By: Steve Soman, PharmD - India has become a powerhouse in pharmaceutical manufacturing, often supplying generic alternatives at a fraction…
By: Ada Seldin and Moisey Rafailov, PharmD Candidates Class of 2015 - The “Coffeehouse Chats” is an annual Rho Chi…
By: Steve Soman, PharmD Candidate c/o 2013 - Q: I see that you got your PharmD at the University of…
By: Frances Sousonis, Candidate c/o 2017 - Unfortunately, cancer is a disease about which many are able to share stories.…
By: Bharat Kirthivasan, Co-Copy Editor [Content-Focused] - Most people would prefer that a research paper be mandated to disclose its…
By: Hayeon Na, Co-Copy Editor [Content-Focused] - On March 22, 2013, Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) aired an episode of “Need…
By: Helen Dong, PharmD Candidate c/o 2014 - Pharmacy Day, or Legislative Day, is a whole day affair for pharmacy…
By: Tasnima Nabi, Senior Staff Editor - On May 2nd, St. John’s University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences hosted…
Dear Readers, The past two years have been an exciting opportunity for us as editors and, more recently, as Editors-in-Chief…
By: Mitesh Patel, PharmD Candidate 2014 - $1.2 trillion- This is what the United States spends on healthcare. At 17%…
By: Ada Seldin - An impending storm is threatening to stagger the health care system and the nation at large.…
By: Diana Gritsenko, Pharm D. Candidate c/o 2015 - Most of us who work in a community pharmacy setting will…
By: Bansri Patel - As of May 1st 2013, Plan B®, the brand name emergency contraception pill will now be…
By: Steve Soman - The St. John’s University Honors Program features small classes, faculty mentoring, and an impressive number of…
By Taryn Mondiello and Frances Trosa, Pharm. D. Candidates c/o 2015 - On Saturday, April 13th, there was a Red…
By Beatrisa Popovitz, Staff Editor, Why does that pharmacist have to be two and a half feet higher than everybody…
By: Bharat Kirthivasan - The UK government might soon become the platform for an explosive debate on the utility and…
By: Diana Gritsenko, Pharm D. Candidate c/o 2015 - Every flu season, it is the same story: long lines at…
By: Tasnima Nabi, Staff Editor - Merck & Co. will pay $688 million to settle two lawsuits filed in December…
By: Fawad Piracha, Pharm. D Candidate c/o 2016 - The 2012-2013 influenza season has developed into one of the greatest…
By: James W. Schurr and David Gao, PharmD Candidates 2014 - A recent Op-ed in Newsday by Allen Frances, MD…
By: Nandini Puranprashad, PharmD Candidate; Sibyl Cherian, PharmD Candidate; Tracey Cannova, PharmD Candidate; and Olga HilasPharmD, MPH, BCPS, CGP -…
By: Tamara Yunusova, Staff Editor - On December 3, 2012, the U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals became the first…
By: Christina Tarantola, PharmD, PGY-1 Resident at Kings Pharmacy - The New York State Department of Health issued a health…
By: Tasnima Nabi, Associate Student Editor - St. John’s University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences has collaborated with the…
By: Erica Dimitropoulos, Assistant Student Editor - Although clinical trials can affirm the efficacy and advantages of all marketed medications,…
By: Miriam Maltz, PharmD Candidate c/o 2013, AMSCOP, Long Island University - Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a metabolic…
By: Bethsy Jacob, PharmD Candidate c/o 2013 - On January 24, 2013, Rho Chi Beta Delta Chapter successfully conducted its…
By: Maria Sorbera, PharmD Candidate c/o 2013, AMSCOP, LIU - Hepatitis C is the leading cause of chronic liver disease…
By: Jena Marion, PharmD Candidate c/o 2013 - It was a few weeks into the spring semester of my freshman…
By: Tamara Yunusova - On Wednesday, July 25th a petition signed by the reform group Physicians for Responsible Opioid Prescribing…
By: Katie Cimmino, Pharm D. Candidate c/o 2015 - With the start of the New Year the French government is…
By: Mohamed Dungersi, Associate Student Editor - A recent We the People petition on the White House official website has…
By: John S Lim, PharmD Candidate c/o 2013 - America’s focus on healthcare, as well as its position as one…
By: Maria Sorbera, PharmD Candidate c/o 2013 at AMSCOP (LIU) - Author William S. Burroughs states in his novel, “The…
By: Tasnima Nabi, PharmD Candidate c/o 2016 - The most memorable moment of a professional’s career is when he or…
By: Mahdieh Danesh Yazdi, Associate Student Editor - For the past few weeks, we have heard about the terrible breakout…
By: James Schurr, Stephen Argiro, & Michael Cronin, PharmD Candidates c/o 2014 - This October, we had the privilege of…
By: Elsa Thomas, PharmD Candidate c/o 2013 - Atropine is an anticholinergic used to treat various conditions, such as bradycardia,…
By: Shannon Tellier, PharmD Candidate c/o 2013 - Antidepressant discontinuation syndrome has been reported in all categories of antidepressants after…
By: Neal Shah, Co-Editor-in-Chief - Duloxetine is a serotonin (5HT) and norepinephrine (NE) reuptake inhibitor (SNRI) introduced to the US…
By: Mahdieh Danesh Yazdi - The views expressed in this article are solely those of the author and do not…
By: Neal Shah, Co-Editor-in-Chief - Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is a last-line procedure in the treatment of refractory depression, among other…
By: Mahdieh Danesh Yazdi - We live in amazing times. Technology does not progress by steps anymore, it grows by…
By: Elsa Thomas, Pharm.D. c/o 2013 - Human body uses various complex mechanisms to maintain its body temperature within a…
By: Addolorata Ciccone, Student Copy Editor - As a fifth-year pharmacy student researching and ranking advanced pharmacy practice experience (APPE)…
By: Shannon Tellier - When applying to St. John’s University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences five years ago, I…
By: Mohammad A. Rattu, Pharm.D. [PGY-1 Resident at VA NYHHS] - We sometimes need to step back and look at…
By: Joo Hee Kwon, Pharm.D. Candidate c/o 2013 - There are 3 antigenic types of influenza: A, B, and C.…
By: Nandini Puranprashad, Pharm D. Candidate c/o 2013 - I’m sitting in a quaint coffee shop in Cherokee, North Carolina,…