An exploration of patient and pharmacist willingness to utilize a food insecurity screening tool in supermarket-based pharmacies.

Background: Food insecurity (FI) is a disturbance of eating patterns due to lack of resources, preventing consistent access to healthy foods. FI negatively impacts health outcomes and increases care cost.

Objectives: The primary objective was to (a) explore patient willingness to screen with the 2-question Hunger Vital Sign tool and (b) accept education regarding food assistance programs at their community pharmacy.

Development and characterization of lung surfactant-coated polymer nanoparticles for pulmonary drug delivery.

Lung cancer is often diagnosed at an advanced stage where tumors are usually inoperable and first-line therapies are inefficient and have off-targeted adverse effects, resulting in poor patient survival. Here, we report the development of an inhalable poly lactic-co-glycolic acid polymer-based nanoparticle (PLGA-NP) formulation with a biomimetic Infasurf® lung surfactant (LS) coating, for localized and sustained lung cancer drug delivery. The nanoparticles (188 ± 7 nm) were stable in phosphate buffered saline, serum and Gamble's solution (simulated lung fluid), and demonstrated cytocompatibility up to 1000 μg/mL concentration and dose-dependent uptake by lung cancer cells.