Community/Retail

Nearly 1000 independently owned pharmacies have closed over the past decade, leaving 490 rural areas without access to retail pharmacy services.

In response to the recent article by Gary M. Franklin, MD, MPH, titled "Opioids for chronic non-cancer pain: A position paper of the American Academy of Neurology," we wish to address a number of issues.

Pharmacy benefit services integrated within health insurance plans result in improved medical outcomes and cost savings compared with services administered separately from the insurer.

All drugs containing the opioid hydrocodone have been reclassified as Schedule II controlled substances, prohibiting pharmacies from recognizing refills and phoned-in prescriptions for those medications.

Individuals in a negative mood spend more time viewing the social media profiles of unsuccessful peers.

Authorities are homing in on those who may have been in contact with a Liberian national who traveled to Dallas while infected with the Ebola virus.

Pill box clinics conducted by pharmacists improve drug adherence among patients with uncontrolled hypertension.

Texas health care officials have ordered close relatives of the Dallas Ebola patient to stay home.

Researchers from Saint Louis University Medical Center will test the safety and efficacy of sofosbuvir and ribavirin in children with hepatitis C.

Evolocumab cut low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels by 60%, on average, in patients with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia

Deciding whether to pursue a PGY-1 Pharmacy Residency is a big task. Why not ask someone who's already there?

Tabalumab failed to establish efficacy compared with current standard of care therapy in 2 pivotal late-stage trials.

Although energy drinks may improve athletic performance, they may also increase the risk for insomnia and nervousness.

By generating thousands of tweets using the hashtag #Pharmacist, pharmacy organizations and pharmacists around the world have made their impact on patients and the health care industry known to the global Twitter community.

Study shows administration of high-dose vitamin D to intensive care unit patients did not significantly reduce length of hospital stay or hospital mortality.

Four children who recently died have tested positive for enterovirus D68, though it is not yet clear what role, if any, the virus played in their deaths.

Tests that may help health care professionals diagnose influenza more quickly and accurately have received support from the US Department of Health and Human Services.

Twenty-five years ago, I was an incoming freshman at the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science.

Is there such a phenomenon as corticosteroid-induced anaphylaxis?

Pharmacists and pharmacy organizations around the world are taking to Twitter to spread the word about their impact on patients, communities, and the health care industry.