Headlines

News briefs for employers, pharamcy providers, consumers, health care brokers, consultants and other interested readers highlighting health care and medication information.


	Decrease in the risk of breast cancer attributed to physical activity 05/16/2008 New research supports a decrease in the development of premenopausal breast cancer, after surveying over 64,777 women about their physical activities from age 12 to present…
	Prescription medication use on the rise in U.S. 05/15/2008 Data from a recent study indicates that 51 percent of insured Americans are taking prescription medications, and spending more per person on medications than any other country...
	Retail pharmacies are encouraged to cease the sales of tobacco products 05/14/2008 With the growing trend of limitations on tobacco use, states are beginning to look at retail chain pharmacies to ban the selling of cigarettes and other tobacco products…
	Flu vaccines less effective 05/13/2008 Surveys conducted by U.S. researchers have shown that last year’s flu vaccine was not as effective as previous year’s in keeping people from getting sick...
	Diabetes and arthritis go hand in hand 05/12/2008 Over 20 million American adults have diabetes, and more than half of them also have arthritis...
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