is launching a new pharmacy, health and wellness program aimed at reducing health care and prescription costs for U.S. employers.
The Complete Care and Well-Being program makes all prices transparent and is offered through Take Care Health Systems, a Walgreens subsidiary providing worksite health and wellness centers and in-store convenient care clinics around the country, according to a Walgreens release.
The program includes a discount prescription Read the rest of this entry »
Breast-cancer rates fell steeply and swiftly among postmenopausal women who quit combination hormones in 2002 after warnings about their potential hazards.
That’s according to the latest follow-up of a landmark federal study that overturned a decades-long medical convention about hormone therapy.
Investigators from Seattle’s Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and elsewhere also found that a woman’s risk of developing breast cancer doubled Read the rest of this entry »
Each year we are deluged with products plugging breast cancer month, from pink biscuits to pink phones. But how did one disease come to monopolise the attention of the cancer charity market and where does all the money go?
There was nothing much you couldn't buy to support breast cancer awareness last month. There was bottled water with pink caps, pink hair-straightening irons, pink cordless phones, pink biscuits even pink tyre valve caps that Read the rest of this entry »
Raleigh, N.C. —
The food at the North Carolina State Fair has evolved over the years from traditional favorites like cotton candy, hot dogs, snow cones and funnel cakes to deep-fried creations using cheesecake, candy bars, Twinkies – and even macaroni and cheese.
In a world where the wise advise is to watch calories, carbs and fats, we all know that a majority of fair food can wreak havoc on your diet.
But even with that awareness, Read the rest of this entry »
It’s the binary news events — clinical trial results and Food and Drug Administration approvals — that make drug developers so fun to invest in, and so hard to stomach … sometimes all at the same time. Let’s take a look at a few companies expecting FDA decisions this month.
is waiting on a Nov. 23 decision on its pain reliever tapentadol. The drug provides relief from pain without the prevalence of strong side effects — such as nausea, vomiting, Read the rest of this entry »
Akron, OH
Albuquerque, NM
Anaheim, CA
Anchorage, AK
Arlington, TX
Atlanta, GA
Aurora, CO
Austin, TX
Bakersfield, CA
Baltimore, MD
Baton Rouge, LA
Birmingham, AL
Boston, MA
Buffalo, NY
Chandler, AZ
Charlotte, NC
Chesapeake, VA
Chicago, IL
Chula Vista, CA
Cincinnati, OH
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Two community-based health care organizations in Sacramento have received more than $920,000 in grants from
to help improve health care in California.
received a $500,000 grant to strengthen its research network that will provide dental care to 900 patients in the Central Valley, San Francisco Bay area and Southern California, UnitedHealth Group officials announced Tuesday.
received a $427,987 grant to improve electronic health records in tribally Read the rest of this entry »
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Impact fees may be a hot topic today for Collier County commissioners, as might elimination of outdated taxing districts and creation of a new Emergency Medical Services Advisory Committee.
The Collier County Commission will take up all these issues, at the same time that it juggles budget amendments and transfers.
Impact fees have long been a sore point between county government and the development community.
Impact fees offset the costs Read the rest of this entry »
Re: your Jan. 4 editorial, “FDA action smells fishy”:
This editorial was excellent, but I have to disagree with your conclusion that “the fish industry is not doing itself any favors lobbying to reverse health advisories.”
The fish industry has done nothing but help itself over the past 30 years by influencing the Food and Drug Administration to de-emphasize the significance of mercury levels in U.S. fish sales.
This Read the rest of this entry »
Published: Sunday, October 5, 2008
Might the Mediterranean diet, shown to help fight heart disease, prove beneficial against other chronic disorders, as well?
Analyzed data from 12 studies, involving nearly 1.6 million adults whose dietary habits were monitored for up to 18 years. The more closely people had adhered to a Mediterranean diet rich in fruit, vegetables, grains, fish, nuts, olive oil and moderate amounts of red wine, but low in Read the rest of this entry »