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on May 30, 2011
New app released by Verizon helps Android and BlackBerry users to buy prescription medicines at the cheapest rates. The prescription app, named Medco Pharmacy mobile app, guides its users to the store...
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on May 9, 2011
China's State Food and Drug Administration has announced to launch an investigation to protect and safeguard people from problem medication.
This two-month examination and investigation will ge...
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on May 2, 2011
Health regulations being put in place to reduce costs of the health care system in the US are failing to deliver.
By now, the US is infamous for having the most expensive health care program, but a n...
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on May 1, 2011
Treatment for patients with atrial fibrillation in United States costs around $26 billion more per year compared to patients who don't have this condition. The researchers have estimated the expen...
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on May 1, 2011
Thousands of young adults are taking advantage of the healthcare law provision that allows people under 26 to remain on their parents' health plans. It is estimated that about 1.2 million young ad...
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on April 28, 2011
Abuse of prescription drugs can lead to addiction. Hence, the US Drug Enforcement Administration's (DEA) is asking Americans to turn in unused prescription drugs to keep their families safe from p...
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on April 28, 2011
More than half of Americans don't take their prescription medicine as directed, despite believing that the medication will help them, a new survey examining prescription adherence found. Of 1,000 ...
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on April 28, 2011
A recent health insurance survey has revealed that more than 9 million American adults lost their health insurance coverage due to job loss in the previous year, 2010. The Commonwealth Fund 2010 Bienn...
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on April 18, 2011
Recent health information statistics show that the abuse of opioids, specifically OxyContin pills, is the fastest growing form of addiction in Canada. It is easy for many addicts to be in denial about...
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on April 4, 2011
Health Net is one of the largest insurance providers in Oregon and Washington. The company has admitted that they lost the personal health information of nearly two million customers stored on hard dr...
