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In a friend-of-the-court brief filed today with the U.S. Supreme Court in the case of King v. Burwell, leading groups fighting chronic disease provide scientific evidence of the grave consequences if millions of people nationwide were to lose the tax credits provided under the Affordable Care Act that provide the financial assistance they need to afford health coverage.

Sanofi and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals recently announced that the FDA has accepted for priority review a Biologics License Application for their investigational drug, alirocumab, which is indicated for patients with hypercholesterolemia.

This first episode of a series on pharmacogenomics features an interview with Shawn Desai, PhD, JD, a chemist and member of the Georgia Bar Association.

A needle-fearing Rite Aid pharmacist who had been fired for refusing to attend mandatory immunization training will receive $2.6 million for his troubles.

A Texas pharmacist noted something fishy about a patient's prescription and called the police, who later arrested the customer after confirming he had photocopied his prescription.

Girls' overall achievement in school outperforms boys' in 70% of the countries that a group of researchers examined for a new study published in Intelligence.

Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease who consume beetroot juice have less trouble exercising.

The FDA has approved Rockwell Medical's Triferic, an iron compound delivered during dialysis, as an iron replacement product to maintain hemoglobin in adult patients with hemodialysis-dependent chronic kidney disease.

While extended-release opioid analgesics are an essential component of pain management, abuse and misuse of these medications can cause substantial morbidity and mortality.

Medication Compliance Tracking Technology

Emphasizing the importance of promoting policies that improve patient outcomes and lead to healthier, safer communities, the National Association of Chain Drug Stores submitted a statement to the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health in lead-up to today's hearing titled "Examining Public Health Legislation to Help Patients and Local Communities."

mscripts and Avella Specialty Pharmacy have recently completed analyzing data demonstrating the effectiveness of mobile pharmacy apps in helping HIV patients better manage their disease through improved medication adherence. Results from this analysis show that HIV patients using a mobile app which provides refill reminders, dosage reminders and other prescription management functionality are 2.9 times more likely to be adherent.

A community pharmacy can collaborate with a local hospital to provide quality medication education and adherence coaching.

Avocados may help reduce low-density lipoprotein cholesterol.

The American Pharmacists Association Academy of Pharmacy Practice and Management and Academy of Pharmaceutical Research and Science announced the following election slate for the 2015 APhA Elections:

The American Pharmacists Association today announced the slate of candidates for its Board of Trustees, President-elect and Honorary President. The elections for these positions will be held March 27-May 25, 2015. Association members will have the opportunity to meet the candidates at the APhA Annual Meeting and Exposition in San Diego, March 27-30, 2015.

Vitamin D can stimulate the immune system to protect against a specific type of colorectal cancer.

"The Generic Pharmaceutical Association (GPhA) is deeply disappointed in today's 21st Century Cures discussion draft. While we appreciate that it is a draft, in its current form, the bill would upset the important balance between creating competition and encouraging innovation in the pharmaceutical marketplace, putting savings at risk and limiting access to affordable medicines for millions of American patients.

Students and faculty at a pharmacy school have helped push a new bill into law that will allow pharmacists and pharmacy interns in Ohio to provide certain immunizations to more patients.

Insomniacs who take longer than 14 minutes to fall asleep face a greater risk of hypertension.

New research in the American Heart Association's journal Circulation shows that long-term exposure to elevated cholesterol substantially increases lifetime risk for heart disease. For every ten years you have even mildly elevated cholesterol between the ages of 35 and 55, your risk of heart disease may be increased by nearly 40 percent.

The FDA today approved Ivax Pharmaceuticals' esomeprazole magnesium delayed-release capsules, the first generic version of AstraZeneca's proton pump inhibitor Nexium, for the treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease in patients aged >1 year.

The approximately 4% of American adults with bipolar disorder face a litany of challenges, from unpredictable recurrences of hypomanic/manic or depressive episode to poor impulse control.

Think, communicate, lead, implement, and advocate. These are the 5 core tenets that Fairleigh Dickinson University School of Pharmacy emphasizes for its pharmacy students.

Starting the New Year can be both exciting and depressing. It's easy to feel like a failure on January 2 after falling short on a resolution you had set for yourself just 24 hours prior.

Kentucky pharmacist Larry Fortenberry had always imagined what he would do in a robbery situation, and he believed that passive, obedient behavior would be the safest bet.

The FDA today approved perindopril arginine and amlodipine tablets for the treatment of hypertension.

The single tablet regimen is being evaluated in phase 3 clinical studies for the treatment of all 6 genotypes of hepatitis C.

Use of anticoagulants in atrial fibrillation patients remains unacceptably low, with some estimates showing that only half of patients receive anticoagulants as indicated by current treatment guidelines.

Do you whistle while you work? That's exactly what Kmart pharmacist Eldon Wilson of Hutchinson, Kansas, does every day.