The Colorado Senate on Tuesday gave preliminary approval to a bill (SB 132) that would repeal a program created to provide low-income state residents access to affordable prescription drugs, the Denver Post reports.
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A majority of Texas schools implement “scare tactics and spread myths in place of teaching basic sex and health information” in their sex education curricula, according to a report released by the Texas Freedom Network on Wednesday, the
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Two University of Florida pharmacy faculty members will tell a U.S. Food and Drug Administration panel this week that the information that accompanies prescription medicine often does not follow FDA format and content recommendations. Consumers should be able to easily recognize essential information in the drug handouts, and the fonts should [...]
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Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Wednesday questioned Department of Justice nominee Dawn Johnsen — President Obama’s pick to head the Office of Legal Counsel — about her work representing an abortion-rights group 20 years ago, the
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A new article in The Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences reveals that African American women aged 60 and older who volunteer in elementary schools are not only more physically active than their non-volunteering counterparts, but seem to sustain this physical activity over time. Specifically, those who volunteered burned twice as many calories as those [...]
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New practice guidance for providing Printed Medication Administration Record (MAR) Charts is now available for pharmacists. It can be viewed or downloaded from the Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s (RPSGB) website. The Society developed the guidance in alignment with the approach for the overarching code which promotes a culture of accountability and professional judgement.
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For centuries, people have preserved fruit by mixing it with sugar, making thick jams that last for months without spoiling. Now scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have discovered* a fundamental property of mixture behavior that might help extend the life of many things including vaccines, food and library books - [...]
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced that a facility owned by India-based Ranbaxy Laboratories falsified data and test results in approved and pending drug applications. The facility, Paonta Sahib, has been under an FDA Import Alert since September 2008. The FDA is continuing to investigate this matter to ensure the safety and [...]
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As influenza season shifts into high gear, with 24 states now reporting widespread activity, the nation’s infectious diseases experts are urging supermarket pharmacies with free-antibiotics promotions to educate their customers on when antibiotics are the right prescription - and when they can do more harm than good. Several grocery store chains nationwide [...]
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A newly released joint guideline produced by the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) and the American Urological Association (AUA) recommends that healthy men who are screened regularly for prostate cancer and show no symptoms of the disease should talk to their doctors about using a 5-alpha reductase inhibitor (5-ARI) to prevent the disease. 5-ARIs [...]
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