By: Davidta Brown, Copy Editor [Content-Focused] - It’s difficult to have a discussion about antibiotics without mentioning the developing crisis…
By: Nancy Simon, PharmD c/o 2016 - Last November, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) submitted a proposal for a…
By: Valentina DiGangi,PharmD Candidate c/o 2017, Brandon Hu, PharmD Candidate c/o 2018, Sang Hyo Kim, Staff Editor, Samantha Lau, PharmD…
By: Sherin Pathickal, PharmD Candidate c/o 2016 - The mandatory receipt of vaccinations as a preventive public health measure has…
By: Jenny Park PharmD Candidate c/o 2015 - Testosterone is a hormone essential to male development. However, treatment of testosterone…
By: Erica Dimitropoulos Co-Copy Editor [Content- Focused] - On February 14, 2014, elosulfase alfa (Vimizim™) became an FDA-approved enzyme replacement therapy…
By: Fatema Elias, Senior Staff Editor - Prostate cancer occurs when abnormal cells form in the tissues of the prostate…
By: Davidta Brown, Senior Staff Editor - As the world of healthcare and its provision evolves, laws which organize and…
By: Sabrina Ahmed, PharmD Candidate c/o 2017 - One recent stride towards combating worldwide infectious disease has been in the…
By: Jenny Park, PharmD Candidate c/o 2015 - Methadone maintenance therapy is prescribed for opioid dependency. Many HIV patients who…
By: Fatema Elias, Staff Writer - With the New Year and everyone committing to their New Year resolutions, more and…
By: Amrita Singh, PharmD Candidate c/o 2015 - Last November, the American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association…
By: Tracey Li, PharmD Candidate c/o 2015 - The American Pharmacists Association Academy of Student Pharmacists (APhA-ASP) holds the only…
By: Sherin Pathickal, PharmD Candidate c/o 2016 - Dengue Fever, widely known as “break-bone fever,” is an illness that causes…
By: Jenny Park, PharmD Candidate c/o 2015 - On July 12, 2013, the FDA approved afatinib (GilotrifTM) as a new…
By: Ada Seldin, Staff Editor - On November 22, 2013, simeprevir (Olysio®), a new agent to treat chronic hepatitis C,…
By: Elizabeth Kopec, PharmD Candidate c/o 2014, South University School of Pharmacy at Columbia, SC - Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)…
By: Rebecca Gilene, PharmD Candidate c/o 2014, St. Louis College of Pharmacy - The FDA approved macitentan (Opsumit®) on October…
By: Sang Hyo Kim, Staff Editor - Near the end of December, the pharmaceutical company, MannKind Corp, will submit their…
By: Sherine Jaison, PharmD Candidate c/o 2015 - The leukemia chemotherapy drug ponatinib (Iclusig) has just been taken off the…
By: Uzma Toppa, PharmD Candidate c/o 2014 - Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, also known as MERS, is a viral respiratory…
By: Sang Hyo Kim, Staff Editor - On March 29th 2013, the U.S Food and Drug Administration approved canagliflozin (Invokana®),…
By Omar Khalid Pharm.D. Candidate c/o 2014 - The outpour of a multitude of new oral anticoagulants in recent years…
By: Erica Dimitropoulos, Senior Staff Editor - Rheumatoid arthritis is a painful and often debilitating autoimmune disease characterized by symmetric…
By: Fawad Piracha, Pharm. D Candidate c/o 2016 - The 2012-2013 influenza season has developed into one of the greatest…
By: Christina Tarantola, PharmD, PGY-1 Resident at Kings Pharmacy - The New York State Department of Health issued a health…
By: Lila Ahmed, PharmD Candidate c/o 2013 - In the past, numerous research efforts have attempted to prove the benefits…
By: Maria Sorbera, PharmD Candidate c/o 2013, AMSCOP, LIU - Hepatitis C is the leading cause of chronic liver disease…
By: Tamara Yunusova - On Wednesday, July 25th a petition signed by the reform group Physicians for Responsible Opioid Prescribing…
By Tasnima Nabi, PharmD Candidate c/o 2016 - The FDA has issued warnings on accidental ingestion of over-the-counter eye drops…
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 - Many of us have prepared for influenza season by receiving the flu…
By: Jessica Lee, PharmD Candidate c/o 2013 - Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune disease in which the immune system…
By: Eugene Kolomiyets, PharmD Candidate c/o 2013, AMSCOP at LIU - Cystic fibrosis (CF) is an autosomal recessive disease caused…
By Dr. Sharon See, PharmD, FCCP, BCPS - Sharon See, Pharm.D., FCCP, BCPS is an Associate Clinical Professor in the…
By: Bethsy Jacob, Pharm.D. Candidate c/o 2014 - On November 16, 2011, Dr. Joia Mukherjee, Medical Director of Partners in…
By: Mahdieh Danesh Yazdi - In previous issues, we mentioned Bill 5502, which would prohibit insurers from requiring their patients…
By: Khilna Patel, Pharm.D. Candidate c/o 2012 - On October 25 of this year, Eli Lilly and Company announced a…
By: Neal Shah - There are two major classifications of drug-receptor activity: agonism and antagonism. Agonism occurs when a molecule…
By: Neal Shah - Part I: Preface. Part II: Brief review of cardiac electrophysiology. Part III: Ivabradine as a novel…
By: Jimmy Johnson, PharmD Candidate c/o 2012 - Drug shortages have become more and more of an issue in the…
By: Mahdieh Danesh Yazdi, with special thanks to Dr. Tomasz Jodlowski - Drug shortages have plagued health care institutions in…
By: Marie Huang - Every month, Rho Chi Post has the wonderful opportunity to sit down with an inspiring leader…
By: Neal Shah - As the year comes to a close, many pharmacy students are turning their sights onto the…
By Marie Huang - On September 22nd, members of Rho Chi gathered in Sullivan Hall Room 306 for the first…
By: Marie Huang - Every month, Rho Chi Post has the wonderful opportunity to sit down and talk to an…