By: Stephanie Chiu and Elissa Tam, PharmD Candidates c/o 2015 -- According to the Dartmouth Atlas project, health care spending…
By: Diana Gritsenko, PharmD Candidate 2015 - Multiple complications can arise during pregnancy. While venous thromboembolism (VTE) has a prevalence…
By: Elissa Tam, PharmD Candidate c/o 2015 - Patients with Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes who cannot control their…
By: Sang Hyo Kim, Staff Editor - The Mayo Clinic reported in the American Journal of Gastroenterology that 1.8 million…
By Davidta Brown, Senior Staff Editor - The pain, nausea, and light or sound sensitivity that comprise a migraine attack…
By: Anthony Botte and Tyler Valente, PharmD Candidates c/o 2016 - Diseases which are prevalent within the pediatric population require…
By: Sherin Pathickal, PharmD Candidate c/o 2016 - In 2006, the Institute of Medicine reported that over 1.5 million people…
By: Daniel Mathan, PharmD Candidate c/o 2016, Anita Kachappilly, PharmD Candidate c/o 2016, & Amrita Singh, PharmD Candidate c/o 2015 -…
By: Fatema Elias, Staff Writer - With the New Year and everyone committing to their New Year resolutions, more and…
By: Davidta Brown, Senior Staff Editor - In August 2013, the results of a yearlong safety study were published in…
By: Katharine Cimmino, Editor-in-Chief - Marijuana, also known as “grass,” “pot,” “joint,” “weed,” “reefer,” “hashish,” and “Mary Jane,” is a…
By: Hayeon Na, Co-Copy Editor and Sang Hyo Kim, Staff Editor - In Volume 1 Issue1 of the Rho Chi…
By: Davidta Brown - Every year in late October, the third year pharmacy students at the College of Pharmacy and…
By: Davidta Brown, Staff Editor - For the estimated 7.5 million individuals in the United States living with iron deficiency…
By: Sang Hyo Kim, Staff Editor - On March 29th 2013, the U.S Food and Drug Administration approved canagliflozin (Invokana®),…
By: David Ong, PharmD Candidate c/o 2014 - Manipulating the renin-angiotensin system is one of the many ways drugs are…
By: Nathan Trustman, PharmD Candidate c/o 2013, AMSCOP at LIU - Obesity is defined as having a body mass index…
By: Aleena Cherian, PharmD Candidate c/o 2014 - Although opioid analgesics are among the most effective drugs to treat pain,…
By: Tamara Yunusova, Senior Staff Editor - Approximately 3.2 million Americans have chronic hepatitis C infection.1 While acute cases are…
By: Bhavini Shah, PharmD Candidate c/o 2013 - Fycompa® (perampanel) has received the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval…
By: Miriam Maltz, PharmD Candidate c/o 2013, AMSCOP, Long Island University - Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a metabolic…
By: James Schurr, Stephen Argiro, & Michael Cronin, PharmD Candidates c/o 2014 - This October, we had the privilege of…
By: James W. Schurr & Stephen Argiro, PharmD Candidates c/o 2014 - Patients frequently utilize non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) for…
By: Addolorata Ciccone, Co-Copy Editor - Acute Coronary Syndromes Acute coronary syndrome (ACS) is a myocardial ischemia caused by obstruction…
By Nandini Puranprashad, Pharm D. Candidate c/o 2013 - Felipe Camacho is a 6th year student at the University of…
By: James W. Schurr, PharmD Candidate c/o 2014 - Nutrition Support Pharmacy is a specialized practice pertaining to the needs…
By: Lila Ahmed, Pharm.D. Candidate c/o 2013 - Whether you wish to admit it or not, all of us have…
By: Nagma Gargi, Pharm.D. Candidate c/o 2013 - Smoking cessation programs are extremely important in our society as increasing evidence…
By: Marie Huang - The amphitheater at Nassau University Medical Center fills up slowly as Dr. Alan Jay Cohen, a…
By: Ebey P. Soman - The FDA recently approved a combination tablet of linagliptin with metformin hydrochloride (Jentadueto®) for the…
By: James Schurr, Pharm.D. Candidate c/o 2014 - Graves’ disease is an autoimmune disorder that results in a state of…
By: Mohamed Dungersi - On January 27, the FDA approved Bydureon® (exenatide extended-release) for use in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus…
By: Neal Shah - Anticlotting agents are staples in the prevention and treatment of thrombotic disorders, such as deep vein…
By: Neal Shah - Defined by the Joint National Committee, hypertension (HTN) is a systolic blood pressure (SBP) greater than…
By: Bibin Thomas, Long Island University, PharmD Candidate - Earlier in 2011, it was reported that that young and middle-aged…
By: Neal Shah - There are two major classifications of drug-receptor activity: agonism and antagonism. Agonism occurs when a molecule…