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Pack Your Bag(TM) Events Bring Educational Outreach to Senior Centers Throughout Florida This Summer TAMPA, Fla., July 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Eight out of ten older Americans have at least one chronic health problem, such as high blood pressure or diabetes. According to CVS/pharmacy, fifty percent of Medicare Part D participants take an average of eight or more prescriptions regularly. With increased use of medications, both prescription and over-the-counter treatments, comes increased...
Those going on a summer vacation would be wise to assemble a medical travel kit to take along, a U.S. physician advises. Dr. Herbert DuPont of The Center for Infectious Disease at The University of Texas School of Public Health in Houston suggests getting a kit ready as part of pre-travel planning to ensure safe and healthy travel. Travelers, especially those with chronic illnesses, should take precaution and locate travel clinics and medical facilities ahead of time in the area they plan...
Pack Your Bag(TM) Events Bring Educational Outreach to Senior Centers Throughout Pennsylvania This Summer PHILADELPHIA, June 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Eight out of ten older Americans have at least one chronic health problem, such as high blood pressure or diabetes. According to CVS/pharmacy, fifty percent of Medicare Part D participants take an average of eight or more prescriptions regularly. With increased use of medications, both prescription and over-the-counter treatments, comes...
INDIANAPOLIS, June 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Arcadia Resources, Inc. (NYSE Amex: KAD), which provides innovative consumer health care services under the trade name Arcadia HealthCare(SM), will issue its fiscal fourth quarter and year-end financial results prior to the opening of the U.S. financial markets on Thursday, June 25, 2009. Arcadia will conduct a conference call and simultaneous Internet webcast to review these financial results on Thursday, June 25, 2009, at 11:00 a.m....
WARREN, N.J., June 10 /PRNewswire/ -- MonoSol Rx, the developers of PharmFilm(R) technology and a drug delivery company specializing in dissolving thin film pharmaceutical products, announced today that the new drug application (NDA) for ondansetron orally dissolving film strip (ODFS) has been accepted for review by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Ondansetron ODFS was developed using MonoSol Rx's proprietary PharmFilm(R) technology to deliver the anti-emetic therapy ondansetron...
The US Food and Drug Administration on Thursday released a list of a variety of drugs that it is currently testing for possible safety issues.The list contains two-dozen different drugs, which vary from treatment of sleep disorder to weight-loss.Pfizer Inc's Chantix, a drug aimed at helping people stop smoking, is among the drug varieties currently being monitored by the FDA. Regulators are seeking to determine whether or not the drug poses a possible risk of accidental injury or vision...
Drugs -- many over-the-counter -- for allergies, hypertension or asthma can cause cognition problems in the elderly, U.S. researchers found. Study author Dr. Malaz Boustani of the Indiana University School of Medicine and Regenstrief Institute and colleagues conducted an analysis of 27 peer-reviewed studies of the relationship of the anti-cholinergic effect in some drugs -- a toxic reaction -- and brain function. Many medications used for several common disease states have anti-cholinergic...
The Food and Drug Administration, citing an increased risk of liver injury, released stronger warnings and dose limits on drugs containing the painkiller acetaminophen on Wednesday.The recommendation is for the prescription doses and over-the-counter medication. Acetaminophen, more commonly known as Tylenol, is available widely as a generic over-the-counter drug."There is extensive evidence that hepatotoxicity (liver toxicity) caused by acetaminophen use may result from lack of...
BenefitsCheckUp.org/cvs offers resources to help defray cost of health care, utilities, meals and more; Pharmacists counsel on ways to save on medication WOONSOCKET, R.I., May 18 /PRNewswire/ -- The economic downturn continues to challenge Americans, with seniors perhaps being hit the hardest by dwindling retirement funds, loss in home value and rising health care costs. And with eight out of 10 older Americans suffering from at least one chronic health condition, the monthly cost of...
Pack Your Bag(TM) Events Bring Educational Outreach to Senior Centers Throughout Georgia to Mark Older Americans Month ATLANTA, May 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Eight out of ten older Americans have at least one chronic health problem, such as high blood pressure or diabetes. According to CVS/pharmacy, fifty percent of Medicare Part D participants take an average of eight or more prescriptions regularly. With increased use of medications, both prescription and over-the-counter treatments,...
