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In comments to FDA, NACDS suggests several ways in which medication guides can be improved.

GSK and Aldolor's alvimopan is approved to improve GI recovery following surgery.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is proposing regulations to control selling tactics used by Medicare Advantage and Part D plans to attract new customers.

CDC updates vaccine recommendation for herpes zoster.

A DEA final rule allows prescribers to order narcotics for up to 100 patients at one time for detoxification purposes.

FDA issues warning to healthcare professionals about Roche and Novartis' transplant drugs.

The American Academy of Dermatology has issued new guidelines on the management of psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis.

CMS announed the names of the 325 winning suppliers that have signed contracts with Medicare to provide DMEPOS.

FDA will review claims data from Medicare and other sources to identify unsafe drugs and devices.

The largest Indian drugmaker is hooking up with a Japanese pharmaceutical firm.

Connectyx Technologies Holdings Group has launched MedFlash personal health records at Fred Meyer stores.

YourRxCard.com launches ask the pharmacist program for its members.

A suit has been filed to put a stop to the Medicare competitive bidding program for durable medical supplies.

AMCP has sent a letter to Senate leaders strongly objecting to Section 176 of S. 3101.

ALFA pleads with the Senate Special Committee on Aging to drop co-payments for poor assisted living residents.

ADHD patch recalled due to liner failure.

Eight community pharmacies have filed suit to stop Medi-Cal reimbursement cutbacks from taking effect on July 1.

NACDS, NCPA call Baucus bill "must-enact" legislation

ISMP is expanding its outreach by introducing a web site for consumers this summer.

Leiner Health Products has issued an allergy alert on undeclared allergens in Liquimax Multivitamin and has recalled the product.

Oversized morphine sulfate tablet leads to recall.

To better ward off blows by the FDA to compounding pharmacists, IACP has established a satellite office at NCPA's headquarters.

CMS has released the conditions of participation that hospices must fulfil in order to operate under Medicaire and Medicaid.

FDA gives once-yearly zoledronic acid injection expanded use.

Increased risk of cancer mortality found with Ethicon's diabetic foot ulcer cream.

Gut hormones play a key and often overlooked role in weight loss and weight regulation. Changes in weight are determined largely by the balance between energy intake and energy expenditure, but gut hormones can affect both sides of the energy equation.

The range of endothelial interventions for peripheral artery disease (PAD) is proliferating. Today's choices include traditional balloon angioplasty, stents, drug eluting stents and fabric-covered stents. Newer technologies allow clinicians to cut out occlusions, freeze them, scrape them, laser them and kill them.