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The AHA worked with a team of leading health authorities to develop the advisory, which highlights recommendations, algorithms, and guidance for health care professionals and researchers who specialize in heart and brain health.

It is currently debated whether or not sluggish cognitive tempo—defined as a collection of symptoms that include persistent dreaminess, fatigue, and slow working speed—is part of ADHD or separate from it.

Investigators from Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU) said that it is crucial to emphasize the importance of vaccinations, as well as the maintenance of public health measures that cut off the spread of the virus.

Doses of the influenza live, intranasal (Flumist Quadrivalent, AstraZeneca) vaccine are now available in the United States in time for the 2021-2022 influenza season.

Pharmacists can step up counseling and advocate for best practices for children with chronic illnesses.

Pharmaceutical companies continue trial for GBP510 in conjunction with GSK’s pandemic adjuvant.

Patients should be encouraged to remind their primary care provider to make sure they are on schedule and do not miss any vaccinations based on their age and conditions.

Study findings could influence how drug developers consider how opioid drugs cause tolerance and respiratory depression, and it suggests an alternative approach to developing safer analgesics.

Pharmacists carry a unique responsibility in the battle that has claimed 500,000 lives in the past 2 decades.

In addition to early screening, counseling patients on preventive interventions can reduce the risk of developing prediabetes or type 2 diabetes.

The data represent teens most likely to benefit from the vaccination and are meant to offer reassurance to parents and clinicians, even with small study numbers.

This is the first time that the intravenous (IV) formulation of brivaracetam will be available for pediatric patients and is the only IV formulation approved for partial-onset seizures and this age group in nearly 7 years.

This week on Pharmacy Times, there are a number of important topics that will be covered and posted throughout the week.

They added that side chains are linked to nitrogens in the molecular backbone, forming a structure that resists enzymes.

Symptoms of IBD include diarrhea, fatigue, abdominal pain, cramping, blood in stool, reduced appetite, and weight loss.

In an interview with Pharmacy Times®, Sachin Nagrani, MD, medical director at the home visit and telemedicine service Heal, discusses the Biden administration's announcement that booster shots will soon be available for the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, and what this would mean for patients and practitioners.

In the latest Student Cafe interview series, students from the University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy discussed the future of pharmacy after the COVID-19 pandemic.

Marketing theory is particularly useful for defining your business and your competitors.

Pharmacy Times spoke to ASHP’s Vice President of Government Relations Tom Kraus about the recent actions from ASHP urging the HHS to allow pharmacists to provide COVID-19 prophylaxis treatment.

Cities were ranked on a 50 point scale, weighing factors including therapy session rate by state, total prescription charges by state, their grade for mandatory treatment laws by state, criminalization of mental illness by state, number of residents per 1 mental health provider by county, poor mental health days by county, and overall community wellbeing.

Brad McElya, PharmD, director of specialty health solutions at Walgreens, discusses the critical role pharmacists play in providing HIV prevention drugs in communities across America.

Peter Koshland, PharmD, CEO of Koshland Pharm and a practicing pharmacist, discusses the role of the pharmacist in ketamine therapy.

Pharmacists can help patients with allergies acquire the right oral antihistamines or decongestants, steroid or decongestant nasal sprays, and/or eye drops based on symptoms.

In the latest Student Cafe interview series, students from the University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy discussed the future of pharmacy after the COVID-19 pandemic.

At 30 days following the third dose in the series, the pneumococcal 15-valent conjugate vaccine was non-inferior to the 13-valent vaccine for all 13 shared serotypes.

Recent research has linked gut microbiota and cardiovascular disease with reported differences in gut microbial compositions among individuals with and without cardiovascular disease.

After chickenpox, the virus stays inactive in nerve tissue near the spinal cord.

Technicians play a key role in this vital element of pharmacy operations, protecting drug efficacy and against errors.