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6 Tips to Make Your Pharmacist Resume Ageless
Years of acquiring skills and accomplishments could wind up working against you if your resume is tired and an old-school format.
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Prenatal Genetic Screening Tests: A Pharmacist's Guide
Pharmacists can play an important role in pregnancy health education.
Turn an Angry Pharmacy Patient Into a Calm Customer
Angry patients seem to be more common at the pharmacy counter. Here are 5 tips to calm them down.
Making the Most of Your Didactic Years as a Student Pharmacist
As a 3rd year student with only a few weeks remaining in full-time didactic curriculum, I hope to share a roadmap for the pharmacy school journey.
Point-of-Sale DIR Fees Addressed in New Medicare Part D Rule
The final rules clarifies several issues important to pharmacists and hints at further rule-making to address direct and indirect remuneration fees.
Study: Taking Prostate Cancer Drug with Food May Cut Costs
According to the study, patients who take a reduced dose of abiraterone with a low-fat meal may cut costs by as much as $300,000.
Trending News Today: Senate Health Committee Releases Draft of Bipartisan Opioid Bill
Top news of the day from across the health care landscape.
Trending News Today: Could China Tariffs Raise Prices for Prescription Drugs in the United States?
Lifestyle Changes Could Mitigate Thousands of Cancers Each Week
Smoking and obesity account for a significant number of cancers worldwide.
Drug Combo Improves Activity in Heart Failure Patients
Treatment with sacubitril/valsartan (Entresto) improved several types of physical and social activities in heart failure patients with reduced ejection fraction compared with enalapril.
Debate Continues to Swirl Around Right to Try Laws
Forms of right to try legislation have already been passed in 39 states, as well as in the House of Representatives and Senate.
Value-Based Care Proposal Could Reduce Drug Costs
Commonwealth Fund researchers present ideas for increasing competition, applying value-based purchasing, and protecting patients from high out-of-pocket costs.
Micromarkets: Are They The Future of Healthy Snacking?
Vending machines are out, micromarkets are in. Are micromarkets the future of healthy snacking at work?
Wearable Device Aims to Help Women Track Fertility Data
While there are multiple apps out there to help women track their menstrual cycles, little in the way of actual devices have entered the market, but Ava is aiming to shake things up.
Study: Striking Differences in Billing Complexity Across Health Insurers
Researchers find that disputed bills amount to $54 billion annually across all health insurers.
A Rotation Abroad: Rural Pharmacy Practice in Southern Ecuador
What sets my time in Ecuador apart from any other rotation that I’ve done or will do is that every element of growth, and every challenge is presented simultaneously.
Trending News Today: US Obamacare 2018 Exchange Enrollment Drops 3%
Smart Socks are Entering the Market for Patients with Diabetes
Smart socks, such as those from Siren, seek to help identify infections, and ulcers before they happen, but the data is lacking. Are they worth it?
Trending News Today: CDC Identifies 220 Cases of 'Nightmare Bacteria' in US Hospitals
FDA Accepts sBLA for Treatment Combo for Certain Metastatic Colorectal Cancers
Nivolumab plus ipilimumab demonstrated clinical benefit in previously treated patients with dMMR or MSI-H metastatic colorectal cancer.
Lymph Node Surgery Unnecessary for Patients with Certain Breast Cancer Subtypes
Triple-negative and HER2-positive breast cancers may be unlikely to develop lymph node metastases.
FDA Expands Bydureon Indication in Type 2 Diabetes
Exenatide extended-release (Bydureon) approved as an add-on therapy to basal insulin in adults with type 2 diabetes with inadequate glycemic control.
FDA Issues Kratom Recall Over Salmonella
Mandatory recall ordered for all food products containing powdered kratom manufactured, processed, packed, or held by Triangle Pharmanaturals LLC, due to several containing salmonella.
How Will ACA Individual Mandate Repeal Affect Insurance Enrollment?
The future affordability of health insurance coverage remains a concern for many Americans.
Make Active Decisions to Lead a More Fulfilling Life
Many pharmacists are unhappy, because they passively decide to stay in situations they dislike.
Q&A with a Cardiology PGY-2 Pharmacy Resident
Jaclynne Metayer, PharmD, talks about her PGY-2 residency at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
CAR T-Cell Therapies, Biosimilars May Accelerate Push Towards Alternative Payment Models
Innovative specialty drugs could result in more payers adopting value-based contracting.
Emergency Department Could Fill Gaps in HIV Diagnoses
Emergency departments are a safety net for low-income patients, many of whom may be at risk of HIV.
Trending News Today: Studies Link Legal Marijuana with Fewer Opioid Prescriptions
Trending News Today: Medicare Holds Off Decision on Lowering Drug Prices Patients Pay at the Pharmacy