Study: Impact, Prevalence of Heart Disease on Aging Global Population with HIV
July 21st 2020The Randomized Trial to Prevent Vascular Events in HIV (REPRIEVE) study has played a key role in helping the health care industry look closer at the disproportionate risk of comorbidities, such as chronic liver and kidney disease, physical function impairment and frailty, premature reproductive aging, and cancer in patients with HIV.
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Study: Smoking Habits Create Greater Risk for Severe COVID-19 in Young Adults Than Asthma, Obesity
July 20th 2020Contrary to earlier data, a new study from the University of California at San Francisco (UCSF) suggests that younger age may not reduce the severity of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
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New Clinical Practice Guidelines Recommend Varenicline Over the Patch for Adult Smokers
July 17th 2020Published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, the latest ATS practice guideline maintains the first principle of clinical practice, that “all patients who use tobacco should receive treatment for their dependence, and not simply be encouraged to stop.”
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Walgreens, DoorDash Announce On-Demand Delivery Collaboration
July 17th 2020Walgreens and DoorDash plan to offer more than 5000 items for delivery on the DoorDash platform and will expand the service to other major markets, starting with Cincinnati, Cleveland, Minneapolis, Oklahoma City, Phoenix, Sacramento, and Seattle by the end of summer 2020.
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Studies Find Approximately Half of Health Care Workers Positive for COVID-19 Are Asymptomatic
July 16th 2020The findings indicate that front-line health care workers are at high risk for COVID-19 and that many health care workers with the virus may not have typical symptoms of a respiratory infection, according to the study authors.
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Building Relationships Between Pharmacy Technicians, Other Health Care Professionals
July 16th 2020In this episode of OnScript with NHA, co-hosts Jeremy Sasser and Jessica Langley-Loep discuss interprofessional and interdisciplinary relationships between pharmacy technicians, pharmacy interns, pharmacists, and other healthcare professionals.
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