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Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) is asking for answers to questions raised in a newly published report.

"Because of poor medication adherence, the rampant prescription drug abuse problem, and the worsening primary care shortage, pharmacists are ideally situated,” says B. Douglas Hoey, RPh, MBA, CEO of the National Community Pharmacists Association.

Friends, co-workers, and Auntie Alice are definitely not the folks to give you the best advice about drugs. And sometimes, neither is APhA.

Through thick and through thin, you're gonna go through it together.

All patients’ needs are not equal. The trick is finding the ones who need your services the most.

Overweight diabetes patients often look for answers in their drugstores' weight-loss aisles, where so-called natural products are available OTC. Not all these products are safe, and many patients don't realize it.

With its interpretation, HHS effectively eliminated approximately $1.50 per reminder in payments made to pharmacies by drug manufacturers.

A resourceful community pharmacist and his PG intern take stock of their patients' knowledge and come up with some dismaying data.

Drug-disposal options in the United States are still evolving, and patients often do not know proper procedures. As the most accessible of healthcare professionals, pharmacists have a responsibility to promote best practices.

The new dean of the College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences at Texas Southern University called "visionary leader."

The AMA raised a ruckus over "drug store intrusion into medical practice." Turns out, lots of folks may have missed the point.

When pharmacist step up communications with patients and other healthcare providers, they see improved medication adherence, better patient outcomes, and reduced healthcare costs.

Patients randomized to acyclovir MBT experienced less time from prodromal symptoms to healing; more patients had abortive episodes that did not progress to vesicular lesions; and duration of abortive episodes was briefer.

ORBIT-AF study results indicate that the benefit of adding aspirin therapy to oral anticoagulation for atrial fibrillation patients is unclear.

Getting active in pharmacy causes brings plenty of reward - for your business, your community, and your profession. Here are some tips from some successful campaigners who are in it for the long haul.

New Rx, indications, generics, OTC, and devices.

New research points the way to safer drug combinations.

Walgreens and GoHealth Marketplace are providing online and in-store resources for Americans needing assistance making choices for a health insurance plan under the Affordable Care Act.

The level of customer satisfaction with mail-order pharmacies continues to decline well below that of brick-and-mortar pharmacies, according to a study by J.D. Power and Associates.

A new poll sent to independent compounding pharmacies by the Professional Compounding Centers of America (PCCA) found that approximately 40% of pharmacies surveyed would close their businesses under the requirements of Senate Bill 959, The Pharmaceutical Quality, Security, and Accountability Act.

WellTransitions program helps improve health outcomes and lower hospital rates of hospital readmission through inpatient counseling and medication reconciliation provided by Walgreens pharmacists.

Varenicline may be a helpful smoking-cessation aid to stable depressed patients already receiving antidepressants or anti-anxiety medications, and its use does not appear to worsen moods, thoughts, or emotional states.

The Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion under the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is calling for public review and comments on its draft plan to reduce adverse drug events that are preventable. The deadline is Friday, Oct. 4 to email feedback to ADE@hhs.gov.

Walgreens has joined a growing list of companies that will soon provide subsidies to employees who, in turn, will select their health insurance coverage through a private exchange.

A coalition that includes pharmacy-advocacy groups has endorsed legislation it says will bring fairness and integrity to the Medicare Part D pharmacy program.

Study author says blood-pressure control program's remarkable success keeps growing - and can be replicated.

Pharmacists take heat every day from belligerent patients and bullying managers - because they allow it. Here are three words: Corporate Compliance Officer.

While FDA has done little to combat tobacco use, manufacturers are targeting young African Americans with saturation advertising, using menthol cigarettes as bait.

When frightened girls come back from emergency trips to Mexico and ask you how to use an off-label drug as an "abortion pill," what are you going to tell them?

With the flu season right around the corner, pharmacies should engage payers as early in the year as possible to ensure adequate time to finalize contracting, fully test their billing capabilities, and stock inventory before the official start of the vaccine season.