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A study found that sending a letter to providers about standards of care and glucagon preparations could increase glucagon prescription rates.

Quality Improvement Initiatives Could Help Increase Glucagon Prescribing

Researchers explored ideas of simplifying the vaccination process to yield higher rates of adult immunization, similar to that of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Simplifying Vaccine Access Translates to Better Uptake

Researchers aimed to identify the barriers impeding HPV vaccine uptake since 2019 among US mid-adults aged 27 to 45.

Cultural, Health System Barriers Impact HPV Vaccination Rates

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Jennifer Goldman, PharmD, CDCES, BC-ADM, discusses how putting glucagon kits in public areas and long-term care facilities can help patients with diabetes.

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The Impact of Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians in Recognizing and Responding to Human Trafficking (Pharmacist Credit)

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Ensuring Pharmacy Technicians’ Proficiency in Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies

Check out this list of our top 5 most read women’s health stories from the year 2024.

Women’s Health: Most Read Stories From 2024

The patient’s symptoms gradually resolved after discontinuing fezolinetant therapy. 

FDA Updates Veozah Label With Boxed Warning for Rare But Serious Liver Injury 

Women with prepregnancy overweight or obesity may be more likely to experience postpartum depression. 

Postpartum Depression Rates Increase With Higher BMI

Despite an interest in services, a majority of women do not have these critical conversations with their health care providers. 

Reproductive Health Counseling and Education Crucial for Women With Rheumatic Disease | ACR Convergence

Systemic lupus erythematosus is associated with a higher risk of cervical dysplasia due to the inflammatory nature of the disease.

Cervical Cancer Screening, HPV Vaccination Lacking In SLE | ACR Convergence

A conversation with Julia L. Ziegengeist, PharmD, BCOP, clinical pharmacist coordinator of breast medical oncology for the Levine Cancer Institute at Atrium Health.

Promising Therapies, Treatment Strategies for HR+ Breast Cancer | ASHP Midyear

In the United States, there were 310720 estimated new cases of breast cancer in 2024 and 42250 estimated deaths.

Approximately 13.1 percent of women will be diagnosed with breast cancer at some point during their lifetime and nearly 4 million women are currently living with the disease in the US. Although the death rate of breast cancer has continually gone down, the rate of new cases has been slowly increasing.

At the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists 2024 Midyear Clinical Meeting and Exhibition, held December 8 to 12 in New Orleans, Louisiana, Drug Topics sat down with Julia L. Ziegengeist, PharmD, BCOP, clinical pharmacist coordinator of breast medical oncology for the Levine Cancer Institute at Atrium Health, to discuss what emerging therapies or treatment strategies show promise for HR+ breast cancer.

“Things that could be practice changing, certainly the addition of our oral targeted agent for the adjuvant setting,” Ziegengeist said. “Also, maybe incorporating some things in the future related to ctDNA monitoring. For example, if a patient has a mutation that pops up, we can change their treatment earlier on to try to prevent that radiographic progression. Also monitoring for treatment response and progression as well as we move into treatment.”

2024 ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting and Exhibition here

1. Cancer Stat Facts: Female Breast Cancer. Report. NIH. Accessed December 13, 2024. 

https://seer.cancer.gov/statfacts/html/breast.html

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A conversation with Kathleen Vest, PharmD, BCACP, CDCES, FCCP, professor of Pharmacy Practice at Drake University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences.

Tips Pharmacists Can Use to Help Women Experiencing Depression

In 2023, rates of depression reached an all-time high in the United States. According to a poll from Gallup, 29% adults in the country reported having ever been diagnosed with depression—almost 10 percentage points higher than 2015.

 Depression is also more prevalent in women compared to men, with women being twice as likely to have the condition.

At the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists 2024 Midyear Clinical Meeting and Exhibition, held December 8 to 12 in New Orleans, Louisiana, Drug Topics sat down with Kathleen Vest, PharmD, BCACP, CDCES, FCCP, professor of Pharmacy Practice at Drake University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, to discuss symptoms of adverse effects associated with antidepressant therapies that pharmacists should be aware of and the most important things a pharmacist can do to help women who may be experiencing depression.

“Often, some depression symptoms can be overlooked,” Vest said. “Sometimes things like fatigue and general pains could be indicative of depression but they may be overlooked because they may look like other conditions…Looking for those types of symptoms and assessing how [a patient] is doing on their medications, assessing for adherence and really providing that education needed with managing these antidepressants [are important things pharmacists can do].”

1. Witters D. U.S. Depression Rates Reach New Highs. News Report. Gallup. May 17, 2023. Accessed December 11, 2024. 

https://news.gallup.com/poll/505745/depression-rates-reach-new-highs.aspx

2. Depression in women: Understanding the gender gap. Report. Mayo Clinic. January 29, 2019. Accessed December 11, 2024. 

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/depression/in-depth/depression/art-20047725

Tips Pharmacists Can Use to Help Women Experiencing Depression | ASHP Midyear

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