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Between 21% and 28% of patients taking an oral therapy for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) were nonadherent to treatment. Certain groups of patients may benefit from counseling services that promote improved adherence.

Lower doses of vancomycin encouraged by antimicrobial stewardship programs were just as effective as higher doses in treating Clostridium difficile infection, a study found.

A new set of guidelines for treating exercise-associated hyponatremia calls attention to the potentially dangerous complications of the condition.

A recent study finds that hyponatremia may increase pneumonia severity in hospitalized children.

Patients who develop hyponatremia after cardiac surgery are more likely to spend longer in the hospital and are at increased risk for complications and death.

Recent case studies deal with treatment of hyponatremia in a young women diagnosed with tuberculous meningitis and in a pregnant women.

The medications may lower cholesterol levels in advanced chronic kidney disease patients, but they do not appear to reduce the number of cardiovascular events and may interact with other drugs the patients are taking.

A study compared historical and contemporary multiple sclerosis cases to determine how first-generation disease-modifying drugs affected disease progression.

Seniors have medication needs that cannot sufficiently be met by mail-service pharmacy, a recent study in the Journal of Managed Care Pharmacy suggests.

A new study finds that the portion of adults aged 60 and older who were vaccinated against shingles increased from 6.7% in 2008 to 15.8% in 2011.

The Patients' Access to Treatments Act of 2013 proposes limits on patients' costs for specialty drugs.

Data from a national survey on community health in racial and ethnic groups suggest specific socioeconomic barriers to hepatitis C virus detection and therapy.

Armada Health Care and the Specialty Pharmacy Association of America (SPAARx) today announced their support of 2 key initiatives of the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP).

A team of researchers has recommended that all cases of acute otitis media in children aged 6 months to 2 years be treated with antibiotics, disagreeing with guidelines from the American Academy of Pediatrics.

Armada welcomes interested industry experts to submit speaker proposals to join the prestigious faculty for the 10th Annual Specialty Pharmacy Summit & Expo, May 5-9, 2014.

MHA announced today that it has entered into a strategic alliance with CoverMyMeds to help facilitate a more efficient process for completing and submitting drug prior authorizations (PAs).

After promising results from early studies, investigators have received approval to start testing daratumumab in patients with multiple myeloma.

Labels on all extended-release and long-acting opioid analgesics will be amended to ensure they are used only by those who need them and to warn pregnant women of the risk of neonatal narcotic withdrawal syndrome.

A recent trial supports noninferiority of pazopanib and sunitinib in terms of efficacy, with fewer adverse events associated with patient discomfort occurring with pazopanib than with sunitinib.

Inflectra was approved for treatment of inflammatory conditions by the European Medicines Agency based on evidence that it was as effective, safe, and tolerable as its reference drug, Remicade.

A child's risk of developing pertussis increased along with the number of doses of the diphtheria, tetanus, and acellular pertussis (DTaP) vaccine he or she had missed, a study finds.

This fall brings the final season of the series "Breaking Bad," and a recipe for a mouth-watering-and perfectly legal-form of crystal.

Survival rates are generally quite high for the second-most-common cancer among men in the United States.