Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield Of New Jersey And CVS Caremark Reach 5.5 Million E-Prescriptions If you recently went to your doctor and received a handwritten
prescription, you soon may be the exception, not the rule. That's right, in New Jersey more and more physicians are choosing to put down the
prescription pad in favor of e-prescribing technology that is improving the quality of health care throughout the state. Since 2004, more than 5.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comSenate, House Members Reintroduce Bill To Provide Doctors With Unbiased Information About Prescription Drugs Today U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging Chairman Herb Kohl (D-WI), Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Chairman Ted Kennedy (D-MA), and Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) were joined by House Committee on Energy and Commerce Chairman Henry A.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comSouth Asians With Diabetes More Likely To Lose Their Eyesight Earlier Than White Europeans South Asians with type 2 diabetes are significantly more at risk of losing their eyesight and losing it at an earlier age, compared to White Europeans with the same condition. A UK study carried out by the University of Warwick shows diabetic retinopathy (damage to the retina) is more prevalent in South Asians and occurs earlier than in White European people with diabetes. The study, published in the latest issue of Diabetes Care, looked at 1.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comInsulin Pens: Risk of Transmission of Blood-borne Pathogens from Shared Use Sharing of insulin pens may result in transmission of hepatitis viruses, HIV, or other blood-borne pathogens.
Source: www.fda.govVictory For Patients In Washington State As Court Rules To Prevent Debilitating Medicaid Reimbursement Cuts To Pharmacy The Washington State
Pharmacy Association (WSPA), National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS), and National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA) applauded Tacoma Federal Court Judge Robert J. Bryant for issuing a temporary restraining order (TRO) halting the Medicaid reimbursement cuts to pharmacies for 10 days, the maximum delay for a TRO. The Medicaid cuts would have been implemented at midnight last night.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comRexahn Completes Patient Enrollment In Phase IIa Clinical Trial Of ZoraxelTM To Treat Erectile Dysfunction Rexahn Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE Alternext US: RNN), a leader in development of innovative therapeutics for life-threatening and life-debilitating diseases, announced the completion of enrollment in its Phase IIa clinical trial evaluating ZoraxelTM for treatment of Erectile Dysfunction (ED). The Company expects to have preliminary study results in March 2009.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comPfizer Drops Application To Switch Viagra 50mg To Non-Prescription Status In Europe Pfizer announced today that it has withdrawn its application to switch the legal status of the 50 mg tablet strength of Viagra from '
prescription only' to 'non-
prescription' in the European Union (EU). Viagra is a well established oral medication for the treatment of erectile dysfunction (ED) and all current doses of Viagra will continue to be available to patients by
prescription from their doctor.
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