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Worried about potential drug shortages? There's an app for that.

Using scare tactics to sway vaccine skeptics' views tends to backfire, suggesting that pharmacists and other health care professionals should alter their approach to counseling these patients.

Attendees who visited NABP's booth at the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists Midyear Clinical Meeting expressed their enthusiasm for the .Pharmacy TLD Program and the AWARxE Prescription Drug Safety Program.

Known as one of the best political journalists covering Washington, DC, Amy Walter, national editor of The Cook Political Report, will keynote the National Association of Chain Drug Stores RxIMPACT Day.

The new Gardasil vaccine protects against 9 different strains of the virus.

The topic of the Advisory Committee is based on an ongoing review of a previously submitted supplemental New Drug Application to the FDA for Onglyza and Kombiglyze XR.

First Databank will be the primary distributor of Polyglot's proprietary Meducation simplified patient medication instructions to the hospital, ambulatory and pharmacy markets in the US and Canada.

Shire plc has submitted a New Drug Application to the FDA for its investigational compound designed to treat patients with dry eye disease.

Labels of prescription testosterone products must now include information about possible cardiovascular and stroke risks associated with their use.

Ludy L. Underwood, Cardinal Health sales manager for retail/alternative care, pharmaceutical division, talks about how health information technology has changed the business of pharmacy.

Health-system pharmacists may see an increasing threat of active shooter situations in their hospitals.

Interferon-free, all-oral drug regimens result in high rates of sustained virologic response for patients co-infected with hepatitis C virus and HIV.

The FDA today published several public notifications advising consumers to avoid a number of supplemental products marketed for sexual enhancement that were found to contain a potentially dangerous, undeclared ingredient.

Are pharmacists fully aware of the warnings associated with the medications they dispense?

Adderall, Concerta, morphine, and Ritalin were some of the prescription medications tossed into a robber's Hello Kitty bag at a pharmacy in Shelby, Ohio.

With numerous commercials promoting medications for the treatment of erectile dysfunction, many men are inquisitive about the various treatment options and OTC supplements.

Going home from the hospital doesn't mean leaving behind the healthcare and technology that can help in heart disease and stroke recovery, thanks to a new American Heart Association initiative.

Skilled nursing hospitals, better known as nursing homes, scare the living daylights out of me.

Pharmacy is in bloom at the University of Delaware's (UD) exhibit at this year's Philadelphia Flower Show.

Ferris State University's College of Pharmacy announced it would receive a $5 million gift-the largest outright donation to the school in its history-from Phil and Jocelyn Hagerman and the Hagerman Foundation on February 23, 2015.

Rinku A. Patel, PharmD, RPh, founder and CEO of KloudScript, talks about accreditation standards retail pharmacists should pursue in order to provide specialty pharmacy services.

Ludy L. Underwood, Cardinal Health sales manager for retail/alternative care, pharmaceutical division, talks about how Cardinal Health has helped pharmacies reduce costs.

Comorbid anxiety disorders compound challenges associated with bipolar disorder treatment.

With obesity on the rise, the FDA recently approved another weight-loss medication.

When California Health Sciences University was founded in 2012, the very first program offered was the College of Pharmacy due to high demand for pharmacists in the Central Valley area.

A pair of phase 3 studies recently demonstrated that Teva Pharmaceutical Industries' investigational treatment for moderate-to-severe asthma in patients with elevated blood eosinophils reduces asthma exacerbation rates by at least half.

Almost all women and seniors with atrial fibrillation should be receiving blood thinners, advises a new analysis of updated clinical practice guidelines.