CVS Plan To Close Some Retail Clinics Draws Criticism CVS Caremark plans to close 16% of its retail health clinics until next flu season, a move that critics say will affect access to affordable health care for the uninsured, the Tribune/South Florida Sun-Sentinel reports.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comDoctors Prescribing More Drugs And Ignoring Guidelines To Help Heart Disease Patients Lead Healthier Lifestyles Young patients with heart disease are smoking more and twice as many suffer from diabetes compared to 12 years ago. Heart disease prevention in routine clinical practice is inadequate, with only a third of patients being referred to and joining prevention and rehabilitation programmes, whilst doctors are prescribing more and more drugs. Yet lifestyle programmes should be the backbone of preventive care.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comHDMA Applauds The Nomination Of Dr. Margaret Hamburg As Commissioner Of The U.S. Food And Drug Administration The Healthcare Distribution Management Association (HDMA), the national association representing primary healthcare distributors, commends President Barack Obama on his nomination of Dr. Margaret Hamburg as Commissioner, U.S. Food and Drug Administration (
FDA). "We applaud the nomination of Dr.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comTogether Rx Access(R) Program Expands Eligibility Criteria, Responds To Challenging Economic Times Together Rx Access(R), a
prescription savings program sponsored by many of the nation's leading pharmaceutical companies, announced that it has expanded the Program's eligibility income levels to help even more uninsured individuals and families save on the medicines they need to stay healthy and to manage chronic conditions. Under the new income levels, nearly 90 percent of uninsured Americans will now be eligible for the Together Rx Access Program.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comJay D. Currie Receives 2009 APhA-APPM Award In Clinical/Pharmacotherapeutic Practice The American Pharmacists Association (APhA) has announced that Jay D. Currie, PharmD, FCCP, FAPhA, of Mount Vernon, Iowa, is the 2009 recipient of the APhA Academy of
Pharmacy Practice and Management (APhA-APPM) Distinguished Achievement Award in Clinical/Pharmacotherapeutic Practice. Currie will be officially recognized at the APhA Annual Meeting and Exposition April 3-6, 2009 in San Antonio, Texas.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comSeizures Can Occur Due To Stun Guns A new case report published in CMAJ indicates that stun guns, under particular conditions, may cause cerebral complications such as seizures. http://www.cmaj.ca/press/pg625.pdf. The investigation of an incident involving a police officer suggests that seizures may happen and should be considered as an undesirable consequence of the use of these devices.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comEast Sussex LPC Conference - NPA Runs Workshop, UK At the East Sussex Local Pharmaceutical Committee (LPC) Conference held on Sunday 1 March, Helen Rhodes, NPA Professional Services Manager, facilitated a workshop on building relationships with GPs. She was supported by local GP, Dr Bruce Packham. The Conference theme was 'Facing the Future Together'.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comPCMA: New Bipartisan Biogenerics Legislation The 'Right Approach' To Increase Competition, Lower Costs Pharmaceutical Care Management Association (PCMA) President and CEO Mark Merritt issued the following statement supporting HR 1427, "The Promoting Innovation and Access to Life-Saving Medicine Act"- bipartisan legislation introduced by U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Henry Waxman (D-CA), Representatives Nathan Deal (R-GA), Frank Pallone (D-NJ), and Jo Ann Emerson (R-MO)-which would create a regulatory pathway to approve generic versions of biologic products.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comLumbar Fusion Has Long-Term Benefits Lumbar fusion is becoming an increasingly common treatment for low-back pain, but its long-term effects are relatively unknown. A doctoral thesis from the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet now shows that the long-term effects are superior to those of physiotherapy. Chronic low-back pain is treated increasingly often with lumbar fusion, by which several lower back vertebrae are fused in a way that has little impact on the back's overall mobility.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comLatest Research Findings At The American Academy Of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting Leading orthopedic surgeons and other clinicians from Rush University Medical Center are presenting new basic and clinical research findings at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons annual meeting in Las Vegas, Nev., on February 25-28. Highlights from some of the educational sessions led by orthopedic experts from Rush as well as some of the podium and poster presentations to be made by physicians from Rush include: Dr.
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