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And whatever specialty the student or resident decides on, it does not have to define the rest of their career.

Creating a safe environment for LGBTQ+ patients through the use of trauma informed care is critical to ensuring they feel comfortable returning to the clinic in the future.

There has been a historical lack of complete or appropriate data on sexual and gender minority groups, leading to difficulties in analyzing health outcomes in LGBTQ+ community.

Despite the potential for clinical benefit, triplet therapies have added complexities, monitoring needs, toxicities, and costs associated with additional pharmacologic therapy.

If patients with G6PD deficiency are exposed to risk factors, such as certain medications, environmental factors, or foods, it can lead to hemolysis.

Pharmacists have an important role in helping patients to identify treatment-related toxicities and manage symptoms to help the transition to the outpatient setting.

Some specialty pharmacy programs are even using electronic medical records to send survey tools to patients.

Medication Safety Week is observed April 1–7. With the theme, I am Medication Safety, this year, Novant Health, a 15-hospital health system in North Carolina, focused on the importance of medication safety for the leaders of their safety program. Kristin Murphy, the leader of the Novant Health Medication Safety Program, shares her thoughts on medication safety.

Expert notes significant advances in the treatment of multiple myeloma, large B cell lymphomas, and acute myeloid leukemia, during a presentation at HOPA 2023 Annual Conference.

Before tapering patients treated for cancer off of opioids, care providers should first establish what the goals of tapering are.

The data underscore the need for biomarker testing to identify patients who may be eligible for this therapy, according to physician from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.

Pharmacists respond to questions about supplementation and and smoking cessation for heart health.

Pharmacists respond to questions about birth control.

Certain populations have been found to have differing prognoses, such as African American patients, who have an earlier onset of disease with a higher likelihood of an aggressive tumor type and shorter survival.

Asian Americans often develop the disease at a normal weight, which would be overlooked by current screening guidelines, investigators say.

The drug from AstraZeneca and Ionis Pharmaceuticals demonstrates a sustained benefit through 66 weeks for those with hereditary transthyretin-mediated amyloid polyneuropathy.

Experts note that pharmacists are well positioned to play a key role in precision oncology and molecular tumor boards.

CGM devices can also help individuals with diabetes make more informed decisions about their diet, exercise, and medication management, leading to improved overall health outcomes.

Legal expert breaks down the history of power between federal v. state law and why Dobbs v. Jackson has caused such a stir for the pharmaceutical community.

Historically, there are many hard-to-treat mutations of non-small cell lung cancer.

The company announced the initiation of the EVERGREEN study, which was aimed to evaluate the efficacy, safety, and immunogenicity of the investigational respiratory syncytial virus vaccine, in 2021.

Products include an as needed treatment for bronchoconstriction and a treatment for Alzheimer disease.

Pharmacists need food too, you know.

This month's guest is Jennifer Lind, PharmD, MPH, MBA, a public health pharmacists, epidemiologist in the Medication Safety Program at the CDC, and commander in the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps.

Barbara Kirkaldy, BS, CPhT, pharmacy regulatory specialist at Novant Health, discusses her role in the pharmacy and alternative career paths for pharmacy technicians.

Authorized for use in professional point-of-care settings, the nucleic acid amplification diagnostic tool delivers results in 25 minutes.

Regeneron and Sanofi’s Dupilumab is the first biologic to demonstrate a clinically meaningful and statistically significant reduction in exacerbations compared with the placebo.

The implementation of genetic testing for patients prescribed medications associated with progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy is likely to improve safety outcomes.