Health plan pharmacists are in the perfect position to see overprescribing as it happens. An astonishing 25% of Americans ages 65 to 69 take at least 5 prescription drugs to treat chronic conditions; ...

May 24, 2011 INDIANAPOLIS -- The lists of potential side effects that accompany prescription drugs have ballooned in size, averaging 70 reactions per drug, a number that can overwhelm physicians ...

Are you taking too many meds? If you’re an older American, chances are your medicine cabinet is crammed with bottles of pills to reduce cholesterol, lower blood pressure, and treat everything from ...

Drug Store News spoke with CEO and co-founder Calvin H. Knowlton about what the medication risk mitigation company is doing in this area. Rising healthcare costs and a growing elderly population could ...

Chemotherapy for one type of leukaemia could be improved by giving patients a drug currently used to treat an unrelated condition, new research shows. Acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) is an aggressive ...