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Shop around for deals on prescription drugs
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...Tags: Pharmaceuticals, Drugs and Medicines, Plavix (drug), Health and Personal Care, Services and Shopping
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Meth lab busts double in W.Va.
The Charleston Gazette, W.Va.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,...Tags: Laws, Drug Trafficking, Allergies, Pharmaceuticals, Walmart
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Rosenthal: Health and hypocrisy at the drugstore
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...Tags: Downstream Oil and Gas Activities, Health and Personal Care, Tobacco Products, Services and Shopping, Health and Medical Professionals
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Fake medicine poses growing threat to consumers
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...
Tags: HIV, Chemotherapy, Drug Trafficking, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Health and Personal Care
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Wal-Mart set to open Panorama City grocery store
L.A. NOWAs unions and community groups dig in to stop Wal-Mart from opening a grocery store in Chinatown, the retailing giant is scheduled to open a Panorama City store Friday morning with little outcry. Los Angeles' first Wal-Mart Neighborhood Market will...... -
Feed The Need Day Wed November 21st
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...
Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Health and Personal Care, Services and Shopping, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
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Letters to the editor
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...
Tags: Pharmaceuticals, Solar Energy, Wind Power, Health and Personal Care, Services and Shopping
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Report: CT Has High Rate Of Doctors Dispensing Costly Drugs
The Hartford CourantNew 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...Tags: Vicodin (drug), Labor Legislation, Drugs and Medicines, Medical Research, Social Security
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Website Helps You Pay Less For Prescriptions
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...
Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Health and Personal Care, Services and Shopping, Prices, General Practitioners
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Walgreens to fill half of former Borders site
TribLocal - Wilmette & Kenilworth » NewsWalgreens has confirmed that it plans to fill half of one of Wilmette’s most conspicuous vacancies, at the former Borders on Lake Avenue. The bookstore …... -
Seniors brace for cuts to Illinois drug program
Joyce Pennington opened a letter from the state recently and got some unexpected news: At the end of this month, she will be dropped from an Illinois program that helps pay for prescription medications.
The 62-year-old Midlothian woman, who has severe...Tags: Government Debt, Drugs and Medicines, Health Insurance, Health and Personal Care, Doughnuts
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Save on pet medicines by shopping around
Pet owners: you can shop around for prescription medication for your companion animal.
As discussed in my story today, under Maryland regulations a vet must give you a written copy of any prescription he or she is willing to fill him- or herself.
It...Tags: Online Advertising, Drugs and Medicines, Health and Personal Care, Food and Drug Administration, Health
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May 5, 2013
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Nov 13, 2012
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Oct 15, 2012
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Jul 19, 2012
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May 7, 2012
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Apr 6, 2012
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Aug 14, 2011
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Sep 26, 2011
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