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This year's outbreak of West Nile virus has been particularly severe in Texas, which has been host to almost half of all cases.

A review of adverse drug events reported to the FDA suggests that more powerful statins come with a greater risk of myopathy.

Despite attention to improving the quality of prescription, 1 in 5 prescriptions to elderly patients in primary care settings is inappropriate.

Filling up to 500 prescriptions as a solo pharmacist in a single workday takes a special type of focus, a well-organized support team, and perhaps a touch of OCD.

The recently approved stent is implanted in conjunction with cataract surgery and is designed to decrease intraocular pressure.

A number of pharmacists are marketing themselves as concierge pharmacists, indicating that the entrepreneurial spirit is alive and well in pharmacy.

National Pharmacy Leaders to Be Honored at Third Annual Event in San Diego

A program that enlists pharmacists to get out the word about the closing of the Medicare prescription drug "donut hole" gets Eric thinking about how pharmacists' skills could be put to better use.

Continuing medical education company PER hosts congress conducted by leading faculty.

The United States is on track to have the most cases of whooping cough in 5 decades--and waning vaccine effectiveness may be to blame.

Numerous studies have quantified the widespread practice of prescribing drugs off-label, but many patients are unaware that it is allowed, according to a new analysis.

The most popular stories of the summer on PharmacyTimes.com have covered a debate over the proper role of pharmacists, the top drugs of 2011, counseling for obesity, and pills equipped with sensors.

Less than a quarter know that most fractures in epilepsy patients are unassociated with seizures, according to a recent study.

Patients should understand how to avoid their triggers and treat painful migraine attacks.

Children receiving recombinant growth hormone appear to experience increased intraocular pressure, which is associated with glaucoma.

The authors of a comprehensive literature review offer broad recommendations for treating super-refractory status epilepticus.

Given the large number of pharmacy training programs that have opened in recent years, Eric ponders whether he can recommend the profession to a bright high school senior.

Taking statins appears to reduce the risk of developing open-angle glaucoma, according to the results of a recent study.

A number of different organizations have developed draft standards for pharmacy accreditation that emphasize the expanding role of pharmacists.

With increasing pressure to serve an ever-greater volume of prescriptions, the art of community pharmacy is in danger of being lost.

The pneumococcal vaccine is among the most commonly delayed, putting children and others at risk of deadly disease.