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The obesity crisis is one of the nation’s biggest health concerns. Pharmacists are on the front lines when it comes to helping patients shed and keep off extra pounds. As obesity becomes more prevalent among the U.S. population—more than a third of adults and one in five children are now considered to be obese—the effects on society are harder to ignore.
A Mercer University professor shares her expertise with key groups to help prevent chemical weapons attacks. In a remote, mountainous region in western Sudan known as Jebel Marra in 2016, the rocket attacks came often and without warning. Homes were decimated. People and livestock were killed. Others, especially children, suffered horrible burns to their body.
Programs at Western University of Health Sciences and Duquesne University are showing young students what the pharmacist can do—and powering the pipeline in the process. Member schools are continuing to amp up efforts to recruit young adults to pursue pharmacy as a career and strengthen the pharmacy pipeline. Dr. Mario Jimenez knows such efforts work.
UCSF School of Pharmacy scientists engineer drug delivery device that treats glaucoma directly inside the eye. Glaucoma, which affects over 60 million people worldwide, can seem easy to treat: medicated eye drops can be used to ease the buildup of fluid in the eye that underlies the condition. If glaucoma is caught early, eye drops can prevent irreversible blindness.

Pharmacy schools are taking steps to address cultural competency by preparing future pharmacists to be inclusive and ensure that everyone ...

As an ASAE Diversity Executive Leadership Program (DELP) scholar, Senior Director of Academic Affairs Dr. Cecilia M. Plaza hopes to ...

Telepharmacy programs are educating patients on medicine and educating students on people.

By Athena Ponushis

Jed Swackhammer shows up to ...

A new USPHS award builds upon a growing tradition of distinguishing pharmacy’s role in public health.

The Public Health Excellence ...

What could have been a career-ending car accident for a WNE University student pharmacist is now an opportunity to accomplish ...

AACP and its member schools are reaching out to young adults in innovative ways to promote pharmacy as a career ...

From opioids to health disparities, the record-setting Pharmacy Education 2017 brought together an Academy ready to tackle the big issues.

A Wayne State University researcher is translating basic science knowledge into clinical application, with the hopes of developing better treatments ...