HIV Cases Increasing Among Women, MSM In Rural China, Study Says The number of HIV/AIDS cases among men who have sex with men has increased eightfold during the past few years in areas of China, according to a study published recently in the journal Nature, Reuters reports. The study also found that the proportion of women in their reproductive years who are HIV-positive has doubled during the past 10 years.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comWalgreens September Sales Rise 10.0 Percent In Comparison To 2007 Walgreens (NYSE: WAG)(NASDAQ: WAG) had September sales of $4,854,000,000, an increase of 10.0 percent from $4,410,987,000 for the same month in 2007. Sales in comparable stores (those open at least a year) rose 4.7 percent, while comparable store front-end sales increased 1.3 percent. September pharmacy sales increased 11.2 percent, while comparable pharmacy sales increased 6.5 percent. Comparable pharmacy sales were negatively impacted by 2.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comRegional Pharmacy Chain Discovers Billing Overcharges And Voluntarily Repays Massachusetts Medicaid Program Today, regional pharmacy chain The Stop & Shop Supermarket Company LLC (Stop & Shop) has voluntarily returned $269,000 to the Massachusetts Medicaid Program, Mass
Health, after the company conducted a self-audit and determined it had been overpaid for pharmacy charges it submitted to Mass
Health. "Pharmacies hold a position of trust with their patients and members of the community at large," Attorney General Martha Coakley said.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comBiothera Develops New Method For Analyzing Beta Glucan Structure Biothera has developed a new analytical method to characterize a key structural attribute of beta 1,3/1,6 glucans, which will aid researchers developing this immune-enhancing carbohydrate for pharmaceutical applications. The method was presented recently to scientists at both the International Carbohydrate Symposium in Oslo, Norway, and the American Chemical Society national meeting in Philadelphia.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comThe Eyes Have It - Concerns About Ophthalmic Medications - Medical Journal Of Australia Topical ophthalmic medications have the potential to cause significant systemic side effects and to seriously interact with oral medications, according to an editorial in the 6 October issue of the Medical Journal of Australia.
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