Society's Health Policy Alerts Spotlight Value Of Pharmacists' Services ASHP has launched a new e-mail service for
health policy leaders that highlights research studies that demonstrate the valuable roles hospital and
health-system pharmacists play in improving patient outcomes. The Society hopes that the
Health Policy Alerts will influence leaders in
health care as well as public policy decision-makers to engage the expertise of pharmacists on ways to improve societal medication-use.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comSenators Join Thousands Of Patients, Doctors, Pharmacists In Supporting Women's Access To Critical Hormone Treatments The International Academy of Compounding Pharmacists (IACP) today joined hundreds of thousands of women and doctors in applauding the introduction of S. Con. Res. 88, a resolution stating that "the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) new policy restricting women's access to medications containing estriol does not serve the public interest" and calling on the FDA to "reverse its policy." The resolution, introduced in the U.S.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comAlthough Coronary Heart Disease Patients Live Longer, Their Quality Of Life Is Questionable Better treatments have improved survival in people with coronary heart disease, but the quality of those extra years may be less than ideal, according to research reported in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association. Compared with adults without coronary heart disease (CHD), adults with CHD scored up to 9 percent lower on four scales measuring "quality of life.
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