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Nadia Awad, PharmD, BCPS, clinical assistant professor at Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, suggests ways pharmacy educators can talk about social media pitfalls with their students.

Katerina Hatzis, pharmacy student at Fairleigh Dickinson University, talks about how she got interested in pharmacy school.

Although clinicians have explored resistance and cognitive training as methods for preventing age-related declines in muscle mass and immune function, research among patients aged 70 years and older has been sparse.

Fairleigh Dickinson University student Katerina Hatzis talks about how students can impact the future of pharmacy.

Despite hospitals' improved infection controls, 1 out of every 25 patients contracts at least 1 infection during his or her stay.

The American Academy of Neurology has named neurologist Javier Cárdenas, MD of Phoenix, Arizona as the AAN Palatucci Advocacy Leadership Forum Advocate of the Year. Cárdenas received his award at the Palatucci Advocacy Leadership Forum this week, for his exceptional work in creating Barrow Brainbook, the nation's first mandated concussion education and test for student athletes in Arizona.

A new study on the effects of cancer patients' financial burdens suggests that pharmacists can play a role in easing or preventing some of their stress.

Julie Kalabalik, PharmD, assistant professor of pharmacy practice at Fairleigh Dickinson University, talks about what achieving provider status would mean for pharmacy students and for pharmacy in general.

Sara Bender, student at Fairleigh Dickinson University, discusses who influenced her the most at pharmacy school.

Lindsay Bebout, one of the winners of the 2014 Good Neighbor Pharmacy NCPA Pruitt-Schutte Student Business Plan Competition, recounts some lessons she gleaned from learning how to create a business plan.

Sara Bender, pharmacy student at Fairleigh Dickinson University, shares her most memorable moment at pharmacy school.

Lindsay Bebout, student at University of Oklahoma Tulsa College of Pharmacy, discusses what the most important issue facing pharmacy is right now.

Sara Bender, pharmacy student at Fairleigh Dickinson University, explains why she got interested in pharmacy school.

A father and his son demonstrated that the apple doesn't fall from the tree when the 2 pharmacists were sentenced to prison on drug charges.

Preliminary results of an ongoing post-marketing study examining Janssen Pharmaceuticals' rivaroxaban (Xarelto) in patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF) indicate that the anti-clotting drug's safety in real-world settings is consistent with the findings of previous phase 3 clinical trials.

Sara Bender, pharmacy student at Fairleigh Dickinson University, discusses the most important issue facing pharmacists and what student pharmacists can do to help the situation.

This season's influenza vaccine only reduces a recipient's risk of flu-related medical visits by 23%.

Lindsay Bebout, one of the winners of the 2014 Good Neighbor Pharmacy NCPA Pruitt-Schutte Student Business Plan Competition, gives advice to pharmacy students interested in business.

The Supreme Court of Texas recently heard arguments in an appeal from a state appellate court decision that sided with a woman who sued a pharmacy and its pharmacists after she became blind due to a compounded drug.

The extent and severity of inflammatory gum disease is closely related to heart attack severity.

The Generic Pharmaceutical Association and its members congratulate Kathleen "Cook" Uhl, M.D. on her selection as permanent director of the Office of Generic Drugs.

The introduction of sodium glucose transporter 2 inhibitors has marked a turning point in the management of patients with both type 1 and type 2 diabetes.

Julie Kalabalik, PharmD, assistant professor of pharmacy practice at Fairleigh Dickinson University, talks about how pharmacy students can stand out.

The Kroger Co.'s Board of Directors today declared a quarterly dividend of 18.5¢ per share to be paid on March 1, 2015, to shareholders of record as of the close of business on February 16, 2015.

A Fortune 1000 company and a family foundation have announced major pledges for a pharmacy school at William Carey University, which will make it the second university in Mississippi to have a pharmacy school.

A California drug manufacturer must recall and destroy all of its dietary supplements after a federal court determined that it failed to follow FDA manufacturing practice regulations.

Dale Coker, RPh, FIACP, owner/pharmacist of Cherokee Custom Script Pharmacy, in Canton, Ga., has been elected President to the 2015 International Academy of Compounding Pharmacists Board of Directors by the IACP membership. Mr. Coker will serve as President through January 2016.

Do educational curricula within pharmacy support a framework for developing a professional identity?

Most pharmacists are making more money than they did a year ago and are happy in their jobs, but they are also experiencing increased on-the-job stress related to an increased workload.