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Millions of cases. Hundreds of thousands of deaths each year. Many of them preventable.

Awareness is where it starts. Because what feels “far away” is still very real for millions of people.

Today is a reminder: global health is shared health.

#WorldMalariaDay #GlobalHealth

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It’s World Malaria Day.

Malaria isn’t something we see every day in the U.S. But that doesn’t make it distant.

It remains one of the most devastating infectious diseases globally—with the heaviest burden in the Global South, especially across sub-Saharan Africa.

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Does Aspirin prevent cancer?

Read the BBC article

https://t.co/G6VODgv9BK

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Medicine & You: Do My Patients Feel Judged?

Most patients want reassurance, not lectures. Many are afraid to admit they skipped doses, can’t afford refills, or use nonprescribed products. How we react in that first 10 seconds either shuts them down or opens the door to real care

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What does the prefix “hypo-” mean?
a. Large
b. Abnormal
c. Above Normal
d. Below Normal

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Stop asking: “Any other medications?”
Start asking: “Walk me through your day. What do you take in the morning, afternoon, and before bed?”
Same patient. Very different medication history.
How many extra meds you uncover trying this?

#MedicationHistory #ClinicalPharmacy #MedRec

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Patient: “I only take one medication.”
Me: “Any vitamins, supplements, herbs, CBD, sleep aids, or pain meds?”

Patient: “Oh… those don’t count, right?”
That’s usually where the real med list begins.
What’s your wildest “those don’t count” moment?

[Aliu @AlaoAliu007]

@swankpharm Medscape Ai

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Be honest: are you secretly using AI as your off-the-books coworker?
Which tools (ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Lexicomp add-ons, drug-info copilots, etc.) have actually saved you time in your day-to-day practice?
Share an example with us

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How do you think AI will reshape YOUR corner of pharmacy—community, hospital, ambulatory, industry, or PBM? Drop a specific workflow you’d love to “hand off” to an agent.

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From the bench to the bench-top computer: AI and agentic AI are already reshaping how medicines are discovered, developed, and dispensed.

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Behind the counter, AI is starting to touch everything from inventory optimization to clinical decision support; upstream, it is accelerating drug discovery, trial design, and regulatory work.

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To every woman prescribing, dispensing, counseling, researching, teaching, managing, or caring: thank you for your expertise, your leadership, and your relentless compassion.
Your work saves lives, reduces inequities, and inspires the next generation of healthcare professionals

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Today on International Women’s Day, we celebrate the women keeping our health systems running.

Nearly 80% of the U.S. healthcare and social assistance workforce are women, from bedside to back office, from clinics to community pharmacies.

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What does the prefix “brady-” mean?
a. Short
b. Between
c. Slow
d. Without

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The childhood vaccine schedule in the U.S. was reshaped—from 17 routine diseases to 11. Federal leaders are questioning whether some long used vaccines were ever tested in “proper” placebo trials.

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Hospitals usually stay open in big winter storms, but what about 24-hour community pharmacies? Should they be treated as essential and stay open no matter what, or follow the same closure decisions as other retailers?

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During severe winter storms like the one moving across the U.S. this weekend, what’s most important when deciding if pharmacies should stay open?
A) Access to emergency meds
B) Safety of staff traveling to work
C) Limited hours instead of 24/7
D) Full closure until roads are safe

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[Artkingvee🇳🇬🇺🇸 @KingVee_1]

Up 4am can’t sleep bcos of PTSD. I’m a licensed pharmacist, Oct. 2024 I was kidnapped by Fulani bandits at Ochadamu in Kogi state. After my release, I learnt that the hospital I worked in, was trying to hush the whole thing. Today, kidnapping still continues on the same road.