June 2015 Women's Health

What should these pharmacists do?

Can you you figure out what these prescriptions say?

Read about disrespectful patients, foil pokers, and other pet peeves.

For Angela Kao, a pharmacy student at the South Carolina College of Pharmacy, empathy and compassion are important both inside and outside the pharmacy.

Women with diabetes have a considerably higher risk of developing coronary heart disease than men with diabetes.

Many common Cardiovascular Disease risk factors, such as hypertension, high cholesterol, type 2 diabetes, and thrombosis, are often experienced by women after a spontaneous preterm delivery.

This Continuing Education activity is supported by an educational grant from AstraZeneca LP and Novo Nordisk, Inc

This Continuing Education activity is supported by an educational grant from Sanofi-Aventis U.S.

This Continuing Education activity is supported by educational grants from AstraZeneca LP and Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Major negative life events may significantly increase middle-aged and older women's chances of developing heart disease or having a heart attack.

Read about the new generic products featured in June.

The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation released an analysis on the efforts of pharmaceutical companies to thwart generic competition as the market exclusivity period of one of its brand name drugs nears expiration.

While pharmacy schools now frequently provide communications training, practicing pharmacists may have already developed bad habits and need a refresher course on effective communication.

A new app called Maven allows women to access a health care professional on their smartphone.

Dietary supplements are intended to supplement the diet, not to cure, prevent, or treat diseases or replace the variety of foods important to a healthy diet.

Can the DEA use an "administrative subpoena" to obtain information from a database of transactions, or do the DEA's motives for wanting such information need to be more thoroughly vetted before being able to access the data?

I briefly got to know a person who I think has a more balanced approach to the drug problem by highlighting the need for more rehabilitation and, at the same time, endorsing the pursuit and prosecution of those trafficking illegal substances, including prescription medication.

With the FDA's approval of Gardasil 9, this vaccine will now be available as a preventive measure against up to 90% of genital, anal, vulvular, and vaginal cancers, thereby offering additional protection for pediatric patients from the human papillomavirus.

Community pharmacists are ideal candidates to offer educational information to patients, particularly women.

Knowing the symptoms of UTIs is imperative for helping affected patients.

There are risks to both taking antidepressants and not treating depression during pregnancy.

Read about the new Rx Products featured in June.

The FDA has approved Impax Pharmaceuticals' Rytary for the treatment of Parkinson's disease, postencephalitic parkinsonism, and parkinsonism that may follow carbon monoxide intoxication or manganese intoxication.

If a projected 92% past participant return rate is any indication of an event's value, then success is once again in store for the third annual NACDS Total Store Expo.

Serious depression necessitating hospitalization is more prevalent in women after giving birth.

It is possible for a precipitant drug to indirectly affect the object drug and for effective drug therapy to enhance the elimination of an object drug by treating a disease that inhibits drug elimination.

Have you ever answered a question even though you were unsure of the answer?

Read about the new OTC Products featured in June.

Premenstrual syndrome, commonly referred to as PMS, is a cyclic, multisymptom disorder that is characterized by various physical, behavioral, and emotional symptoms, including irritability, anxiety, depression, breast pain, edema, fatigue, abdominal distention, and headaches.

Various pharmacy segments have recently been focusing their attention on what they can do to reduce avoidable readmissions of patients to hospitals, including improving the discharge process.