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Anticoagulation in Pregnant Women: Which Medications are Safe?

By: Diana Gritsenko, PharmD Candidate 2015 - Multiple complications can arise during pregnancy. While venous thromboembolism (VTE) has a prevalence…

12 years ago

FDA-Approved Afrezza: An Inhaled Alternative to Injectable Insulin?

By: Elissa Tam, PharmD Candidate c/o 2015 - Patients with Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes who cannot control their…

12 years ago

Ebola Outbreak in West Africa

By: Azia Tariq, Staff Editor - The first recorded outbreak of the Ebola Zaire (ZEBOV), a strain of the ebola…

12 years ago

Recent Advances in HIV Treatment

By: Jenny Park PharmD Candidate c/o 2015 - A series of broad HIV specific monoclonal antibodies (mAb) have been isolated…

12 years ago

Antipsychotic Use in the Elderly with Dementia

By: Ada Seldin, Staff Editor - The overuse of antipsychotics in the nursing home population for off-label indications continues to…

12 years ago

Scientists Finally Discover How HIV Progresses to AIDS

By: Sabrina Ahmed, PharmD Candidate c/o 2017 - Over the decades, one of the biggest mysteries encountered by researchers has…

12 years ago

FDA Approves Drug Elosulfase Alfa (Vimizim™) for Mucopolysaccharidosis (MPS IVA)

By: Erica Dimitropoulos Co-Copy Editor [Content- Focused]  - On February 14, 2014, elosulfase alfa (Vimizim™) became an FDA-approved enzyme replacement therapy…

12 years ago

Riociguat (Adempas®) New Drug for Pulmonary Hypertension

By: Hayeon Na, Co-Copy Editor [Content-Focused] - On October 8th of 2013, Bayer’s new drug riociguat (Adempas®) was approved for…

12 years ago

The Surgeon General’s 2014 Report on Smoking

By: Ada Seldin, Staff Editor - Since the first release of the Surgeon General’s Report on smoking 50 years ago,…

12 years ago

CVS Pharmacy Takes Tobacco Off the Shelves

By: Ada Seldin, Staff Editor - CVS, the largest chain pharmacy in the United States, has announced that it will…

12 years ago

New Legislation Redefines Oversight for Compounding Pharmacies

By: Davidta Brown, Senior Staff Editor - As the world of healthcare and its provision evolves, laws which organize and…

12 years ago

Prior Experience and the Growth of the Biosimilars Market

By: Davidta Brown, Senior Staff Editor - In 21st century medicine, pharmaceuticals have come to include compounds derived through novel…

12 years ago

New Hepatitis C Drug Receives FDA Approval

By: Ada Seldin, Staff Editor - On November 22, 2013, simeprevir (Olysio®), a new agent to treat chronic hepatitis C,…

12 years ago

The Blunt Truth

By: Katharine Cimmino, Editor-in-Chief - Marijuana, also known as “grass,” “pot,” “joint,” “weed,” “reefer,” “hashish,” and “Mary Jane,” is a…

12 years ago

Do You Know Your Organizations?: APhA-ASP

The mission of the American Pharmacists Association Academy of Student Pharmacists (APhA-ASP) is to be the collective voice of student…

12 years ago

Direct Association of HIV and Early Kidney Damage in Women

By: Elizabeth Kopec, PharmD Candidate c/o 2014, South University School of Pharmacy at Columbia, SC - Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)…

12 years ago

Newly Approved: Macitentan (Opsumit®)

By: Rebecca Gilene, PharmD Candidate c/o 2014, St. Louis College of Pharmacy - The FDA approved macitentan (Opsumit®) on October…

13 years ago

Advancements Towards a Malaria Vaccine

By: Sang Hyo Kim, Staff Editor - A new experimental vaccine, PfsPZ, offers great promise as a cure for malaria.…

13 years ago

Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS)

By: Uzma Toppa, PharmD Candidate c/o 2014 - Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, also known as MERS, is a viral respiratory…

13 years ago

“Cowcatcher” Enzyme Catching Medical Attention

By: Ansel Oommen, BS Toxicology Candidate c/o 2014 - DNA damage is the driving force behind aging, and, on a…

13 years ago

Nature’s Remedy… in a More Palatable Dosage Form

By: Davidta Brown, Staff Editor - Pathogenic bacteria have been enemies to human health for centuries. As recently as last…

13 years ago

Ketoconazole No More

By: Hayeon Na, Co-Copy Editor [Content-Focused] - The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced on July 26th that oral dosage…

13 years ago

Nattokinase use in DVT prophylaxis

Samad Tirmizi, Pharm. D. Candidate c/o 2014 - Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) is a clot formation that occurs within deep…

13 years ago

BRAIN Initiative: Mapping the Human Brain

By Erica Dimitropoulos, Senior Staff Editor - If you were in charge of government spending, how would you allocate our…

13 years ago

An Interview with Dr. Barile: Professor, Reseacher, and Editor

By: Katharine Cimmino, Editor-in-Chief & Bharat Kirthivasan, Co-Copy Editor - Frank A. Barile Ph.D. is a Professor of Clinical and…

13 years ago

Novel Virus, Standard Vigilance

By: Davidta Brown, Staff Editor - When the seasons transition from winter into spring every year, healthcare providers brace for…

13 years ago

A Close Concurrence on Certolizumab (Cimzia®)

By: Sang Hyo Kim, Staff Editor - This year, on July 23rd, FDA advisers voted 7 to 6, with one…

13 years ago

Organ Creation Attempts to Answer Shortage Crisis

By: Efime Popovitz, BS/MD Candidate, Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education - When Sarah Murnaghan received the long awaited adult…

13 years ago

Understanding Opioid Overdose

By: Aleena Cherian, PharmD Candidate c/o 2014 - Although opioid analgesics are among the most effective drugs to treat pain,…

13 years ago

Helping Solve the Cruel Mystery

By: Erica Dimitropoulos, Senior Staff Editor - Lupus is highly unpredictable and occurs without warning; there is no known cause…

13 years ago

Disclosure of Clinical Research Funding: Can Ignorance be Bliss?

By: Bharat Kirthivasan, Co-Copy Editor [Content-Focused] - Most people would prefer that a research paper be mandated to disclose its…

13 years ago

Alzheimer’s Disease On The Rise

By: Ada Seldin - An impending storm is threatening to stagger the health care system and the nation at large.…

13 years ago

Plan B® Pill Now Available Without Prescription to Women 15 Years of Age and Older

By: Bansri Patel - As of May 1st 2013, Plan B®, the brand name emergency contraception pill will now be…

13 years ago

Three-Person In Vitro Fertilization: Combating Mitochondrial Disease or Ethical Tipping Point?

By: Bharat Kirthivasan - The UK government might soon become the platform for an explosive debate on the utility and…

13 years ago

Flu Season 2012-2013: Rising Opportunities for Pharmacists

By: Fawad Piracha, Pharm. D Candidate c/o 2016 - The 2012-2013 influenza season has developed into one of the greatest…

13 years ago

Extending the Standing Order for Tdap

By:  Christina Tarantola, PharmD, PGY-1 Resident at Kings Pharmacy - The New York State Department of Health issued a health…

13 years ago

Liraglutide (Victoza®) for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

By:  Miriam Maltz, PharmD Candidate c/o 2013, AMSCOP, Long Island University - Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a metabolic…

13 years ago

Varizig® for Chickenpox Symptoms

By: Steve Soman, Co-Editor-in-Chief - Varicella Zoster Immune Globulin (Varizig®) was approved by the FDA on December 21st of 2012.…

13 years ago

New Healthcare Law Concerning Birth Control Causes Debate

By: Katie Cimmino, Pharm D. Candidate c/o 2015 -  With the start of the New Year the French government is…

13 years ago

Breakthroughs in Gene Therapy: Pharmacogenetics and Vectors

By: Tamara Yunusova, PharmD Candidate c/o 2017 - Gene therapy? You scoff in disbelief as thoughts of designer babies, liberal…

14 years ago

Low-dose SSRIs for the Overly Sensitive Esophagus

By Sunhae Chang, PharmD Candidate c/o 2013 - When patients complain of heartburn, the blame usually shifts to gastroesophageal reflux…

14 years ago

Medications Causing Body Temperature Fluctuations

By: Elsa Thomas, Pharm.D. c/o 2013 - Human body uses various complex mechanisms to maintain its body temperature within a…

14 years ago

Influenza Vaccines: Projected Strains for the 2012—2013 Season

By: Joo Hee Kwon, Pharm.D. Candidate c/o 2013 - There are 3 antigenic types of influenza: A, B, and C.…

14 years ago

Brand Vs. Generic: What Every Prescriber Should Know

By: Marina Yermolayeva, PharmD Candidate c/o 2013 - “I’m allergic to the generic; I need the brand name medication,” is…

14 years ago

Quick Update: Triptan Pharmacology

By: Neal Shah, Co-Editor-In-Chief - Migraines can be “classic” or “common.”  While all migraines feature unilateral, pulsating headaches, classic migraines…

14 years ago

Impact of Gender and Race on the Efficacy on Opiods

By: Lunbao (Jerry) Huang, Pharm.D.  Candidate c/o 2013 - Pain is a very difficult condition to manage, as clinicians have…

14 years ago

Effect of Intravenous Ondansetron on QT Interval Prolongation

By: Raymond Wu, Pharm.D. Candidate c/o 2013   The 5-hydroxytryptamine type 3 (5HT3) antagonists (e.g. ondansetron [Zofran®]) are commonly used…

14 years ago

Transplantation in HIV +/- HBV/HCV Patients

By: Jayoung Park, Pharm.D. Candidate c/o 2013 - Traditionally, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients have generally been excluded from organ…

14 years ago

Reflection on my 4th Year of Pharmacy

By: SlanixPaul T.  Alex, Pharm.D. Candidate c/o 2014 - Progressing into one’s fourth year of college is usually a time…

14 years ago

Proton Pump Inhibitor Use and Complications

By: Lauren Kaveski, Pharm.D. Candidate c/o 2013 - We see proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) used in many medication regimens, but…

14 years ago