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Personalized Medicine and Healthcare Delivery

In exchange for a few drops of blood or saliva, patients are now able to obtain information based upon variations in their DNA sequences that will one day help them benefit from the prescribing of more effective tailored drugs and avoid some of the more serious side effects. "That is the tantalizing promise of personalized medicine," says Dr. Amalia M Issa, the Director of the Program in Personalized Medicine and Targeted Therapeutics, and Professor and Chair of the Department of Health Policy and Public Health. What is Personalized Medicine? One Size Does Not Fit All Medications that help one patient...

Travel Guide to Ben Franklin Sites in Philadelphia

In honor of Ben Franklin's 306th birthday, I have put together a travel guide piece about all things Franklin in Philadelphia. The Franklin Institute and Other Sites in Philadelphia Related to Benjamin Franklin

Studying Science in Philadelphia – Part 2

The formal part of an education in the science typically takes place at a college or university. Philadelphia provides many other opportunities to learn science. A good education in science extends beyond the classroom. In the fall the Philadelphia Beekeepers Guild has their Honey Fest. In 2011 there were Fest events at Wagner Free Institute of Science, Wyck House, and Bartram Gardens. Last year was also the first year of the Philadelphia Science Festival. There were a variety of events, some formal, some entertaining, at locations around the city. You can see highlights from 2011 and follow what is planned...

Studying Science in Philadelphia – Part 1

Large cities have many benefits. In Philadelphia we have a newspaper that still has a science writer, Faye Flam, with a very interesting column. If you do not have a subscription to the Inquirer the column also appears on her blog at http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/evolution/. The Wednesday, January 4, 2012 blog post analyzed an article by Charles Krauthammer titled “Are We Alone in the Universe”. I will take this opportunity to add my own analysis. Although the topic is outside my area of expertise I can make use of my knowledge of basic science to make some comments. In reflecting on why...

Op-Ed: Helping L.A.'s foster kids grow up

Dr. Stephen Metraux, a USciences Associate Professor of Health Policy, and colleagues had an op-ed published in the LA Times today based on the research they are doing in LA - Helping L.A.'s foster kids grow up: A new California law will allow young people to receive support until the age of 21, rather than forcing them to fend for themselves at 18. "If successful, programs that provide additional supports to foster youth are likely to generate substantial economic benefits, both for the young people and for the public purse. Having more foster youth excelling in the college classroom, on...

Pharmacy Students on a quest to change the world

Changing the world is an ambitious objective, but a reachable one, and P2 students, Yuqian Liu and Jin Hyung Park, are on their way. This past summer, future Doctors Liu and Park visited Thailand and Korea respectively as part of International Pharmaceutical Students’ Federation (IPSF) delegations. The IPSF is a global organization where pharmacy students of multi-national representation gather to share their practices and their experiences from their homelands. This year Yuqian and Jin shared USciences with the world. That pharmacy practice, by necessity, varies across the word is perhaps obvious. But Yuqian and Jin experienced this variety of practices...

Healthy Holiday Gifts & Tips We want to encourage physical activity in our kids as well as within each other, but how do we do that without being offensive or downright boring? Give a gym membership? Never! A workout video? Zzzzz…try something new! But how much will this cost? Worried about the budget? No need! Here is a list of holiday gifts to keep everyone happy & active ranging from the frugal to the frivolous: • Jump Rope • Sidewalk Chalk for Hopscotch (or use carpet pieces for inside hopscotch!) • Twister • T-ball starter set with net • Pogo...

Chain Pharmacy CEOs Must Stop the Sale of Cigarettes!

By Dr. Daniel A. Hussar who is the Remington Professor of Pharmacy at University of the Sciences' Philadelphia College of Pharmacy. He serves as the author and editor of The Pharmacist Activist newsletter (http://www.pharmacistactivist.com) from which this editorial was taken. The potential consequences of smoking cigarettes are well known but the tobacco-related carnage continues unabated within our society. On November 10, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a press release that includes the following observations and statistics: March, 2010 issue of The Pharmacist Activist. Continuing communications have identified a number of what I consider to be advantageous reasons...

USciences marketing department wins awards

USciences marketing department is proud to announce that we have won two Platinum and two Gold Awards in the MarCom 2011 Competition.

Deception and Hypocrisy from Mail-order Pharmacies

By Dr. Daniel A. Hussar who is the Remington Professor of Pharmacy at University of the Sciences' Philadelphia College of Pharmacy. He serves as the author and editor of The Pharmacist Activist newsletter (http://www.pharmacistactivist.com) from which this editorial was taken. Having devoted two recent editorials to the topic of mail-order pharmacies (please see the May and July issues of The Pharmacist Activist), I would much prefer to now address other subjects. However, recent comments by the CEOs of Medco and Express Scripts are too deceptive to be ignored. CEO Insults Medco Pharmacists At a meeting earlier this month, the CEO...