Epilepsy, children, and how the pharmacist can play a vital role in patient care
By: Evanthia Siozios, PharmD Candidate c/o 2020 A diagnosis of epilepsy requires either two unprovoked seizures or one unprovoked…
Bridging medicine and technology: FDA approves first digital inhaler
By: Michael Lim, PharmD Candidate c/o 2020 As modern technology continues to grow ever more complex and powerful, it…
United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recommends co-prescribing naloxone (Narcan®) with opioids in patients with high opioid overdose risk
By: Michael Lim, PharmD Candidate c/o 2020 In 2017, 70,237 overdose deaths occurred in the United States. Of those…
Esketamine (Spravato™): a new treatment option for depression
By: Sylvia Hong (PharmD Candidate c/o 2021), Muaz Sadeia (PharmD Candidate c/o 2021) On March 5, 2019, Janssen Pharmaceuticals…
Stricter accreditation standards for the Doctor of Pharmacy program at St. John’s University’s College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences Challenging the stigma of mental health
By: Michelle Lavrichenko, PharmD Candidate c/o 2020 What does it mean to be a pharmacist? A pharmacist is a qualified health care professional…
Potential complications posed by hypocalcemia in wound healing Challenging the stigma of mental health
By: Sarah, Hewady, PharmD Candidate c/o 2020 Calcium’s fundamental importance in the early hemostasis phase of wound healing has…
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approves patisiran (Onpattro™): America’s first RNA-based therapy
By: Michael Lim, PharmD Candidate c/o 2020 In the investigation of gene function and its role in health care…
The expanding role of the specialty pharmacy team in care of oral oncology patients United States maternal mortality crisis: A new approach
By: Vasantha Kolluri, PharmD Candidate c/o 2019 With the recent advancement of oral oncology drugs, there has been an ever-growing…
United States maternal mortality crisis: A new approach
By: Yeonah Suk, PharmD Candidate c/o 2020 Of all the industrialized countries in the world, the United States (US) still…
Challenging the stigma of mental health
By: Mah Noor, PharmD Candidate c/o 2021 As society flourishes, life seems to grow more complex. Among the barrage of…