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Stephen F. Eckel, PharmD, MHA, BCPS, FASHP, editor-in-chief of Pharmacy Times Health-System Edition, talks what he's looking forward to for the 2015 ASHP Midyear meeting.

While aspects of the U.S. economy have improved, money continues to be a top cause of stress for Americans, according to the new Stress in Americaâ„¢: Paying With Our Health survey released today by the American Psychological Association.

The roles that community pharmacists play in human immunodeficiency virus prevention, testing and care are explored in several research and experience articles in the Journal of the American Pharmacists Association. The four articles discuss community pharmacists' roles and pharmacists' perceptions of their patient care services among people living with HIV.

Even though most patients and their caregivers want to know about sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP), if and when health care professionals should provide related information remains up in the air.

A recent study suggests that co-administering the muscle relaxant, baclofen, with the proton pump inhibitor (PPI), omeprazole, may be more effective than PPI monotherapy in reducing heartburn and regurgitation in patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD).

Shire recently announced that the FDA has granted Fast Track designation to its investigational treatment for neurocognitive decline associated with Hunter syndrome (MPS II).

The pill bottle may be in for some drastic changes in the near future, due in part to technological advances.

Essential oils are being used to treat everything from nausea and vomiting, to infections, to cancer.

What has me the most excited about Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf's time in office is his willingness to sign a medical cannabis bill into law, as well as greatly expanding on what was previously proposed.

A Hawaii man who allegedly threatened to blow up a pharmacy last fall has been found fit to proceed in his court case, according to West Hawaii Today.

Hospira, Inc, of Lake Forest, IL, has announced a voluntary nationwide recall of one lot of 0.9% Sodium Chloride Injection, USP, 250 mL (NDC 0409-7983-02, expiration August 1) due to the presence of particulate matter.

President Obama's 2016 budget includes nearly doubling the amount of federal funding for efforts aimed at combating and preventing antibiotic resistance.

NABP has issued a report underscoring the need for the .Pharmacy Top-Level Domain Program as a public health initiative to help consumers distinguish legitimate online pharmacies from rogue online drug sellers.

More than a third of reproductive-aged women enrolled in Medicaid, and more than a quarter of those with private insurance, filled a prescription for an opioid pain medication each year during 2008-2012, suggesting that many women may unknowingly expose their unborn children to these medicines.

The Corrective Action Plan that federal Medicare officials have requested of Aetna is an important first step and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services should go one further by issuing new guidance to all Medicare Part D prescription drug plan sponsors to prevent a 2016 repeat of the Aetna problems experienced in early 2015.

As the role of the pharmacist continues to expand to meet the health care needs of patients nationwide, Parata Systems and Pharmacy Times are gearing up for the sixth annual program recognizing outstanding pharmacists, technicians, student pharmacists and industry advocates. The NextGeneration Pharmacistâ„¢, the industry's leading national awards program, begins accepting nominations today for these prestigious awards.

When considering methods for treating mental illness via mobile devices, texting may be preferable over the use of apps, according to Clemson University researchers.

The FDA today granted accelerated approval to a drug that treats breast cancer in postmenopausal women by attacking molecules that promote cancer cell growth.

Amgen and its subsidiary, Onyx Pharmaceuticals, have submitted a supplemental New Drug Application (sNDA) to the FDA for their proteasome inhibitor, carfilzomib (Kyprolis), in the hopes of expanding the drug's indication to include patients with relapsed multiple myeloma who have received at least 1 prior therapy.

Today, nearly 80% of children diagnosed with cancer survive, which is defined as living cancer-free for at least 5 years after diagnosis. However, the long-term complications of physical inactivity, chronic inflammation, nutritional challenges, and exposure to corticosteroids, antineoplastic agents, and radiation can persist.

The Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP) is pleased that President Obama has included $5 million in his proposed fiscal year 2016 budget to help create electronic standards that will allow providers to send secure patient data between different information technology (IT) systems.

Maintaing drug inventory while providing appropriate patient care remains a daily challenge for pharmacists in light of national drug shortages.

Latosha Zugelder, pharmacy student at the University of Oklahoma, discusses the importance of business in pharmacy.

Despite efforts to fortify table salt with iodine, a new study posits that pregnant women are still seeing significant iodine deficiencies that can negatively impact their unborn children's brains.

A former New Jersey pharmacist will be heading to prison after "attempting to weaponize" ricin and abrin and possessing equipment for making illegal narcotics.

More than 6000 HIV cases in the United States annually can be traced to Craigslist's personals ad sections.

One in three people say they would risk living a shorter life instead of taking a daily pill to prevent cardiovascular disease, according to new research inCirculation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes.

The University at Buffalo School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences offers the best of both worlds for students looking to be a big fish in a small pond, and vice versa.

The 6th annual Next-Generation PharmacistTM awards program, presented by Pharmacy Times in collaboration with Parata Systems, is now open for nominations.