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A pharmacist monitoring program is feasible and useful for patients receiving oral antineoplastic agents, reports a recent study.

Chocolate lovers may want to think twice before indulging in this confection as a recent study reports an association between nontyphoidal salmonellosis transmission and chocolate consumption.

A program that teaches self-administered acupressure (SAA), coupled with a brief knee health education, works well in terms of alleviating knee pain and improving mobility in middle-aged and older adults with probable knee osteoarthritis (OA), according to a study from Hong Kong.

Among patients with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) who fail to achieve guideline-directed low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) goals despite receiving maximally tolerated statins, initiating inclisiran immediately resulted in significant reductions in LDL-C, according to the VICTORION-INITIATE trial presented at ACC.24.

People with visual impairment may have increased suicidal tendencies, and this association is especially pronounced among adolescents, according to the results of a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Self-selecting for nonprescription statin therapy with the help of a Web-based application leads to a high percentage of individuals correctly confirming their eligibility, using the medication appropriately, and achieving significant low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) reductions, according to the results of the TACTiC trial.

Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), financial needs, and other maternal psychosocial hardships can negatively affect the development of children from vulnerable families in Singapore, according to a study.