Content about Studies and Surveys

June 7, 2011
NPD: Lip color gets its groove back

The total prestige lip segment rose 7% to $185.2 million in U.S. department stores, with the shining star being lip color, according to beauty market research conducted by NPD.

June 7, 2011
U.S. News ranks best dieting plans

U.S. News Media Group on Tuesday ranked the best dieting plans by health goal — identifying the best plans for weight loss, heart health and diabetes.

June 6, 2011
Alimta extends progression-free survival among patients in late-stage study

Cancer patients taking a drug made by Eli Lilly extended the amount of time they survived without their disease worsening, according to results of a study announced Sunday.

June 6, 2011
Blog: Facebook inexpensive yet powerful marketing tool

The cost of acquiring a Facebook “liker?” Less than 13 cents per fan, according to a Media Logic blog posted last week.

June 6, 2011
Hypoglycemic events can disrupt work productivity for diabetics, survey finds

A new survey sponsored by drug maker Novo Nordisk, which polled Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes patients in the United States, United Kingdom, Germany and France, found that about 1-in-5 respondents regularly are unable to attend a full day of work due to disruption caused by episodes of dangerously low blood sugar, also known as hypoglycemic events.

June 6, 2011
Study: Amylin's metreleptin improves diabetes, lipid control among patients

An investigational drug improved diabetes and lipid control in patients with partial lipodystrophy, according to a new study.

June 3, 2011
HbA1C test may not be useful among dialysis patients with diabetes

The gold standard long-term glucose monitoring test for patients with diabetes proved to be of limited value in dialysis patients, according to a new study at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center released Wednesday.

June 2, 2011
Vitamin Shoppe survey finds most adults take vitamins or supplements

A survey conducted on behalf of The Vitamin Shoppe and released Wednesday found that 60% of adults currently take a vitamin or supplement.

June 1, 2011
Consumers make small changes to deal with rising gas prices

According to a AAA telephone survey released last week, more than half of those surveyed have adopted such relatively simple conservation changes as utilizing trip chaining, reducing shopping trips, dining out less and driving less because of higher gas prices.

June 1, 2011
Survey: Retail industry capital spending to rise 16% in 2011

Capital spending for the retail industry is expected to increase 16% in 2011 to $42.5 billion, with all subsegments projecting double-digit percentage increases — except for mass merchants, whose growth is projected to rise 9% — according to a survey by Equity Research.

June 1, 2011
Weight loss among women helps raise blood vitamin D levels

Overweight or obese women who have less-than-optimal levels of vitamin D and lose more than 15% of their body weight experience significant increases in circulating levels of this fat-soluble nutrient, according to a study released last week by researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.

May 31, 2011
Consumers opt to spend more on Father's Day gifts

Consumers will show their love for Dad this year by spending more on Father's Day gifts than in the prior year, according to the National Retail Federation.

May 31, 2011
GDM risk can be assessed prior to pregnancy

A woman's risk of developing a type of diabetes typically caused by pregnancy can be identified up to seven years prior to becoming pregnant, according to a new study by Kaiser Permanente.

May 31, 2011
Researchers find link between flu, asthma

Researchers at Children's Hospital Boston have discovered the reason why influenza may induce asthma attacks among children.

May 31, 2011
Sanofi: Lyxumia won't significantly increase hypoglycemia risk

New results from a late-stage clinical trial of a Sanofi drug for Type 2 diabetes indicated that the drug can reduce blood sugar in patients without increasing the risk of causing the blood sugar levels to dip too low, the French drug maker said Tuesday.

May 31, 2011
USA Today article highlights risks of medication nonadherence

The major consumer press is beginning to understand the value of community pharmacy and the importance of medication adherence in managing outcomes in healthcare spending, as evidenced by the recent USA Today article "Studies: Missed meds could cost more than $250B a year."

May 26, 2011
Men may have higher risk of allergies than women, study finds

A recent Quest Diagnostics "Health Trends Report" released Wednesday raised the possibility that men have a higher risk for allergies than women or that men, as a function of their gender, require different reporting standards when evaluated for allergies with increasingly used blood tests.

May 25, 2011
Gluten may not influence babies' risk of developing Type 1 diabetes

Introducing a gluten-free diet to an infant may not reduce its risk of developing Type 1 diabetes, according to a new study published in Diabetes Care.

May 25, 2011
HealthPrize, RealAge look at social media, gaming technology to improve adherence

HealthPrize Technologies and RealAge will launch a study next month that will test HealthPrize’s medication adherence technologies on patients taking asthma medications, the two companies said Wednesday.

May 25, 2011
Many caregivers forgo their own medication adherence, research finds

Many people who provide care and support to loved ones said they are more likely to be nonadherent to their own personal medication regimen than to neglect providing medications to those they are caring for, according to a new study by researchers at Harvard University, Brigham and Women's Hospital and CVS Caremark.

May 25, 2011
Study: CT scans could help predict early death among diabetes patients

A common test may help predict early death among diabetes patients, a new study found.

May 25, 2011
Study: Diabetics at higher risk of tuberculosis infection

Researchers from the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston found that patients with diabetes are at higher risk of contracting tuberculosis, a deadly bacterial disease, than nondiabetics.

May 24, 2011
CVS Caremark outlines results of personalized consumer communications program

CVS Caremark outlined on Tuesday at a consumer health engagement conference the results of a personalized consumer communications program designed to encourage patients to take their medications as doctors direct.

May 24, 2011
Gestational diabetes risk increases among women that gain weight between first, second pregnancies

Women that experience body mass index gains between their first and second pregnancies are at an increased risk of developing gestational diabetes in the second pregnancy, according to a Kaiser Permanente study.

May 24, 2011
Men's shopping habits mirror women's, SymphonyIRI finds

Men shop, too, SymphonyIRI Group asserted in the release of its latest demographic shopper study titled “Men are From Mars, Women are From Venus…Or Maybe Not?” on Monday.

© 2013 Drug Store News. All Rights Reserved.