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The updated label for inclisiran (Leqvio) includes patients with comorbidities, such as hypertension and diabetes, who have yet to experience a cardiovascular event.

The risk of heart failure was higher in low- and middle-income countries when compared to high-income countries.

Pharmacist-led post-cardiovascular surgery outpatient glycemic management services help reduce hospital readmissions and sternal wound infections in patients with uncontrolled diabetes who recently underwent an interventional cardiology procedure.

HCV infection is mostly curable and treated with antiviral medications, which can clear the virus from the body.

Institutional review boards and ethics committees have seen it as their main task in the past few decades to protect children from questionable studies; however, they are faced with a new challenge with pediatric drug development.

Population well-being was associated with cardiovascular disease morality and rates of conditions such as hypertension, diabetes, and obesity.

Pre-exposure prophylaxis of neutralizing SARS-CoV-2 monoclonal antibodies may be preventative against SARS-CoV-2 transmission, decreasing frequency of new infections and number of hospitalized patients who need antiviral therapies, thus lowering costs.

When a patient is engaged in the home by a team that includes a pharmacist resource, social determinants of health issues become more clear and the care team can help close the gaps.

Aside from the clinically significant risks associated with polypharmacy, an increased pill burden can be unaffordable and difficult to manage.

Despite an increase in HIV and poorer clinical outcomes among migrant populations, the uptake of PrEP among these individuals has been understudied.

Expert Nikhil Palekar, MD, said that although the treatment is far from a cure, it is a vital first step toward other treatments for Alzheimer Disease.

Diagnostic technologies are advancing quickly, which may lead to therapeutics for age-related diseases to safely reduce chronic low-grade inflammation generated by the immune system.

Physically active individuals who had fewer than 6 hours of sleep showed faster cognitive decline overall.

Clinical pharmacy services became eligible for reimbursement by all health insurance in Germany; however, challenges persist in upscaling and sustaining these services.

Community health worker training can allow the technician to perform to the top of their abilities and improve access to the pharmacy’s public health services.

Studies consistently demonstrate the pivotal involvement of neuropeptide calcitonin gene related peptide release in migraine onset.

Lucas Morgan, Esq, a partner at Frier Levitt, discusses how to navigate the Board of Pharmacy as a pharmacist.

Lecanemab-irmb is the first amyloid beta-directed antibody to be converted from an accelerated approval to a traditional approval for the treatment of Alzheimer disease.

In a study of individuals with Medicare, the incidence of type 2 diabetes was associated with approximately $30,000 to $98,000 excess lifetime medical expenditures.

mRNA-1345 is a vaccine indicated for the prevention of respiratory syncytial virus-associated lower respiratory tract disease and acute respiratory disease.

Nonpharmacologic and nonopioid treatments associated with improvements in pain and/or function that appear comparable to opioid treatments.

COVID-19 is helping to shape current pharmacy practice, including increased vaccinations, access to care, and better interactions with patients.

The safety and efficacy of long-term benzodiazepine use beyond the recommended timeframe is not well understood.

The benefits of the survey can stretch beyond assessing the parental acceptability of mental health screenings in children and can suggest areas of optimization in providing these screenings more widely and effectively in the future.

On this episode of Public Health Matters, Christina Madison speaks with Lydia Bailey, PharmD, BCACP, pharmacy operations manager for St. Vincent de Paul Charitable Pharmacy in Cincinnati, Ohio about what charitable pharmacies are.

The blood pressure drug could provide relief for veterans and service members suffering from traumatic brain injuries.

To slow the production of MCI and dementia, utilizing more ways of establishing the diagnoses for women can prevent the progression.

The impact of smoke caused by Canadian wildfires raises concern for wildfire–related fine particles.

An expert panel discussed the outreach of social determinants of health in community pharmacy care and how pharmacists can help patients find and access resources.

If finalized, the regulation would potentially reduce prescription nonadherence and accidental misuse.