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Pravastatin reduced 20-year mortality rates by 18% for patients with very high LDL cholesterol.

How to avoid common errors in pharmacies to protect patients.

A compound in coffee increased insulin secretion up to 87% in mice.

Exposure to carbon may not increase the risk of death among hardmetal workers.

Pennsylvania reduced physician shopping for controlled substances by 86% in 1 year through a prescription drug monitoring program.

Over the years, a number of landmark clinical studies in the field of psychiatry have been published, shaping how we treat mental illness. Here are 5 that every pharmacist should know about.

Officials with the FDA have approved fluticasone furoate/umeclidinium/vilanterol (FF/UMEC/VI) (Trelegy Ellipta, GlaxoSmithKline and Innoviva), for the maintenance treatment of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

Pharmacists need to understand natural health products so that they can counsel patients, answer questions, and advise patients about potential drug interactions.

Patients with peripheral neuropathy may experience pain, numbness, and tingling in the hands and feet, despite cessation of chemotherapy.

Fluticasone furoate/umeclidinium/vilanterol (Trelegy Ellipta) is a single-inhaler triple therapy for the long-term, maintenance treatment of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

With tremendous advancements related to hepatitis B treatment in the last few years, the other types of hepatitis viruses are often overlooked.

Secnidazole (Solosec) oral granules granted approval to treat bacterial vaginosis in adult women.

Findings may lead to future treatments for patients with psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis.

Variation in HPV15 E7 protein greatly decreases the risk of invasive cervical cancer.

Vertebral artery dissection can lead to blood clots that cause strokes.

Limited proportion of patients with chronic hepatitis C virus received antiviral treatment before the widespread use of direct-acting antivirals.

A compound from honeybees attacks harmful bacteria in a new way.

A newly-discovered molecule can induce programmed cell death in mesenchymal-like lung cancer cells.

Guidelines that limit dietary fat intake and encourage carbohydrate intake could be increasing the risk of overall mortality.

An antibody-immunotherapy combination shows promise against high-risk pediatric cancer.

Certain adjuvant chemotherapy regimens may lead to long-lasting peripheral neuropathy in breast cancer survivors.

This one piece of unlikely job advice has helped me tremendously throughout my career

We all want to learn more about psychology to better communicate with others, but we just don't have the time. Here is a summary of takeaways from the most influential psychologists in the field.

Medtronic's Intellis platform can record and track patient activity all day and is managed on the Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 tablet interface.

The FDA approval of this 5-nitroimidazole antimicrobial agent was supported by 2 studies of women with BV and an open label safety study, which found efficacy for single-dose secnidazole 2 g.

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Study findings could lead to new treatment options for patients with IBD in the future.

Hepatitis B is a liver infection caused by the hepatitis B virus (HBV).