Clinicians should recommend routine yearly influenza vaccinations for everyone 6 months or older who has no contraindications for the 2019-2020 influenza season starting at the end of October, according to the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices.
CVS Health is offering no-cost 'Know Your Numbers' heart health screenings every Thursday in February, including Valentine’s Day, at MinuteClinic.
Older patients who experience daytime sleepiness may be at risk of developing new medical conditions, including diabetes, cancer, and high blood pressure.
Prescription opioids are potent pain-relieving medications that, when used correctly, can effectively control pain and increase the quality of life for patients with acute or chronic pain.
Since the survey on nicotine and marijuana vaping began 4 years ago, use of these substances among teens have increased to markedly high levels.
Because of immunosenescence, the weakening of the immune system and progressive decline of adaptive and innate immune responses as we age, illnesses can cause significant mortality and morbidity in elderly persons.
Prescription opioids are potent pain-relieving medications that, when used correctly, can effectively control pain and increase the quality of life for patients with acute or chronic pain.
The introduction of proton pump inhibitors in the late 1980s dramatically changed the treatment and outcome of gastroesophageal reflux disease.
Schnuck Markets Inc., a Midwestern grocery chain, has teamed up with Centene Corp. and Betty Jean Kerr People’s Health Centers to create a full-service clinic inside a Schunck supermarket in Ferguson, MO.
Senator Maureen Walsh made a statement about nurses playing cards all day, which caused a massive reaction among hardworking health care professionals everywhere.
Retail health clinicians should be armed with the knowledge of how to treat what could be more than just a minor skin irritation.
Recent statistics reveal that 85.6 million Americans live with cardiovascular disease or residual deficits from stroke.
Healthcare workers face a potential silent killer every day that is so common it is routinely overlooked and ignored: accidental needlesticks.
Most patients experience respiratory distress symptoms at some point in their lives, and at times, those symptoms will drive them to seek a health care provider’s diagnosis at a retail clinic.
The symptoms associated with colds, most commonly congestion, coughing, sneezing, and sore throats, are the body's response when a virus exerts its effects on the immune system. Cold symptoms peak at about 1 to 2 days and last 7 to 10 days but can last up to 3 weeks.
With the Affordable Care Act's expansion of health care coverage and the shortage of primary medical homes, outcome-based chronic disease management requires an innovative approach.
With thousands of dietary supplements on the market and often contradictory or unconvincing clinical evidence for their use, many providers hesitate to make recommendations for or against them.
Childhood obesity is a serious problem in the United States.
By the end of the summer, Johnson Memorial Hospital (JMH) will open its very first retail clinic at a grocery store located in Stafford Springs, Connecticut.
In a $1.1 billion proposal to Congress, President Barack Obama recognized the vital role nurse practitioners play in addressing the country’s opioid abuse and heroin use epidemic.
An overall 27% drop in the cancer mortality rate translates into 2.6 million fewer deaths from cancer in the United States between the years 1991 and 2016.
An incredible number of diseases and infections warrant the use of respiratory medications. Retail health prescribers write prescriptions for numerous respiratory medications for this handful of disease states in diverse patient populations.
A new web-based application aims to provide an early and accurate diagnosis of pediatric epilepsy.
The CDC National Center for Injury Prevention and its federal advisory committee Control Board of Scientific Counselors has released a new set of guidelines for the comprehensive care of pediatric mild traumatic brain injury, such as concussion.
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The nasal spray is formulated using a proprietary novel excipient known as Intravail to achieve blood levels similar to a 4-mg sumatriptan subcutaneous injection, resulting in rapid onset of action.
A new integrated continuous glucose monitoring system that aims to help patients with diabetes manage their condition and to share health data with care providers is now available.
Trump and task force members urged Americans to take seriously social distancing recommendations made by the CDC and other health experts.
Noninvasive, efficacious treatment options are available to help patient outcomes and improve quality of life.