By: Davidta Brown, Senior Staff Editor - As the world’s largest market for pharmaceuticals, the United States receives many medications…
By: Tracey Li, PharmD Candidate c/o 2015 - The American Pharmacists Association Academy of Student Pharmacists (APhA-ASP) holds the only…
By: Tamara Yunusova, Senior Staff Editor - Proton Pump Inhibitors (PPIs) are acid-reducing agents that have multiple uses in the…
By: Caitie Stehling, PharmD Candidate c/o 2015 - St. John’s University is grounded in its Catholic, Vincentian, and Metropolitan mission.…
By: Jenny Park, Pharm. D. Candidate c/o 2015 - As the Affordable Care Act brings health care to many people…
By: Sherin Pathickal, PharmD Candidate c/o 2016 - Dengue Fever, widely known as “break-bone fever,” is an illness that causes…
By: Sang Hyo Kim, Staff Editor - For the brand new year, we present an interview with Sherif Guorgui, the…
By: Katharine Cimmino, Editor-in-Chief and Melissa Roy, Co-Copy Editor [Graphics-Focused] - Dr. Mangione has been a prominent member here at…
By: Aleena Cherian, Co-Copy Editor [Graphics-Focused] and Jenny Prakash, PharmD Candidate c/o 2014 - Starting your rotations in 5th year…
The St. John’s University Student College of Clinical Pharmacy (SCCP) is an organization for anyone interested in…
By: Neal Shah, PharmD, MD/PhD Student c/o 2021, West Virginia University School of Medicine - Methadone is a powerful long-acting…
By: Katharine Cimmino, Editor-in-Chief - Marijuana, also known as “grass,” “pot,” “joint,” “weed,” “reefer,” “hashish,” and “Mary Jane,” is a…
The mission of the American Pharmacists Association Academy of Student Pharmacists (APhA-ASP) is to be the collective voice of student…
By: Rebecca Gilene, PharmD Candidate c/o 2014, St. Louis College of Pharmacy - The FDA approved macitentan (Opsumit®) on October…
By: Taryn Mondiello, PharmD Candidate c/o 2015 - Halloween came early this year to St. John’s University and to the…
By: Hamid Razaki, PharmD - Drug shortages seen across pharmacies in the United States continue to be an issue in…
By: Sang Hyo Kim, Staff Editor - Pharmacy, like much of medicine, is constantly changing, and the new changes in…
By: Jenny Park, PharmD Candidate c/o 2015 - Lung cancer takes away the lives of about 160,000 individuals annually, which…
By: Samantha Schmidt, PharmD Candidate c/o 2014, Palm Beach Atlantic University - The role of pharmacists in healthcare has grown…
By: Beatrice Popovitz, Staff Editor and Ada Seldin, Staff Editor - In August 2013, St. John’s University welcomed…
By: Sang Hyo Kim, Staff Editor - A new experimental vaccine, PfsPZ, offers great promise as a cure for malaria.…
By: Arya Mathew, PharmD Candidate c/o 2014 - About twelve percent of the U.S. population suffers from migraines, affecting adult…
By: Hayeon Na, Co-Copy Editor and Sang Hyo Kim, Staff Editor - In Volume 1 Issue1 of the Rho Chi…
By: Joshua Bliss, PharmD Candidate c/o 2016 - Doctor - a word often utilized by both professionals and the general…
By: Samad Tirmizi, PharmD Candidate c/o 2014 - Hemolytic anemia (HA) is a type of anemia that occurs due to…
By: Davidta Brown - Every year in late October, the third year pharmacy students at the College of Pharmacy and…
By: Nathan Trustman, PharmD Candidate c/o 2014, AMSCOP at LIU - The antibiotic class known as the fluoroquinolones is widely…
By: Davidta Brown, Staff Editor - Pathogenic bacteria have been enemies to human health for centuries. As recently as last…
By: Aleena Cherian, Co-Copy Editor, Graphics Focused - Selecting APPE Rotations You’ve made it past the progression interviews at the…
By: Davidta Brown, Staff Editor - For the estimated 7.5 million individuals in the United States living with iron deficiency…
By: Tamara Yunusova, Senior Staff Editor - After a lengthy fifteen-year hiatus in recombinant drug approvals, FDA-approved Recombinant Coagulation Factor…
By: Hayeon Na, Co-Copy Editor [Content-Focused] - The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced on July 26th that oral dosage…
By: Sang Hyo Kim, Staff Editor - On March 29th 2013, the U.S Food and Drug Administration approved canagliflozin (Invokana®),…
By: Ada Seldin, Staff Editor - Emily Whitehead, a 7-year-old girl who fought off relapsing acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), has…
By: Katharine Cimmino, Editor-in-Chief and Erica Dimitropoulos, Senior Staff Editor - Just last month, St. John’s University…
By: Katharine Cimmino, Editor-in-Chief & Bharat Kirthivasan, Co-Copy Editor - Frank A. Barile Ph.D. is a Professor of Clinical and…
By: Andy Zhang, PharmD Candidate c/o 2015 - On August 1st, 2013, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released…
By: David Ong, PharmD Candidate c/o 2014 - Manipulating the renin-angiotensin system is one of the many ways drugs are…
By: Sang Hyo Kim, Staff Editor - On June 27, 2013, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), AIDS.gov,…
By: Davidta Brown, Staff Editor - When the seasons transition from winter into spring every year, healthcare providers brace for…
By Davidta Brown, Staff Editor - For post-operative pain treatment, few drugs are as trustworthy, as tried-and-true, as codeine. Prescriptive…
By: Sang Hyo Kim, Staff Editor - This year, on July 23rd, FDA advisers voted 7 to 6, with one…
By: Praneeta Nagraj, PharmD Candidate c/o 2015 - Summer is a great time to recover from the school year through…
By: Aleena Cherian, Co-Copy Editor [Graphics-Focused] - Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a chronic neurological behavior characterized by persistent patterns…
By: Nathan Trustman, PharmD Candidate c/o 2013, AMSCOP at LIU - Obesity is defined as having a body mass index…
By: Kristin M. Cheng, PharmD candidate c/o 2014 - The Drug Information Association (DIA) 2013 Annual Meeting took place…
By: Beatrisa Popovitz, Staff Editor - For the past decade, antibiotic resistant bacteria have been a growing concern in healthcare.…
By: Tamara Yunusova, Senior Staff Editor - Approximately 3.2 million Americans have chronic hepatitis C infection.1 While acute cases are…
Davidta Brown, PharmD Candidate c/o 2017 - The debate on the nature of compounding practice and the extent to…
By: Tina Chang & Helen Dong PharmD Candidates c/o 2014 Ever been to a conference where all you do…