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From DSM 4 to the new 5: Will Controversy lead to overmedication in Psychiatry??
posted: Aug. 17, 2018.
Guidelines that help direct the use of medicines set the starting point for best results. Unfortunately, when controversy erupts from members, colleagues and professionals involved in the field who might experience Read more -
Heart health/fewer heart attacks from Contrave, a weight loss drug?
posted: Aug. 17, 2018.
Interesting data from an interim look at Contrave (bupropion plus naltrexone). In a follow up study of 8,910 people, not only did they lose weight, but they had fewer heart attacks. Read more -
First PCSK9 Inhibitor in the world is approved in Europe
posted: Aug. 17, 2018.
First PCSK9 Inhibitor in the world is approved in Europe The European Commission (agency analogous to the FDA in the US) approved evolocumab (Repatha) July 21, 2015 in Europe. This new Read more -
Hey small brain
posted: Aug. 17, 2018.
Several top media outlets (Wall Street Journal-http://on.wsj.com/xvRQsV, etc.) have reported on a recent study in Neurology about Omega 3 fatty acids. It clearly deserves a closer look and could help your Read more -
Helping your kidneys--the FDA pilots new technology for end-stage kidney disease
posted: Aug. 17, 2018.
The FDA has established a new innovation pathway designed to help new end-stage kidney products reach patients more rapidly! The first three to be chosen from 32 others are: 1) A Wearable Artificial Read more -
Is the PRESENT study a present for people with breast cancer?
posted: Aug. 17, 2018.
Is the PRESENT study a present for people with breast cancer? A small biopharmaceutical company (Galena Biopharma) passed a major milestone today in gaining the 70th qualifying disease free survival patient in Read more -
Infant grape Tylenol voluntarily recalled in US by McNeil to prevent problems
posted: Aug. 17, 2018.
Taking the correct steps to keep consumers safe is a difficult process when it involves the recall of many doses of a product, yet a division of Johnson and Johnson (McNeil) Read more -
Join the fight against alcohol abuse
posted: Aug. 17, 2018.
Alcohol Awareness Month March, 2016 Dear James, April is Alcohol Awareness Month. I'd like to encourage you to take an active role in spreading the message that alcohol abuse is destructive, both to the individual Read more -
LATITUDE falls off the map and CARIN careens off the road
posted: Aug. 17, 2018.
Late breaking clinical trials (LBCT) at ACC are always very very interesting, but today we apparently learned two new ways how NOT to make a light bulb and HOW we might Read more -
Live from the American College of Cardiology meeting in Chicago 2016
posted: Aug. 17, 2018.
American College of Cardiology meeting 2016 Just picked up my badge for ACC 16. Can feel the excitement at the intersection of science & change. Great to hear a blending of Read more -
Live opening session from the American College of Cardiology meeting in Chicago 2016
posted: Aug. 17, 2018.
Opening session at the American College of Cardiology meeting was fascinating. Starting with Michelle Obama and her call to prevent childhood obesity. MO, noted that PREVENTION is a key to living Read more -
Living better with cancer and the DEW approach from the American Cancer Society
posted: Aug. 17, 2018.
Living better with cancer is an amazing challenge and is a situation which estimates say more than 12 million Americans find themselves in. As a clinical pharmacist who has helped many Read more