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April 22, 2010
CVS Caremark forges ahead with medication adherence initiatives

Underscoring the vital role that pharmacists play in the U.S. healthcare system are the findings...

April 21, 2010
Type 1 diabetic teens experience stress when monitoring condition, study finds

A new study published in the April 7 issue of Adolescent Health suggested that teens...

April 20, 2010
MassBiologics grants licensing agreement to Merck for tetanus-diphtheria vaccine

A biotech developer owned by the University of Massachusetts Medical School has granted drug maker...

April 19, 2010
Vitamin K may reduce risk of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma

In the first study of vitamin K and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma risk, researchers at the Mayo...

April 18, 2010
Break away from outbreaks

Merix Pharmaceutical unveiled its new Fast-Results! genital herpes treatment March 1. The only over-the-counter treatment...

April 18, 2010
Sparking clinical skin care

Following years of research and 10 new technology patents, skin care brand Neutrogena has introduced...

April 18, 2010
Vitamins, calcium supplements may cut women's breast cancer risk

Vitamins and calcium supplements appear to reduce the risk of breast cancer, according to findings...

April 18, 2010
Weighing in on health reform

Want to weigh in on healthcare reform? What do you think it weighs, anyway—Congress’ Patient...

April 15, 2010
Healthcare reform paves the way for success of retail clinics

To borrow from the great Mark Twain, it would appear that the reports of the...

April 15, 2010
Pharmacists can bridge medication adherence gap

Taking medications is like doing household chores or getting called for jury duty: Everybody would...

April 14, 2010
MinuteClinic begins allergy screenings

As trees blossom and shed their pollen, and grasses and weeds germinate in yards, MinuteClinic...

April 13, 2010
Rite Aid brings back free skin cancer screenings

Rite Aid and Aveeno are sponsoring the Skin Cancer Foundation's Road to Healthy Skin Tour,...

April 13, 2010
Take Care Health Systems to offer blood pressure screenings through May

Take Care Health Systems has announced that it now is offering free blood pressure screenings...

April 13, 2010
Walgreens becomes founding partner of Diabetes Prevention and Control Alliance

Walgreens is reaffirming its commitment to diabetes prevention by becoming the founding partner of the...

April 12, 2010
CVS Caremark: Medication adherence gets in way of social life, patients say

Some patients stop taking their prescribed medications because they think it interferes with personal priorities...

April 12, 2010
FDA to begin removing inhalers containing CFC propellants from market

The Food and Drug Administration will start phasing out asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease...

April 11, 2010
Vaccines with two strains of influenza may be more effective in children, research team says

Vaccines likely would work better in protecting children from flu if they included both strains...

April 8, 2010
Article: Think 'outside the pillbox' to improve medication adherence

An article published in the New England Journal of Medicine underscored the importance of medication...

April 8, 2010
Consumers may get more say in their healthcare decisions

Patient-centric healthcare solutions offer a glimpse of what health reform eventually could look like by...

April 8, 2010
Government shortcuts spell disaster for health program beneficiaries

Once again, government seems to be mangling the delicate balance among pharmacies, generic drug suppliers...

April 8, 2010
Pharmacy-PBM model may aid patients' health in the long-run

The fact that CVS Caremark presented research highlighting the benefits that pharmacy benefit management tools...

April 8, 2010
Report: Take Care Health Systems seeks joint ventures with hospitals

In an effort to further expand its retail-based clinic business, Walgreens' Take Care Health Systems...

April 7, 2010
PBGH reports cost-effective diabetes management in Pittsburgh

Patients diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes in Pittsburgh were more likely than similar patients nationwide...

April 6, 2010
CVS Caremark research highlights methods for improving medication adherence

Research from CVS Caremark demonstrated the positive impact of various tools available to pharmacy benefit...

April 1, 2010
CDC: Tuberculosis rate drops more than 11%

The rate of reported tuberculosis cases in the United States has decreased more than 11%...

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