risankizumab.
Read More
Pharmacists Are Moderately Satisfied With Compensation, Job Satisfaction, Survey Shows (Part 2)
January 8th 2021The first article in this 3-part series covered a general overview of the survey and its respondents. In this article, we will explore the questions and answers around compensation.
Read More
FDA Grants Rare Disease Designations to Novel Agent That May Directly Elicit Tumor Cell Death
January 8th 2021FDA approves request submitted by Moleculin Biotech, Inc. for rare disease designations to be granted their drug candidate that appears to directly elicit tumor cell death and prompt the immune system to eliminate tumors.
Read More
Pharmacist Burnout: A Cry for a Transformative Approach to Traditional Pharmacy Practice
January 7th 2021Pharmacists must juggle the delicate balance of integrating clinical services into traditional dispensing environments, while being forced into performance metrics set forth by corporate entities.
Read More
Study: Statins May Protect the Heart from Chemotherapy Treatment of Early Breast Cancer
January 7th 2021According to the study authors, previous small studies suggested that women taking statins may have less heart muscle damage from these types of chemotherapy, yet the exact mechanisms of how statins protect against the cardiac cell damage remains unknown.
Read More
Communities in Greatest Need of Pharmacy Access Are Identified in Los Angeles County
January 7th 2021A recent study investigated the existence of “pharmacy deserts” in Los Angeles County in relation to the social determinants of health that show which communities have the greatest need for pharmacy access.
Read More