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In recognition of National Kidney month, the National Kidney Foundation has announced a partnership with CVS Kidney Care to raise awareness about kidney disease.

Using the 2012 to 2017 Medicare Part D Drug Event and Medicaid Spending and Utilization data sets, the researchers analyzed 20 extended-release drugs with 37 Medicare formulations and 36 Medicaid formulations. The analyses were conducted from January to December 2019.

Antioxidant supplements do not improve fertility among men, pregnancy, or live birth rates, a study found.

A study offers evidence that chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy may not only extend patients’ survival, but also improve their quality of life after treatment.

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Scientists at the Gladstone Institutes have cataloged host proteins that physically bind to HIV proteins, which identify human proteins that the virus can use to infect cells and spread.

By changing the definition of biological products and hopefully increasing access to cheaper insulin, the FDA hopes to do just that.

AL101 is a potent, selective, injectable small molecule gamma secretase inhibitor and was granted Orphan Drug designation in May 2019 for the treatment of ACC.

The bill is intended to "prevent a health insurance carrier from requiring a covered person to undergo step therapy or to receive prior authorization before receiving HIV infection prevention drugs."

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The designation was granted to Emerald Health Pharmaceuticals’ EHP-101, an oral formulation of a novel aminoquinone synthetic derivative of cannabidiol endowed with dual peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma and cannabinoid receptor type 2 agonist activity.

The Undectectable = Untransmittable (U=U) campaign started in early 2016 and has been sharing the message to dismantle the stigma surrounding HIV ever since. More than 970 community partners from 101 countries have come together to clear up the confusion about the science behind U=U.

Pharmacy Times® will publish a technician supplement in July 2020.

The National Community Pharmacists Association, the Arkansas Pharmacists Association, the American Pharmacists Association, and the National Alliance of State Pharmacy Associations took the joint action of filing an amicus brief in the Supreme Court case [Arkansas Attorney General Leslie] Rutledge v. the Pharmaceutical Care Management Association, scheduled to be heard in Washington, DC on April 27, 2020.

Specialty pharmacies can provide seamless support across specialty mail and retail channels.

The greatest risk is still to people who have been in close contact with COVID-19 patients, according to the CDC.

The drug also received orphan drug designation.

There is countless research that highlights the skills and value technicians provide as pharmacy support staff.

This approval marks the first for combination ibuprofen and acetaminophen for OTC use.

Why is a patient taking cimetidine for warts?

Children aged 0 to 4 years are now the highest CDC has on record at this point in the season, surpassing the rates reported during the second wave of the 2009 H1N1 pandemic.

This is one of the first US population-based studies to compare overdose risk among 2 patient populations across an entire state.

If severe, toxoplasmosis can cause damage to the brain, eyes, or other organs.

The virus has now reached all continents except Antarctica, with cases reported in 47 countries.

Depending on the amount consumed, intake of dairy milk can increase the risk of breast cancer by up to 80%, according to new research from Loma Linda University Health.

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The medication works by blocking CGRP receptors, treating a root cause of migraine.

As health care costs continue to rise in the United States, crowdfunding on websites such as GoFundMe is becoming increasingly common.