The National Alliance of State Pharmacy Associations (NASPA) and the Nonprescription Medicines Academy (NMA) have partnered to provide the NASPA/NMA Student Pharmacist Self Care Championship. The event, which is endowed by P&G, promotes active learning of self care conditions and nonprescription medicine.
November is Heartburn Awareness Month, a time dedicated to encourage health care professionals to screen, treat and educate heartburn patients and sufferers about heartburn symptoms and appropriate treatment options.
Please click below for links to patient assessments, resources, and professional education.
A new special report from the American Heart Association (AHA) defines “poor,” “intermediate,” and “ideal” cardiovascular health, using measures based on seven health factors and lifestyle behaviors. Adults are considered to be in ideal cardiovascular health if all of the measures—dubbed “Life’s Simple 7”— are present:
• Never smoked, or quit more than 1 year ago.
• Body mass index (BMI) less than 25.
• Physical activity of at least 150 minutes (moderate intensity) or 75 minutes (vigorous intensity) per week.
In the first randomized clinical trial to compare a low-carbohydrate diet with the combination of orlistat plus a low-fat diet, weight loss was similar for both approaches, but the low-carbohydrate diet was more effective for lowering blood pressure.
A total of 146 overweight or obese outpatients (mean age 52 years, mean body mass index 39.3) from the Department of Veterans Affairs primary care clinics in Durham, North Carolina, were assigned to one of two interventions:
• A low-carbohydrate diet that restricted carbohydrate initially to <20 g/day but did not restrict calorie intake.
Self Care Sound Bytes: a newsletter from the NMA
The Nonprescription Medicines Academy is sustained through an unrestricted educational grant from P&G, which helps to support educators, clinicians and students in the area of nonprescription medicines and self care conditions.
