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Dr. Katherine Smith, Director of Continuing Education and Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice at Roseman University was recently elected as one of 24 Fellows of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy...Dr. Smith was nominated for consideration as an ACCP Fellow by her colleagues, then underwent a rigorous and comprehensive evaluation by the 35-member Credentials: Fellowship Committee. The evaluation process included a review of both practice and research accomplishments...

University of Nevada School of Medicine is asking residents of Minden and Gardnerville to open their homes and hearts to medical students studying in their community later this year…Starting now, some members of the Class of 2016 will begin their four-week small community rotation requirement in these communities. The required program for graduation relies on the goodwill and generosity of community members to help house students during their four-week rotation…"We have placed students in the Minden and Gardnerville area in the past and hope we can rely on the town's willingness to do so again this year," said Jamie Anderson, director, Rural Medical Education for the medical school. "Our students have truly loved learning about these communities and working with the physicians there."

Products marketed to enhance sexual performance, such as the one used by Lamar Odom at a Pahrump brothel, might contain other ingredients that can pose risks to users, especially when used in combination with other drugs…more information is needed before any determination can be made about the cause of Odom's health complications…The former NBA basketball star was hospitalized...after being found unconscious at the brothel…Unapproved remedies for erectile dysfunction may include combinations of undisclosed ingredients or excessively high doses, both potentially dangerous situations…"I could take two herbal supplements off the shelf, and they could claim to be the same thing, and they won't be anything alike," said Jason Penrod, a member of the Nevada State Board of Pharmacy. "The only way you can know for sure is to take your 'herbal Viagra'...and analyze it in a biochemistry lab."…"They may or may not be effective," Dr. Michael Verni of the Urology Center of Las Vegas said. "All the vitamin makers have to prove is that their products are not harmful. They don't have to prove they work."

..new statewide coalition has been formed to get the country's presidential candidates to focus on chronic disease as the real driver of increasing health care costs…Kenneth Thorpe… chairman of the Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease, said…that unless policymakers…focus on preventing and controlling diabetes, hypertension and other chronic conditions, the country will never get control over its health care costs. Thorpe was in Nevada to announce the formation of a Nevada chapter…The Nevada chapter is spending about $200,000 to publicize the issue ahead of the Democratic presidential debate next week in Las Vegas…

Washoe County Health District reports gastrointestinal illness outbreaks in schools and daycares have sickened 1,762 staffers and faculty as of ..Oct. 23...A Health District spokesman says a total of 17 schools continue to be in outbreak mode, including 15 schools, one daycare and one charter school.

Sam Kaufman has been named the chief executive officer of Henderson Hospital…He will also continue serving as the CEO of Desert Springs Hospital…has set two initial goals for the 142-bed, $168 million facility…"We want to be operational by late October of 2016, staffed with employees who care as much about an excellent patient experience as I do," said Kaufman. "We're also working with Ensemble Real Estate Solutions to lease and manage a medical office building adjacent to Henderson Hospital"

• Counseling Revisited Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (OBRA) of 1990.
• FDA Issues Warning About Name Confusion for Brintellix and Brilinta
• Seven Persistent Safety Gaffes in Community/Ambulatory Settings That Need to Be Resolved! Institute for Safe Medication Practices
• FDA Advises Caution Against Codeine for Treating Colds in Young Patients
• Daytrana Patch May Cause Permanent Skin Color Changes, FDA Warns
• Baxter International, Inc, Recalls Three Lots of IV Solutions Due to Particulate Matter
• FDA Warns Against Unapproved Prescription Ear Drops
• Acino Products in New Jersey Ordered to Stop Selling Rectacort-HC and GRx HiCort 25
• President Basch!
• Update From Medicaid Pharmacy Dispensing Fee Increase and Pricing Methodology Using NADAC Files
• Reminder – October 2015 Is Renewal Time for Pharmacists

Join Together Northern Nevada teamed up…with UNR's Medical School to educate community members about a Sacramento-based pilot program that's treating addiction with a non-narcotic, non-addictive drug (naltrexone)…Prescription drug abuse is the number one growing problem in the country and Nevada is one of the highest-ranked states when it comes to prescription painkillers…"It's a big problem; we're the number two prescriber of oxycodone and hydrocodone in the nation,"…"People may not want to intentionally abuse prescription drugs but let's say they get injured, they take a narcotic prescription painkiller and become addicted to it, then they just keep coming back for more."...

Roseman University of Health Sciences College of Medicine has been approved as a candidate for accreditation, a key step in the process of the school's goal of admitting 60 medical students each year starting in 2017…Liaison Committee on Medical Education accepted the self-study submitted by Roseman officials over the summer, and the next step in the process is a site visit by the accreditors. The self-study detailed all aspects of the medical education programs including what curriculum, resources, faculty and facilities will be needed.

When Terry Maurer of Henderson looks at her calendar, Oct. 10…That's the day she and other breast cancer survivors are going boating…They are part of a Pink Paddlers team competing in the seventh annual Rose Regatta Dragon Boat Race on Lake Las Vegas…the purpose of the activities is to raise money for the R.E.D. Rose Program. This program provides services and financial support for uninsured and underinsured women (and men) undergoing breast cancer treatment. Last year, the regatta and festival raised $124,000… All money raised during the Rose Regatta weekend stays in the community and is used to provide medical care and psychological support.