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Wednesday, June 19, 2013

APhA Announces 2012 Postgraduate Best Paper Awards
WASHINGTON, DC – The American Pharmacists Association - Academy of Pharmaceutical Research and Science (APhA-APRS) today announced the recipients of the 2012 APhA Postgraduate Best Paper Awards.
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Pharmacist.com

DC Pharmacy Chief Finds Creative Solutions to Manage Drug Shortages
By Stephen Spotswood WASHINGTON — As government agencies struggle with an ever-increasing number of drug shortages on a national level, pharmacists at VA hospitals deal with the problem — usually very successfully — on a day-to-day basis.
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U. S. Medicine

FDA Mulls Expanded Universe of Nonprescription Drugs
Some drugs that are now available only with a prescription may one day be obtained after consulting with a pharmacist or answering a series of questions on a computer terminal, under a new system that FDA is considering for nonprescription drug use.
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American Society of Health-System Pharmacists

Rahall Tells Forum Fighting Prescription Drug Abuse Must Be 24/7
Orlando, Fl. -- U.S. Rep. Nick Rahall (D-W.Va.), in keynote remarks to the National Prescription Drug Abuse Summit, outlined three major components to address the growing epidemic of abuse spreading across the Country, education and prevention, coordination of resources, enforcement and shared infor
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HuntingtonNews.Net

Shining the Light on Sunscreen
US Pharm. 2012;37(4):36-39. Nearly everyone has experienced the pain of sunburn at some point. Rates of sunburn are difficult to determine. In a survey of 10,000 teenagers, 83% reported having at least one sunburn in the past summer, and 36% reported having three or more.
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USPharmacist.com