July 2016 Digestive Health

Read about the 2016 Lifetime Leadership Finalists.

Read about the 2016 Specialty Pharmacist of the Year Finalists.

Read about the 2016 Technology Innovator of the Year Finalists.

Read about the 2016 Technician of the Year Finalists.

Read about the 2016 Rising Star of the Year Finalists.

Read about the 2016 Patient Care Provider of the Year Finalists.

Can you you figure out what these prescriptions say?

Read about the 2016 Health-System Pharmacist of the Year Finalists.

Read about the 2016 Civic Leader of the Year Finalists.

Read about the 2016 Military Pharmacist of the Year Finalists.

Read about the 2016 Future Pharmacist of the Year Finalists.

Read about the 2016 Entrepreneur of the Year Finalists.

This Continuing Education activity is supported by an educational grant from Sanofi US and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals.

Individuals working in a health care field are often expected to have up-to-date information about the latest trends in laws and legislative changes related to their specialty.

Read about unappreciated advice, nosy patients, and other pet peeves.

What should these pharmacists do?

Recognized by his peers for his commitment to his patients' health, Mathews Ampatu has been named the winner of the 2016 Walmart Pharmacist Excellence in Patient Care Award.

Although the FDA has received much praise for increasing the number of generic drugs approved, the agency also recently recorded its highest number of rejections in 1 month.

Clinicians have long been aware that patients do not uniformly respond to medications.

Read about the new generic products featured in July.

Many pharmacy technicians have experienced an increase in their education and training requirements as their profession continues its expansion.

Although total knee replacement is frequently performed to treat knee arthritis, the procedure is often associated with a number of adverse events.

A recent study indicates that impressions of breakthrough pain differ between patients and providers.

Current guidelines recommend delaying referrals for physical therapy, in part because previous research found that early aggressive therapy contributed to higher health care costs and did not seem to make significant improvements for patients.

Psychological therapies are known to provide short-term symptom relief to patients with irritable bowel syndrome, but the results of a recent study indicate that these benefits may extend even longer than previously thought.

Patients who experienced physical or sexual abuse as children may face a significantly higher risk of developing ulcerative colitis as adults.

Although higher body mass indexes are associated with a number of health risks, the results of a recent study suggest that overweight patients who develop colorectal cancer may have a better prognosis than those with a healthy weight.

A patient pursuing a legal claim on his own, without benefit of the services of an attorney, alleged that a pharmacy has a legal duty to maintain an inventory containing all medications, so his would be available when needed. May such a claim go forward through the court system?

Lately, the number of counterfeit prescription drugs seems to have exploded in the United States.