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Findings suggest that psychometric tests used for The Respiratory Infection Intensity and Impact Questionnaire provide reliable, construct validity, and responsive evidence to detect onset symptoms of RSV.

As one of the most trusted health care professionals, pharmacists play a vital role in debunking medication myths by providing patients with accurate information to make positive decisions regarding their health.

Yet, physicians and advanced practice practitioners may have a limited understanding of the scope of an ambulatory pharmacy clinic and the value a clinical pharmacist can provide.

The impact of pharmacist on reducing medication expenses cannot be overstated as they leverage their medication management expertise within hospital settings through collaboration with the 340B program.

Investigators call for further public awareness of other breast cancer risk factors, besides dense breasts, which could help identify more women who are at high risk.

Investigators found that the first biosimilar of trastuzumab, trastuzumab-anns (Kanjinti; Amgen), did maintain a strong and persistent advantage over the other 4 biosimilar entrants.

As the battle over abortion rages, mifepristone has become the new center of the legal fight between anti-abortion advocates and the FDA.

Investigators identified potential ways to inhibit the HpdBCA decarboxylase, which can reduce the production of p-cresol and make CDI more susceptible to bacteria in the gut microbiome.

The growing volume of drugs sold through illegal online pharmacies are estimated to generate 10 times higher adverse event rates than drugs sold through legal pharmacies.

The microRNA member miR-204-5p inhibits apoptosis in melanoma cells treated with dacarbazine or when overexpressed.

Race, ethnicity, years after diagnosis and mental and physical stress are among factors associated with unmet supportive care needs and a higher risk of hospitalization among patients with cancer.

Increases in biological aging based on epigenetic measures could be used to inform the future of survivorship care among patients with breast cancer.

Memory killer cells have been shown to respond to immunotherapy, which is normally administered as a complement to other cancer treatments.

Notably, donor hearts from those who underwent circulatory death were able to be preserved and analyzed in situ.

Liam Volk, MPharm, discussed the recent end of the FDA’s ban on gay and bisexual men donating blood, saying it’s a good step, although more must be done.

Patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction who are uninsured were not found to be transferred between facilities at a higher rate than insured patients, and the amount of transfers were instead based more on the capability of a facility to provide percutaneous coronary intervention in a timely fashion.

Body mass index fails to account for differences in race, ethnicity, age, sex, and other factors, and has a history of use for racist exclusion.

Several workplace risk factors, including safety concerns going unaddressed, predicted suicidal thoughts.

Model produces information that can lead to individual providers identifying women who may need more targeted and more frequent HIV testing or be good candidates for preexposure prophylaxis.

Approximately every 2.2 minutes, a new diagnosis of lung cancer is registered.

As part of the approval condition, the FDA is requiring Sarepta Therapeutics to complete a clinical study to confirm the drug’s benefit in motor and physical functions.

The approval was based on data from 2 studies of blinatumomab in adults and pediatric patients with CD19-positive B-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

Treatment with lisocabtagene maraleucel led to strong and durable response rates with little serious adverse effects in patients with relapsed or refractory follicular lymphoma and mantle cell lymphoma.

Six-month preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) dispensing supported by HIV self-testing resulted in PrEP adherence after 12 months and less visits to clinical sites.

CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommends the use of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine, adjuvanted (Arexvy) for adults 60 years of age and older based on findings from the first season of the pivotal AReSVi-006 (Adult Respiratory Syncytial Virus) phase III trial.

Extended use of an N95 mask in daily life can cause various cardiopulmonary stresses, such as reduced respiration, elevated heart rate and blood pressure, and increased energy expenditure.

The Act4Biosimilars Action Plan highlights major challengers in preventing access to biosimilars and actionable steps to accelerate the adoption by overcoming these challenges.

Among health care professionals, pharmacists are best suited to serve as trusted partners for patients to help ensure they understand their medication regimen, identify medication-related problems, and work with prescribers to close gaps in care.

Antibiotics that were found to be most commonly associated with clostridium difficile infection are piperacillin/tazobactam, meropenem, vancomycin, ciprofloxacin, ceftriaxone, and levofloxacin, according to a recent study.

Clinical trial results showed that the combination significantly improved radiographic progression-free survival compared with enzalutamide monotherapy for homologous recombination repair gene–mutated metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer.