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April 26th 2025
New research confirms hydroxyurea's long-term effectiveness in reducing hospital visits for children with sickle cell anemia, supporting its use as standard treatment.
Study: Brain Chemistry is Sensitive to Fitness, Body Composition
June 3rd 2020The study contributes to a growing body of research suggesting that fitness has beneficial effects for brain health, applying magnetic resonance spectroscopy to detect and measure brain metabolites, focusing specifically on N-acetyl aspartic acid (NAA).
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Optimizing Care Model Bolsters Evidence for Technician Involvement in Delivery of Pharmacy Services
June 3rd 2020Technicians and pharmacists both agreed that the Optimizing Care Model allowed the pharmacy to implement entirely new services and expand the number of patients who were receiving existing services.
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PQS COVID-19 Insights Report Uncovers Comfort Levels of Testing, Treatment at Pharmacy Settings
June 2nd 2020Consumers report a very high level of comfort with COVID-19 testing at community pharmacies and was similar to the level of comfort respondents reported among hospitals and urgent care facilities.
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Fast Track Designation Granted to Drug for KRAS-Mutated Metastatic Colorectal Cancer
May 28th 2020FDA has granted Fast Track designation to Cardiff Oncology’s onvansertib, an oral and highly-selective Polo-like Kinase 1 (PLK1) inhibitor, for the second-line treatment of patients with KRAS-mutated metastatic colorectal cancer.
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5 Pearls from the 2020 States Forum on Pharmacist Birth Control Services
May 28th 2020The second annual States Forum on Pharmacist Birth Control Services recently was held by the Birth Control Pharmacist project in partnership with the National Alliance of State Pharmacy Associations (NASPA).
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Lasmiditan For the Acute Treatment of Migraine: An Opportunity For Pharmacists
Despite triptan availability as a migraine-specific rescue, the global burden of migraine morbidity remains high.
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