News & Updates

Use of filgrastim among lung transplant recipients (LTRs) for the treatment of neutropenia contributes to an increased burden of acute cellular rejection (ACR) and a reduced time to ACR, but not to an increased likelihood of ACR at 6 months, a study has shown.

Visits to the emergency department (ED) for suicide attempts and intentional self-harm have significantly increased from 2011 to 2020, as a proportion of total ED visits and as visits per capita, results of a US study have shown.

An age-tailored, interactive text message intervention appears to increase vaping cessation rates among adolescent e-cigarette users, according to a study.

DREAMS START*, a nonpharmacological intervention, reduces sleep disturbances in people living with dementia at home, according to a recent study presented at AAIC 2024.

In preterm infants, the use of multistrain probiotics does not appear to prevent colonization with multidrug-resistant organisms or highly epidemic bacteria (MDRO+), as shown in the phase III PRIMAL* trial.

Adding olanzapine to prophylactic antiemetic medications appeared to substantially improve nausea and vomiting control among patients receiving moderately emetogenic chemotherapy (MEC) regimens in a phase III randomized clinical trial.

A pharmacy-specific, foundational HIV management education package can help improve pharmacist knowledge in HIV management and self-reported confidence in managing this specialty area, suggests a recent study.

Adults suffering from persistent loneliness are likely to experience worse cognitive function and alterations in brain structure, suggests new evidence from the ongoing Whitehall II cohort study, presented at AAIC 2024.