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Although previous reports focused on the risks of antidepressant use in new mothers, a recent study stressed the benefits these drugs provide for women with postpartum depression.

Commonly, patients have read on the Internet that a generic medication may be anywhere from 25% more potent to 20% less potent than its brand-name equivalent.

Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea (CDAD) is an increasingly common cause of inpatient mortality, and recurrent CDAD remains clinically challenging.

Patients inaccurately diagnosed by their health care providers are more likely to receive inappropriate antibiotics that can lead to drug resistance, clinical failure, and adverse events.

To give health-system pharmacists more time to concentrate on patient-centered care, a hospital has enlisted the help of a robot named Tug to deliver medications to nursing stations.

Women with the greatest risk for osteoporosis are not being screened enough, while those at less risk are being screened too often.

The FDA is warning health care professionals about the risk for dosing errors with ceftolozane and tazobactam (Zerbaxa).

Patients with heart failure often receive clopidogrel and angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors concurrently.

The Kentucky Board of Pharmacy has passed an emergency regulation permitting the state's pharmacists to dispense the opioid overdose antidote naloxone without a prescription.

Jennifer Goldman, PharmD, CDE, BC-ADM, FCCP, professor of pharmacy practice at MCPHS University, discusses the role pharmacists can play when helping clinicians overcome barriers to initiating insulin use.

Point-of-care tests could help the local community pharmacy become a neighborhood health center.

Erin Albert, MBA, PharmD, JD, returns to the show­ with some advice for pharmacy's future leaders and recent graduates of pharmacy.

This weekly video program highlights the latest in pharmacy news, product approvals, FDA rulings, and more.

A big red nose is typically associated with clowns, but it has recently become a symbol of charity.

The only way to prevent a body count is to have 2 pharmacists on staff all day long-one for drug dispensing, and the other for tertiary care.

Health-systems leaders fear that a scaled-back 340B Federal Drug Pricing Program would hurt the very patients it was designed to benefit.

However, AMCP is disappointed that the bill stripped an earlier provision that would have addressed payment fraud in the Medicare Part D prescription drug benefit program.

The APhA designed the Patient Self-Management Credential for Diabetes to create meaningful interactions between patients and providers.

Fred Eckel, RPh, MS, Editor-in-Chief of Pharmacy Times, reflects on the pharmacist's role in antibiotic prescribing.

Justin Mathew, pharmacy student at Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, discusses what he thinks is the biggest challenge pharmacy students face.

The U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention (USP) is bringing together national medicines control laboratory officials, as part of ongoing efforts to strengthen regional cooperation for improved medicines quality in the Asia-Pacific region.

GPhA commends House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton, Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Rep. Diana DeGette, Health Subcommittee Chair Joe Pitts, and Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Gene Green for their bipartisan leadership around fostering the development of new cures.

The United States Pharmacopeial Convention responded to multiple actions regarding dietary supplements containing drugs or drug analogs.

Peter J. Rice, PharmD, PhD, BCPS, discusses how pharmacy students have changed over the years he has been teaching.

Clinical guidelines and government agencies are increasingly encouraging clinicians to consider patients' treatment preferences when chronic disease is present.

The FDA has cleared Roche's cobas Strep A test for use by health care professionals in non-traditional settings, including pharmacies and physician offices.

Antibiotic drug shortages are common and problematic for clinicians and patients.