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The twists and turns along the way to buying a home can be dizzying, but working with a good real estate agent can be extremely helpful.

A new analysis explores the characteristics of patients with permanent versus non-permanent atrial fibrillation, as well as those whose condition is controlled versus uncontrolled.

Jonathan G. Marquess, PharmD, CDE, explains that employers can save a great deal on health care costs by helping their employees with diabetes effectively manage their condition.

Perceptions of the risk of contracting a sexually transmitted disease after receiving the first dose of the HPV vaccine were not associated with rates of risky sexual activity among adolescent girls, a study finds.

Following the urging of many health care and public health organizations, CVS Caremark will become the first national pharmacy chain to stop selling cigarettes and tobacco products.

Clinicians whose offices displayed a letter in which they committed to prescribing antibiotics appropriately reduced their rate of inappropriate prescribing, a study finds.

An expert debate on whether hydrocodone combination products should be made Schedule II drugs, as the FDA has recommended.

Nominations for the fifth annual Next-Generation Pharmacist awards, co-founded by Pharmacy Times and Parata Systems, are now being accepted.

A proposal by the Veterans Health Administration to allow nurses with advanced training to practice medicine without physician supervision could be a model for future expansion of the role of pharmacists in patient care.

Jeff Fudin, PharmD, FCCP, argues that the way to make hydrocodone combination products safer for patients is to provide more education for those who prescribe the medications and pharmacists who dispense them.

Mary Lynn McPherson, PharmD, explains why hydrocodone combination products should no longer be categorized as Schedule III drugs.

Post-myocardial infarction patients who had each of their preventive medications on hand at least 80% of the time had significantly lower rates of major vascular events or revascularization than controls.

A new study provides evidence that diabetes patients should receive the influenza vaccine, though its results are not as strong as those produced by previous studies.

Jeff Fudin, PharmD, FCCP, argues that categorizing hydrocodone combination products as Schedule II could lead to increased prescription of codeine, a much "sloppier" drug that could create problems for patients.

A study finds that children who develop hyponatremia after surgery for intracranial tumors are at heightened risk for a range of negative outcomes.

Mary Lynn McPherson, PharmD, argues that rescheduling hydrocodone combination products will lead to more responsible prescribing of the drugs and monitoring of their use.

Medication use improved in COPD and asthma patients whose community pharmacists intervened to address a range of potential problems.