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PARP Inhibitor Talazoparib Benefit in BCRA+ Breast Cancer The now published results from the EMBRACA study confirm that talazoparib prolongs progression-free survival in advanced BCRA-positive breast cancer.
Medscape Medical News, August 15, 2018
Peer Pressure Tactic Successfully Curbs Overprescribing Peer comparison letters sent to high-volume quetiapine prescribers led to a significant reduction in the number of prescriptions written for elderly patients.
Medscape Medical News, August 15, 2018
SGLT2 Inhibitors and Amputations in Diabetes: Still Unclear Observational study finds increased risk compared with older oral diabetes medications, but class effect question not addressed.
Medscape Medical News, August 15, 2018
AHA Advises Low-Calorie Sweeteners May Be Useful in Adults An American Heart Association advisory concludes adults may benefit from replacing sugar-sweetened beverages with low-calorie ones but warns against long-term use in children.
Medscape Medical News, August 15, 2018
No Benefit of Switching Antipsychotics in Early Schizophrenia
Medscape Medical News, August 15, 2018
TNFi Unlikely to Raise Cancer Recurrence Risk in RA
Medscape Medical News, August 14, 2018
Genetic Tests Miss ROS1 Status in Some Advanced NSCLC Cases
Medscape Medical News, August 14, 2018
'Lessons Must Be Learned': UK Societies on Bawa-Garba Ruling
Medscape Medical News, August 14, 2018
Diabetes Resource for 'Overwhelming' Numbers of Devices, Apps
Medscape Medical News, August 14, 2018
College-Age Students Unsure When Fertility Declines
Reuters Health Information, August 14, 2018
In Utero Tenofovir Exposure May Not Affect Infant Bones
Reuters Health Information, August 14, 2018
EU Says Second China Company Made Tainted Heart Drug
Reuters Health Information, August 13, 2018

Perspective

'An Inconvenient Truth': Add Bev or Chemo to TKIs in Lung Cancer
Commentary, August 2018
Toward Opioid-Free Surgery
Commentary, August 2018
18-Year Follow-up Data Vindicate Finasteride
Commentary, August 2018
Common Prescribing Blunders
Slideshow, August 2018
Is Upfront Combo Therapy Better Than the Sum of Its Parts?
Article, August 2018
Immunotherapy Complete Responses Suggest Metastatic Melanoma Cures
Commentary, August 2018
Impact of Opioid Epidemic on IBD: Patients Are at Risk
Commentary, August 2018
Tinkering With Levothyroxine: Does It Make a Difference?
Commentary, August 2018
Atrial Fibrillation: What's New? Not Much
Expert Column, August 2018
Spironolactone Over Clonidine in Resistant HTN: Do You Agree?
Viewpoint, August 2018

Blogs

Books for Pleasure: Your Recommendations?
From From the Editor: Medscape Nurses , Posted at 19:21:59, November 11. 9 Comments
Global Health Service Partnership: An Opportunity for Nurses
From From the Editor: Medscape Nurses , Posted at 11:23:57, November 8. 2 Comments
Becoming an NP, Med Administration Guidelines, and Fungal Meningitis
From From the Editor: Medscape Nurses , Posted at 15:56:20, October 23. 0 Comments
Making Sure Medication Safety is Not a "One Note" Metric
From On Your Meds: Straight Talk About Medication Safety , Posted at 07:49:54, October 15. 2 Comments
Healthy work environment = Robust medication error detection
From On Your Meds: Straight Talk About Medication Safety , Posted at 19:00:46, September 23. 9 Comments

News Alerts

Alert FDA Approves First Oral Drug for Fabry Disease
FDA Approvals, August 13, 2018
Alert FDA Clears CF Drug Orkambi for Children as Young as Age 2
FDA Approvals, August 8, 2018
Alert FDA: Don't Use Azithromycin for Lung Condition in Cancer Patients
News Alerts, August 3, 2018
Alert European Union Clears Tofacitinib for Ulcerative Colitis
International Approvals, August 2, 2018
Alert FDA OKs Lusutrombopag for Thrombocytopenia in Liver Disease
FDA Approvals, July 31, 2018

Conference Coverage

American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) 2015 Midyear Clinical Meeting
December 6-10, 2015; New Orleans, Louisiana
American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP) 2015 Global Conference
October 17-21, 2015; San Francisco, California
American Pharmacists Association (APhA) 2015 Annual Meeting
March 27-30, 2015; San Diego, California
American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) Midyear Clinical Meeting
December 7-11, 2014; Orange County, California

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