A recent survey from the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) puts the pharmacist’s role during code situations into focus.

Compared with more than 3 million unexposed pregnancies, antidepressant-exposed pregnancies could not be directly correlated to a higher risk of autism spectrum disorder, ADHD, learning or developmental speech/language disorders, developmental coordination disorder, intellectual disability, or behavioral disorders, according to new research published in JAMA Internal Medicine.

The Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA) has released a new interpretation of the Michigan Public Health Code to enable pharmacists to partner with physicians so that the pharmacists directly dispense hormonal birth control.

New CDC data show that 19 states and 2 territories have at least 35% of residents with adult obesity. That figure is more than two times the number of states with high adult obesity prevalence recorded in 2018.

An NIH-backed study reported in 2 papers in the New England Journal of Medicine shows that the diabetes treatments insulin glargine and liraglutide more effectively maintain target blood sugar levels than sitagliptin or glimepiride when added to first-line metformin.