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Sherilyn Driscoll, MD, a pediatrics physiatrist at the Mayo Clinic, discusses how treatment of chronic pain in children has changed.

Health care workers who were required to get a flu vaccine took far fewer sick days for flu-related symptoms than did health care workers who were not required to get vaccinated, a new study finds.

In a keynote address at the NCPA annual convention, Bill Clinton praised pharmacists for their practical approach to serving patients and argued that health care reform will help curb costs and improve care.

A new study finds that, since 2000, approximately 6 in 10 adults with sore throat have been prescribed antibiotics, in most cases unnecessarily.

Those who received the flu vaccine were 59% less likely to be hospitalized for pneumonia, a new study finds.

The Illinois pharmacy chain has attained success as a result of good planning and successful marketing strategies.

If you attend an international pharmacy meeting, you will most likely find that pharmacists from all over the world share similar professional concerns.

Those who think there is an easy solution for preventing the misuse of antipsychotic drugs in nursing homes probably haven't been working closely with patients and families dealing with dementia.

A new study finds that decreased rates of infection with serotypes of pneumococcal disease the PCV7 vaccine protects against outweigh increased rates of infection with serotypes it does not protect against.

The hospitalization rate for the most serious cardiovascular infection declined despite a recommendation from the American Heart Association to limit use of preventive antibiotics.

Three years after undergoing bariatric surgery, average daily morphine equivalents for chronic opioid users increased by 18% compared with intake a year before the surgery.

The American Hospital Association recognized the program, in which pharmacists work alongside hospital staff, for reducing readmissions through improved medication adherence.

Patients with diabetes can take measures to prevent or control neuropathy.

Areas with a high rate of nonmedical vaccine exemption were significantly more likely to overlap with clusters of pertussis cases during a 2010 outbreak in California, according to the results of a new study.

Compared with morning dosing, taking once-daily antihypertensives at bedtime led to improved nighttime blood pressure measurements without increasing daytime measurements.

Pharmacists working along with other health care providers can help improve outcomes for heart failure patients, according to the results of a pair of studies presented at the Heart Failure Society of America meeting.