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The FDA announced that the last 2 asthma inhalers containing chlorofluorocarbon propellants will be phased out by the end of 2013 to comply with a treaty designed to protect the ozone layer.

Pharmacists need to help ensure that medications are not purchased from providers with lax standards of quality.

Joe Moose, PharmD, discusses what it means to shift from a volume-driven business to a value-driven business.

Patients need to achieve high levels of adherence to all the medications they are prescribed after a heart attack in order to reduce their risk of subsequent adverse cardiovascular events, a new study finds.

A study of influenza-related pediatric deaths from 2004 through 2012 finds that almost half of children who died had no known high-risk medical complications.

Pharmacy Times Health-System Edition Editor Stephen F. Eckel, PharmD, MHA, describes his most rewarding experiences working with pharmacy students.

Performance of statin therapy in reducing the death rate of pneumonia patients in intensive care units was so poor that a study was stopped for futility.

Stephan Foster, PharmD, FAPha, discusses the history of preventive medicine in the the pharmacy.

Interim results from Project IMPACT: Diabetes, an APhA Foundation program, suggest that pharmacists working as part of a multidisciplinary team helped improve a range of outcomes for diabetes patients.

Those concerned about different types of cancer should band together to support research into prevention, detection, and cure-and to counter the exorbitant expense of treatment.

Robert Granko, PharmD, MBA, discusses the move to use business intelligence and data analytics in health systems to better understand what is driving cost increases.

In an attempt to stem the abuse of hydrocodone combination products, the agency will recommend that they be reclassified as Schedule II drugs from their current status as Schedule III drugs.

A range of trials has failed to resolve whether calcium supplementation significantly decreases the risk of fracture or increases the risk of cardiovascular events.

Pharmacy Times Health-System Edition Editor Stephen F. Eckel offers advice to pharmacy students who are considering a career in health-system pharmacy.

Asthmatic children whose caregivers have limited English proficiency are significantly less likely to have and use an asthma action plan, a new study finds.

A meta-analysis of previous studies suggests that getting vaccinated against the flu reduces one's risk of adverse cardiovascular events, with the greatest benefit in those with a recent acute coronary syndrome.

David G. Miller, RPh, discusses the roles of the FDA and state boards of pharmacy in regulating compounding pharmacies.

Although pharmacies need to make money, it is important to remember that their purpose is to serve patients.

A patient who thought chronic pain meant she would never work again or have a normal family life found relief at the Nebraska Medical Center.

David G. Miller, RPh, discusses whether and how regulation of compounding pharmacies needs to change.

A Walgreens Infusion Services study found that 96% of pharmacist interventions were accepted by physicians, 92% of these improved outcomes, and interventions resulted in an average of $1623 in cost avoidance per patient.

A patient with unyielding pain for a decade learns how to manage her pain at the Mayo Clinic's Pain Rehabilitation Center.