Participation In Clinical Trials Does Not Appear To Affect Physician's Adherence To Guidelines (Medical News Today)
Physicians who participated in a pharmaceutical-sponsored clinical trial involving asthma medications maintained adherence to treatment guidelines but were more likely to prescribe the sponsor's drugs, according to a study in the June 21 issue of JAMA. [click link for full article]

Program to School Pharmacy Staff on New Meth Law (Progressive Grocer)
JUNE 30, 2006 -- ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- A new training program developed jointly by the National Association of Chain Drug Stores Foundation and pharmacy training consultancy Learn Something, Inc. aims to assist community pharmacies in the fight against methamphetamine misuse and abuse.

Stroke survivor skips the tedium (The Pueblo Chieftain)
By now you know how I feel about medical memoirs: Most of them are of about zero interest unless you happen to have the same disease or injury that the author had. And sometimes not even then. But Don t Leave Me This Way: Or When I Get Back on My Feet You ll Be Sorry is worth reading, every page of it, even if - especially if - you don t want to know anything about strokes and brain