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National Association of Specialty Pharmacy’s performance measurement tool helps members boost patient engagement and enhanced clinical outcomes.

New PEPFAR strategy supports HIV/AIDS prevention efforts in more than 50 countries.

Patients taking buprenorphine and methadone with benzodiazepines or other central nervous system depressants should be closely monitored.

The alert urges health care professionals to monitor for any signs of liver injury.

FDA officials have issued a drug safety communication advising that buprenorphine and methadone should not be withheld from patients taking benzodiazepines or other central nervous system (CNS) depressants.

The FDA is not authorized to review the safety and efficacy of dietary supplement products before they are sold on the market.

Female hormones could play a role in lung function decline during aging.

Current policy reduces incentives that would spur a robust biosimilars market, according to the Biosimilars Council.

Stabilizing the insurance marketplaces may benefit rural Americans.

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Reducing fat in the pancreas can normalize insulin production and reverse type 2 diabetes.

Adjuvanted influenza vaccine 55% more effective after the first dose than non-adjuvanted vaccines.

Women with the hepatitis C virus have fewer live births and face a higher risk of miscarriage, infertility, gestational diabetes and pre-eclampsia.

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Exposing infants to high indoor levels of certain allergens may have a preventive effect on the development of asthma

Many researchers are interested in looking at FDA-approved drugs that could potentially be repositioned for use in cancer treatment.

Traditionally contraindicated in individuals with HIV, thalidomide has utility in aphthous ulcers, gastrointestinal lesions, Kaposi sarcoma, and other HIV-associated developments.

In recent years, thalidomide and similar molecular entities have reentered the clinical milieu and have been approved for several indications.

The journal Cancer Chemotherapy and Pharmacology has published a review article that discusses repositioning of proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) in cancer treatment.

Pharmacists must continue to evolve to the needs of their patients and always remain a key player in health care decisions.

5-Fluorouracil is the mainstay of treatment for many cancers, with upwards of 30% rates of adverse effects. DPD deficiency can further amplify these effects and even lead to life-threatening toxicity. Uridine triacetate is FDA approved for 5-FU and capecitabine overdose treatment within 96 hours of administration.

Findings further strengthen the need to protect young people from head injury.

Physical activity and a whole grain-rich diet lowers colorectal cancer risk, whereas red meat increases the risk.

In the report, WHO officials identified 12 classes of priority pathogens, including tuberculosis, pneumonia and urinary tract infections that are increasingly resistant to existing antibiotics and in need of new treatments.

In Lesotho, more than 67% of all HIV-positive adults ages 15-59 have been able to achieve viral load suppression.

Early life exposure to pet or pest allergens may reduce the likelihood of asthma development in young children, according to a recently-published study in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.1

Opioid-associated problems have become increasingly prevalent in children.

A rare but potentially serious bacteria known as Brucella RB51 has been found in raw milk products from a Texas dairy, according to a CDC press release.

Children with asthma twice as likely to receive antibiotics.