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The FDA has issued a rule that will grant millions of Americans access to OTC hearing aids in pharmacies or online without a prescription or medical exam required.

Pharmacies can play a key role in supporting patients with opioid use disorder and helping diminish stigma for patients treated with methadone, who are told by some they are still addicts despite trying to receive help.

Insurer and pharmacy benefit manager policies used to cut the cost of drugs could be so time consuming that they could put newly diagnosed atrial fibrillation patients at risk of stroke.

A potential public health benefit of 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine is the reduction of acute chest syndrome among children with sickle-cell disease.

Investigators aimed to determine how individuals with and without concomitant NSP differ in characteristics and in their perception of treatment responses to analgesics.

The Preventing Addiction Related Suicide module was found to better improve suicide knowledge, increase help-seeking behaviors, and reduce maladaptive attitudes compared with usual care for patients with substance use disorders.

Guidelines provide information on the management and treatment of this common skin condition.

Febuxostat) Uloric is a xanthine oxidase inhibitor indicated for the chronic management of hyperuricemia in patients with gout.

ClearoGout aids in the prevention of gout attacks.

Experts predict a bad flu season in the US in 2022, noting children and pregnant women in their third trimester are recommended to be the first in line for flu vaccination.

Campho-Phenique is an antiseptic liquid indicated for the treatment of insect bites, minor skin irritations, and minor burns.

Treatment with biologic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs associated with a higher overall risk, incidence, and recurrence of herpes zoster for patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

New research links some beta-blockers and antiplatelet medications with a higher risk of experiencing a heart attack in hot weather.

Children may have suboptimal long-term brain development if their mother smokes tobacco consistently during pregnancy.

ZuPOO is indicated for gut support, and specifically for colon and gut cleansing.

Meropenem and vaborbactam is indicated for the treatment of complicated urinary tract infections for patients aged 18 years and older.

Baloxavir marboxil is the first and only single-dose oral medicine to treat influenza in children, a population who play a significant role as transmitters of influenza in the country.

Organizational determinants can play an important role in whether or not MTM programs are successful.

Health care providers’ recommendations will make a difference, results of a new poll from the University of Michigan show.

Researchers studying the gut microbiome found that fiber supplements of any kind could improve gut health.

The Prescription Information Modernization Act seeks to modernize health care with up-to-date digital prescribing information to pharmacists.

A daily serving of meat can increase the risk of cardiovascular disease by 22% and our own gut microbes may contribute to this risk.

Lebrikizumab is a novel monoclonal antibody that binds with high affinity to the IL-13 protein to prevent the interaction between IL-13Rα1 and IL-4Rα, which blocks downstream signal activation along the IL-13 pathway.

A recent study suggests that homologous and heterologous vaccines protect against the Omicron variant of COVID-19, but the heterologous appears more durable.

Tuberculosis affects millions of people worldwide, but the only known vaccine may only protect children who are 5 years of age or younger.

Approximately 6000 participants aged 5 years and older at 50 sites in different countries are set to received 3 doses of VLA 15 µg or the saline placebo, followed by a booster.

Organizational culture is determined by how the organizational leadership responds to a crisis, how they adapt to new demands and how they correct an employee when mistakes happen.

Study will analyze whether cognitive behavioral therapy telehealth can lower headache days and disability as effectively as cognitive behavioral therapy plus a preventive medication for migraine.

Mucinex DM is an expectorant and cough suppressant.

Meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials adds to growing evidence around certain antihypertensive drug classes showing promise for primary or secondary prevention of diabetes.