Medicines

Wal-Mart set to open Panorama City grocery store

2012-09-28 06:02:38

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CMA Awards set for Nov. 11

2009-05-11 15:33:49

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The excesses of Nadya Suleman

2009-02-11 00:00:00

These are somber and sobering times, but they may offer us the opportunity to reexamine not only the material extravagance that has characterized so much of our recent life, but also some of its emotional excesses. Take, for example, the grotesque...

Shop around for deals on prescription drugs

2013-05-12 00:00:00

If your insurance has ever stopped covering a prescription drug or you don’t have coverage at all, you know how quickly costs can mount. Americans spent, on average, $758 out of pocket for medication in 2012, according to a recent Consumer Reports...

Meth lab busts double in W.Va.

2013-05-12 00:00:00

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- West Virginia law enforcement agencies have seized 200 methamphetamine labs so far this year, setting a pace that's expected to shatter last year's record high. Authorities shut down 288 meth labs in West Virginia last year,...

Rosenthal: Health and hypocrisy at the drugstore

2013-05-05 00:00:00

You now can go to a Walgreens and get examined by a medical professional. Maybe your blood pressure is a little high, or you've suffered from asthma for years. Walgreens has prescription and over-the-counter medications for you. And, on your way out...

Overdosing on reality: New NC law needed because problem is now an epidemic

2013-04-21 00:00:00

Time was when you heard about someone overdosing it usually meant they had ingested or injected too much illicit narcotics. Now, when you hear someone has overdosed the likely culprit could just as easily be prescription drugs. Overdose deaths from...

Fake medicine poses growing threat to consumers

2012-10-16 00:00:00

Consumers shopping for medicine on the Internet often are getting convenience, a good price and the cloak of privacy, but they may not be getting the real thing. A burgeoning multibillion-dollar industry of counterfeit drugs — ranging from AIDS...

Feed The Need Day Wed November 21st

2012-11-13 00:00:00

� What: Feed The Need When: Wednesday November 21st Where: Lafayette Marsh Supermarkets� Coming up Wednesday, the day before Thanksgiving, The WASK Radio Group (98.7 WASK, 93-5 ‘KHY, K105, B102-9, and ESPN 1450AM) will be broadcasting live to help...

Letters to the editor

2012-10-15 07:21:00

25x25 looks good -- on the surface Editor: Most Michigan residents support renewable energy but I cannot support Proposal 3, the so called "25 x 25" proposal that will appear on the Nov. 6 ballot. This proposal would require the state's energy providers...

Report: CT Has High Rate Of Doctors Dispensing Costly Drugs

2012-07-19 15:34:13

New research shows a sharp rise in the number of Connecticut doctors who are prescribing drugs to injured people on workers' compensation at higher prices than if the drugs were bought at pharmacies. The study conducted by Workers Compensation Research...

Website Helps You Pay Less For Prescriptions

2012-05-07 04:21:00

We compare prices on airfare, hotels and gadgets, so why not do the same for prescription drugs. Now a new website called GoodRX lets you do just that. Americans spend more than 300 billion dollars on prescription drugs, often just paying whatever the...

Jose L. Borrero, M.D., F.A.C.S. Assistant professor of surgery. Education: B.A., chemistry, Syracuse University, N.Y.; M.D., University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine. Background: Active member of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand.

2009-07-29 00:00:00

Nadine D. Dexter, M.L.S. Health Sciences Library director. Education: B.A., M.L.S., Florida State University. Background: Helped create the medical library at FSU's medical school.

2009-07-29 00:00:00

Moshe Feldman, Ph.D. Post-doctoral fellow in simulation initiatives. Education: B.S., psychology, University of Florida; M.S. and Ph.D., industrial and organizational psychology, UCF.

2009-07-29 00:00:00