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Statins have been found to moderately benefit patients with cardiovascular disease risk factors, but researchers found socioeconomic disparities among those treated with statins.

Addiction to checking the news can worsen mental and physical illness, and in many cases may require individuals to reduce, or even stop, consuming any news.

Research indicates that there is a growing amount of unusual hepatitis cases in children throughout Europe.

Very short sleep among adolescents linked to a more than 70% increased risk of obesity/overweight in children, compared to those who get optimal 8 hours.

Memantine HCl (Namenda) is indicated for the treatment of moderate to severe dementia of the Alzheimer’s type.

Doan’s magnesium salicylate tetrahydrate formulation treats pain from backaches.

School-aged children that self-swabbed for COVID-19 did so with almost as much accuracy as a health care provider, which could ease strain on school health care systems.

Scott Biggs and Doug Long of IQVIA discussed where the pharmacy industry stands now and what they predict for the future.

An overview of the legal and business tools available to community, specialty, hospital, and health-system pharmacies in seeking to maintain payer network access and combat abusive practices.

It is not a leap to think that the 2022-2023 season could be worse than the past 2 seasons.

Although it may not have immediate significant impacts for many patients, the Inflation Reduction Act could open the door for future changes.

Rina Shah, PharmD, discussed the growing role for pharmacists in encouraging holistic health and wellness for patients.

Bill Schimmel, CEO and executive director of the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB), discusses how pharmacy technicians can face burnout and advocate for themselves.

Study results show that the risk of gaining 10% or more of body weight from the baseline fell 50% when patients were on the combination.

Georgia State University analysis supports new strategy for creating these vaccines, investigators contend.

Though around 42% of medical students in study experience headaches, many of these causing significant functional disability, most choose to self-manage symptoms with sleep and medication.

Viral DNA samples from 4 ancient cadavers suggest that HSV-1 transmission boomed with Bronze Age migrations and the introduction of kissing as a romantic and sexual cultural practice.

BleedCEASE is intended to stop bleeding from cuts and nosebleeds.

Lawrence H. Summers, former US Secretary of the Treasury, explains that he is optimistic regarding pharmacy’s increasing role in fighting future pandemics.

Vertical and horizontal consolidation has had a significant impact on retail, specialty, and health-system pharmacies.

With these bivalent vaccine authorizations, the monovalent mRNA COVID-19 vaccines are still not authorized as booster doses for individuals 12 years of age and older.

The benefits of taking a daily statin may improve as a patient grows older.

Some function is partially restored once smokers kick the habit, results presented at the European Society of Cardiology Congress 2022 show.

Desmond Hunt, PhD, senior principal scientist at US Pharmacopeia (USP), discusses the standards and resources that USP has recently published or is looking at now on the subject of pharmacy in transit.

Data have shown there is a rising need for mental health and substance use disorder services, yet there is a shortage of psychiatrists in the country that is estimated to worsen by 2024.

How would you respond to these patients questions?

Backaid Max offers relief of backaches, leg and joint pain.

Hospitalization and interprofessional team management, particularly the involvement of a pharmacist, are essential in vaccination coverage for patients with diabetes.

Analysis from the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center and University of Colorado indicates that cancellation of sports and a switch to virtual learning likely increased this risk.

Joanna discusses her recommendations for sunscreen and what pharmacists picked as their favorite sunscreen product in the OTC Guide.