It has been nearly 120 years since German physician Alois Alzheimer first identified the disease that bears his name. Today, despite decades of research, Alzheimer disease has remained one of the most challenging conditions not only to treat, but also to diagnose.

Elizabeth Briand

Rhode Island lawmakers in both the House and the Senate have passed a bill that will allow pharmacists to provide up to a 100-day continuation of some medications without a prescription when the prescriber cannot be reached or the patient no longer has a prescribing health care provider.

Sonya Collins

How can the diverse roles pharmacists play across health care be communicated in a more unified and compelling manner?

Loren Bonner

Maybe you’ve heard of it? The One Big Beautiful Bill Act is well known for how it could reduce federal Medicaid spending.

Loren Bonner

Nonpreferred Medicare Part D pharmacies were 70% to 350% more likely to shutter their doors than preferred ones, according to findings from a May 2025 Health Affairs study.

Kevin Willmann

From using a patient’s weight to verify dosing of weight-based medications to relying on technology to prevent errors during the return-to-stock process, ISMP identified several key areas where greater action is needed from pharmacy teams in its most recent set of targeted medication safety best practices.

Loren Bonner

There are many positive stories about pharmacy team members who rose to the occasion and met the public health challenge to immunize patients during the COVID-19 global pandemic. Unfortunately, a small number of stories describe how a relatively few pharmacists took advantage of the pandemic for personal gain.

David B. Brushwood, BSPharm, JD

Updates from FDA

APhA Staff

Pharmacists at Fairview Health System in Minnesota provide comprehensive medication management (CMM) services under a collaborative practice agreement, which allows them to manage around 20 conditions in the primary care clinics and is specific to the specialty area for those in specialty clinics.

Lauren Howell, PharmD

While many patients may be drawn to cuffless BP devices for their simplicity and convenience, a review published in JAMA Cardiology urges caution.

Sonya Collins

Noticing a lack of guidelines on how to determine whether to redose if vomiting occurs after a medication is given to a pediatric patient, a group of researchers in Sweden set out to establish a routine for these situations.

Lauren Howell, PharmD

Pharmacist management of diabetes resulted in patients achieving their goal A1C approximately 14 months faster than those who did not receive pharmacist support, according to research published in the July–August 2025 issue of JAPhA.

Loren Bonner

A head-to-head battle between two highly effective weight loss drugs revealed a clear winner, according to a study published in NEJM on May 11, 2025.

Jen Hand

Evening primrose oil (Oenothera biennis) is commonly used for its potential health benefits treating acne, rheumatoid arthritis, premenstrual syndrome, perimenopause symptoms, and other inflammatory conditions. What are the real benefits and limitations?

Mickie Cathers

Many young couples look forward to starting a family, and it’s now easier than ever to predict ovulation and check fertility.

Mary Warner

Endovascular thrombectomy is an effective treatment for large vessel occlusion stroke, but the rate of poor outcomes remains high.

APhA Staff

A systematic review published in the Annals of Internal Medicine casts a spotlight on the critical role communication plays in patient safety incidents across health care settings.

Aiya Almogaber, PharmD

Patients with resistant hypertension often fail to achieve BP control despite using multiple antihypertensive agents.

Corey Diamond, PharmD

A study published in JAMA highlights a persistent trend in the rising costs of self-administered anticancer drugs—even after the passage of key policy reforms intended to curb Medicare drug spending.

Aiya Almogaber, PharmD

Widespread misuse and overuse of antibiotics lead to some 2.8 million antimicrobial-resistant infections and 35,000 deaths in the United States every year.

Sonya Collins

FDA approved 50 new (“novel”) drugs in 2024 that had not been approved or marketed in the United States.

Mark S. Johnson, PharmD, MACE, BCPS

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